Dhamdaha Assembly constituency

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Dhamdaha
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Purnia
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Leshi Singh
Former Cabinet Minister, Bihar
Party Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg   JD(U)
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2020
Preceded byDilip Kumar Yadav
Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png   RJD

Dhamdaha is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar. Leshi Singh is the current MLA from Dhamdaha. [1]

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 61. Dhamdaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhamdaha community development blocks; Banbhag Chunapur, Bithnouli Khemchand East, Bithnouli Khemchand West, Ganeshpur, Gangaili, Gowasi, Kajha, Majra, Parora, Rahuwa, Sahara, Satkodariya, Gokulpur, Jagni and Pothia Rampur of Krityanand Nagar CD Block. Around 2010, local people renovated the Hanuman temple situated at the main road and it very soon caught the eye of nearby localities. The subdivision also has notable theater "Chitralaya". Dhamdaha High school one of the oldest has reputation of giving notable officers to the state and country. [2]

Dhamdaha Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [3] Party
1957 Bhola Paswan Shastri Indian National Congress
Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu
1962 Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu
1967
1969 Kalika Prasad Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1972 Jai Narayan Mehta Indian National Congress
1977 Surya Narayan Yadav Janata Party
1980 Janata Party
1985 Amarnath Tiwari Indian National Congress
1990
1995 Dilip Kumar Yadav Janata Dal
2000 Leshi Singh Samata Party
2005 Janata Dal (United)
2005 Dilip Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Leshi Singh Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhamdaha [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Leshi Singh 97,057 48.5 +8.35
RJD Dilip Kumar Yadav 63,46331.71
LJP Yogendra Kumar9,4484.72
Independent Ashish Anuj4,3362.17
RLSP Ramesh Kumar Mehta3,3981.7−22.45
Independent Bindeshwari Sharma2,5251.26
Independent Maneesh Kumar Yadav2,5231.26
Independent Brajesh Kumar Thakur2,5151.26
Janta Dal Rashtravadi Brahchari Vyas Nandan2,0581.03+0.38
Independent Subhash Kumar Rajak2,0011.0
NCP Md Gaisul Azam1,8690.93
NOTA None of the above 1,3920.7−2.46
Majority 33,59416.79+0.79
Turnout 200,13263.38−1.89
JD(U) hold Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhamdaha [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Leshi Singh 76,027 40.15
RLSP Shiv Shankar Thakur Allias Shankar Azad45,73624.15
JAP(L) Dilip Kumar Yadav12,6676.69
CPI(M) Mithlesh Kumar Singh4,9912.64
Independent Jyoti Rani4,1442.19
Independent Pappu Kumar Ranjan3,9242.07
Independent Yogendra Kumar3,7761.99
JMM Tahammul Mansuri3,6561.93
SS Bimal Roy3,3781.78
CPI(ML)L Pankaj Kumar Singh2,7401.45
Independent Chand Dev Paswan2,5541.35
Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party Sudama Kumar2,2421.18
BSP Tarun Kumar Singh2,1321.13
Independent Niranjan Kumar Singh2,0941.11
Rashtriya Jankranti Party Sunil Ray1,7660.93
NOTA None of the above 5,9903.16
Majority 30,29116.0
Turnout 189,35665.27


References

  1. "Nitish Kumar inducts Lesi Singh in the Cabinet of Ministers". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. "Dhamdaha Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  4. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India . 13 January 2021.
  5. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.

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