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'''Digha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]] in India.  It comes under [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>[http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/digha.php Digha Assembly Constituency] 20 December 2013</ref> It came into existence in 2008 after delimitation. Digha assembly constituency has six panchayats and 21 wards of [[Patna Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151001/jsp/bihar/story_45453.jsp#.Vg_s2eyqqko|title=DIGHA OF DISPUTES}}</ref>  Digha is Bihar's largest assembly constituency having 400 booths with around 4 lakh voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150924/jsp/bihar/story_44132.jsp#.ViKR2dIrLIU|title=Battle enters final stage}}</ref> In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Digha was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>
'''Digha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]] in India.  It comes under [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>[http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/digha.php Digha Assembly Constituency] 20 December 2013</ref> It came into existence in 2008 after delimitation. Digha assembly constituency has six panchayats and 21 wards of [[Patna Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151001/jsp/bihar/story_45453.jsp#.Vg_s2eyqqko|title=DIGHA OF DISPUTES}}</ref>  Digha is Bihar's largest assembly constituency having 400 booths with around 4 lakh voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150924/jsp/bihar/story_44132.jsp#.ViKR2dIrLIU|title=Battle enters final stage}}</ref> In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Digha was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>
 
{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar}}


==Overview==
==Overview==
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|| [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Fifteenth]] ||2015 - 2020 || [[Sanjeev Chaurasiya]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151109/jsp/nation/story_52241.jsp#.VkGmI7crLIU</ref>
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|| [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Sixteenth]] ||2020 - [[Incumbent]] || [[Sanjeev Chaurasiya]] || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]


Revision as of 13:35, 26 December 2021


181 Digha
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
DistrictPatna
StateBihar
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyBharatiya Janata party BJP
MLASanjiv Chaurasia
Lok Sabha constituency30 Patna Sahib
Reservationnone

Digha (Vidhan Sabha 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] 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]

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
Fourteenth 2010 - 2015 Punam Devi Janata Dal (United)
Fifteenth 2015 - 2020 Sanjeev Chaurasiya Bharatiya Janata Party[7]
Sixteenth 2020 - Incumbent Sanjeev Chaurasiya Bharatiya Janata Party

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
None of the Above 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)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Digha Assembly Constituency 20 December 2013
  2. ↑ "DIGHA OF DISPUTES".
  3. ↑ "Battle enters final stage".
  4. ↑ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  7. ↑ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151109/jsp/nation/story_52241.jsp#.VkGmI7crLIU
  8. ↑ Digha Live Bihar Elections Results, 2015 - NDTV.com. Retrieved on 10 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Bihar Assembly Election 2010

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