Digha Assembly constituency explained

Digha Assembly constituency
Type:SLA
Mla:Sanjeev Chaurasiya
Party:BJP
Alliance:NDA
Preceded By:Punam Devi
State:Bihar
District:Patna
Loksabha Cons:30 Patna Sahib
Constituency No:181
Established:2008
Electors:4,60,868
Reservation:None

Digha Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the legislative assembly of Bihar in India. It comes under Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was established in 2008 after the delimitation. Digha Assembly constituency has six panchayats and 14 wards. This assembly constituency is Kayastha dominated. The wards are 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]

Overview

Digha comprises:

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[7] Party
2010Punam Devi
2015Sanjeev Chaurasiya
2020

Election results

2010

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/digha.php Digha Assembly Constituency
  2. Web site: DIGHA OF DISPUTES. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004145357/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151001/jsp/bihar/story_45453.jsp#.Vg_s2eyqqko. dead. 4 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Battle enters final stage. https://web.archive.org/web/20151011095412/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150924/jsp/bihar/story_44132.jsp#.ViKR2dIrLIU. dead. 11 October 2015.
  4. Web site: EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs. The Times of India.
  5. Web site: General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg..
  6. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2011-01-10 .
  7. Web site: Digha Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.