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:

• 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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[7]	Party
2010	Punam Devi
2015	Sanjeev Chaurasiya
2020

Election results

2010

See also

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

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.