Dhamdaha Assembly constituency

Dhamdaha
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictPurnia
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Leshi Singh
Former Cabinet Minister, Bihar
Party   JD(U)
AllianceNDA
Elected year2020
Preceded byDilip Kumar Yadav
  RJD

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

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

Year Name[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

[4][5]

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhamdaha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Leshi Singh 97,057 48.50%
LJP Yogendra Kumar 9848 4.72%
RJD Dilip Kumar Yadav 63463 31.71%
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

References

  1. ^ "Nitish Kumar inducts Lesi Singh in the Cabinet of Ministers". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "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 - Dhamdaha". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  5. ^ "125 - Dhamdaha Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

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