Digha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Digha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: दीघा विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It came into existence in 2008 after delimitation. Digha assembly constituency has six panchayats and 21 wards of Patna Municipal Corporation.[2] Digha is Bihar's largest assembly constituency having 400 booths with around 4 lakh voters.[3] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Digha was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[4][5]

181 Digha
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
DistrictPatna
StateBihar
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyBJP
MLASanjiv Chaurasia
Lok Sabha constituency30 Patna Sahib
Reservationnone

Overview

Digha in Patna district

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]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Assembly Duration Member Political Party
Fourteenth2010 - 2015Punam DeviJanata Dal (United)
Fifteenth2015 - IncumbentSanjeev ChaurasiyaBharatiya Janata Party[7]
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Election results

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2015: Digha[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sanjeev Chaurasiya 92,671 50.74
JD(U) Rajeev Ranjan Prasad 67,892 37.17
HVD Uday Chandra Choudhary 2,673 1.46
SASAPT Rajeev Ranjan (Pintu Singh) 2,597 1.42
CPI Pramod Kumar Nandan 1,827 1.00
NOTA None of the above 1,490 0.82
Majority 24,779 13.57
Turnout 1,82,656 42.12
BJP gain from JD(U) Swing
2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Digha[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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)
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See also

  • List of constituencies of Bihar Legislative Assembly
  • Digha, Patna

References

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