Dhaka (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

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

Overview

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

  • 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

2020 Vidhan Sabha Elections

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

2015

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

2010

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

1972

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

References

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