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]
TBA TBATBATBATBA

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)

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

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".
  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 2011-01-10.
  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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