Dhaka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Dhaka
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Dhaka is located in Bihar
Dhaka
Dhaka
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°41′N 85°10′E / 26.683°N 85.167°E / 26.683; 85.167Coordinates: 26°41′N 85°10′E / 26.683°N 85.167°E / 26.683; 85.167
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No21
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency4. Sheohar
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Dhaka Vidhan Sabha constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Bihar, in Purvi Champaran district.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 21. Dhaka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Dhaka and Ghorasahan community development blocks.[1]

Dhaka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit]

  • 1972 : Hafiz Idris Ansari (Cong)
  • 1985 : Motiur Rahman (Congress) [2]
  • 1990 : Awaneesh (BJP)
  • 1995 : Awaneesh (BJP)
  • 2000 : Manoj Kumar Singh (RJD)
  • Feb 2005 : Awaneesh (BJP)
  • Oct 2005 : Awaneesh (BJP)
  • 2010 : Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (Independent)
  • 2015 : Faisal Rahman (RJD)
  • 2020 : Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (BJP)

Election results[edit]

2020 Vidhan Sabha Elections[edit]

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhaka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pawan Jaiswal 99792 48.01
RJD Faisal Rahman 89678 43.15
[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|Template:Rashtriya Lok Samta Party/meta/shortname]] Ram Pukar Sinha 10932 5.26
Majority
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

2015[edit]

  • Faisal Rahman of RJD, won the Dhaka assembly seat defeating his nearests rival Pawan Jaiswal of BJP.

2010[edit]

  • Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (Ind), defeated Faisal Rahman of JD-U

1972[edit]

  • Hafiz Idris Ansari (INC) : 18,619 votes [3]
  • Nek Mahamad Akhtar (IND) : 15,688

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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.
  2. https://resultuniversity.com/election/dhaka-bihar-assembly-constituency
  3. https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html

4. Dhaka Vidhansabha, East Champaran