Digha Assembly constituency
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| Digha Assembly constituency | |
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| Constituency No. 181 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Patna |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 30 Patna Sahib |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 458,367 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Punam Devi |
Digha Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar in India. It comes under Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Digha Assembly constituency has six panchayats and 14 wards. The wards are of Patna Municipal Corporation.[2] Digha is Bihar's largest assembly constituency having 400 booths with around 4 lakh voters.[3] This constituency is dominated by the Kayastha Caste .In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Digha was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[4][5]
Most successful parties from Digha Assembly
- BJP (3 times) (75.0%)
- JDU (1 time) (25.0%)
Overview
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Digha comprises:
- Gram Panchayat Nakta Diyara, Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6,
- Pataliputra Housing Colony (OG) – Ward No. 38 & Digha-Mainpura (OG) Ward No. 39,
- Badalpura (OG) Ward No. 40,
- Sabazpura (OG) Ward No. 41 & Khalilpura (OG) Ward No. 42 in Patna (MC + OG) of Patna Rural CD Block.[6]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]| Year | Name[7] | Party | |
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Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
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| 2010 | Punam Devi | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2025
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 111,001 | 56.59 | −0.50 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Divya Gautam | 51922 | 26.47 | −3.51 | |
| JSP | Ritesh Ranjan Singh alias Bittu Singh | 22071 | 11.25 | New | |
| BSP | Prabhakar Kr. Singh | 1930 | 0.98 | −0.01 | |
| Independent | Kusumlata Verma | 1382 | 0.70 | New | |
| Bharatiya Momin Front | Indu Devi | 1732 | 0.88 | New | |
| Vocal India Party | Richa Sinha | 685 | 0.35 | New | |
| The Plurals Party | Pranjal Singh | 466 | 0.24 | New | |
| RRP | Rajiv Kumar Singh | 614 | 0.31 | New | |
| Jagrook Janta Party | Sadhana Kumari | 636 | 0.32 | New | |
| Independent | Shwet Ranjan | 601 | 0.31 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3102 | 1.58 | −1.18 | |
| Majority | 59079 | 30.12 | +2.98 | ||
| Turnout | 196142 | 41.40 | +4.51 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 97,318 | 57.09 | +6.35 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Shashi Yadav | 51,084 | 29.97 | ||
| RLSP | Sanjay Kumar Sinha | 5,583 | 3.28 | ||
| PP | Shambhavi | 4,713 | 2.76 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,133 | 1.25 | +0.43 | |
| Majority | 46,234 | 27.12 | +13.55 | ||
| Turnout | 170,471 | 36.99 | −5.13 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 92,671 | 50.74 | ||
| JD(U) | Rajeev Ranjan Prasad | 67,892 | 37.17 | ||
| Hindustan Vikas Dal | Uday Chandra Choudhary | 2,673 | 1.46 | ||
| Samras Samaj Party | Rajeev Ranjan Singh -Alias- Pintu Singh | 2,597 | 1.42 | ||
| CPI | Pramod Kumar Nandan | 1,827 | 1.0 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,490 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 24,779 | 13.57 | |||
| Turnout | 182,656 | 42.12 | |||
| BJP gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2010
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| JD(U) | Punam Devi | 81,247 | 62.03 | ||
| LJP | Satya Nand Sharma | 20,785 | 15.87 | ||
| INC | Rajesh Kumar Sinha | 9,215 | 7.04 | ||
| Independent | Harendra Prasad Singh | 6,909 | 5.28 | ||
| JD(S) | Mohd. Danish Khan | 2,742 | 2.09 | ||
| Majority | 60,462 | 46.16 | |||
| Turnout | 1,30,974 | 38.31 | |||
| JD(U) win (new seat) | |||||
See also
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