Dhamdaha Assembly constituency
| Dhamdaha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| File:61-Dhamdaha constituency.svg | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purnia |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 314,949 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Dilip Kumar Yadav File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png RJD |
Dhamdaha is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar. Leshi Singh is the current MLA from Dhamdaha.[1]
Overview
[edit | edit source]As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 61. Dhamdaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhamdaha community development blocks; Banbhag Chunapur, Bithnouli Khemchand East, Bithnouli Khemchand West, Ganeshpur, Gangaili, Gowasi, Kajha, Majra, Parora, Rahuwa, Sahara, Satkodariya, Gokulpur, Jagni and Pothia Rampur of Krityanand Nagar CD Block. Around 2010, local people renovated the Hanuman temple situated at the main road and it very soon caught the eye of nearby localities. The subdivision also has notable theater "Chitralaya". Dhamdaha High school one of the oldest has reputation of giving notable officers to the state and country.[2]
Dhamdaha Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Year | Name[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bhola Paswan Shastri | Indian National Congress | |
| Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu | |||
| 1962 | Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu | ||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Kalika Prasad Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Jai Narayan Mehta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Surya Narayan Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
| 1985 | Amarnath Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Dilip Kumar Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Leshi Singh | Samata Party | |
| 2005 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2005 | Dilip Kumar Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2010 | Leshi Singh | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2025
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Leshi Singh | 138,750 | |||
| RJD | Santosh Kumar Kushwaha | 83,591 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
2020
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Leshi Singh | 97,057 | 48.5 | +8.35 | |
| RJD | Dilip Kumar Yadav | 63,463 | 31.71 | ||
| LJP | Yogendra Kumar | 9,448 | 4.72 | ||
| Independent | Ashish Anuj | 4,336 | 2.17 | ||
| RLSP | Ramesh Kumar Mehta | 3,398 | 1.7 | −22.45 | |
| Independent | Bindeshwari Sharma | 2,525 | 1.26 | ||
| Independent | Maneesh Kumar Yadav | 2,523 | 1.26 | ||
| Independent | Brajesh Kumar Thakur | 2,515 | 1.26 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Brahchari Vyas Nandan | 2,058 | 1.03 | +0.38 | |
| Independent | Subhash Kumar Rajak | 2,001 | 1.0 | ||
| NCP | Md Gaisul Azam | 1,869 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,392 | 0.7 | −2.46 | |
| Majority | 33,594 | 16.79 | +0.79 | ||
| Turnout | 200,132 | 63.38 | −1.89 | ||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Leshi Singh | 76,027 | 40.15 | ||
| RLSP | Shiv Shankar Thakur Allias Shankar Azad | 45,736 | 24.15 | ||
| JAP(L) | Dilip Kumar Yadav | 12,667 | 6.69 | ||
| CPI(M) | Mithlesh Kumar Singh | 4,991 | 2.64 | ||
| Independent | Jyoti Rani | 4,144 | 2.19 | ||
| Independent | Pappu Kumar Ranjan | 3,924 | 2.07 | ||
| Independent | Yogendra Kumar | 3,776 | 1.99 | ||
| JMM | Tahammul Mansuri | 3,656 | 1.93 | ||
| SS | Bimal Roy | 3,378 | 1.78 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Pankaj Kumar Singh | 2,740 | 1.45 | ||
| Independent | Chand Dev Paswan | 2,554 | 1.35 | ||
| Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | Sudama Kumar | 2,242 | 1.18 | ||
| BSP | Tarun Kumar Singh | 2,132 | 1.13 | ||
| Independent | Niranjan Kumar Singh | 2,094 | 1.11 | ||
| Rashtriya Jankranti Party | Sunil Ray | 1,766 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,990 | 3.16 | ||
| Majority | 30,291 | 16.0 | |||
| Turnout | 189,356 | 65.27 | |||
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