Dhamdaha Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Dhamdaha
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Established	1957
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

Dhamdaha is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar. Lesi 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 had reinnovated Hanuman temple situated at the main road and it very soon caught eyes 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]
1957	Bhola Paswan Shastri	Indian National Congress
1957	Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu
1962	Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu
1967	Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu
1969	Kalika Prasad Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Jai Narayan Mehta	Indian National Congress
1977	Surya Narayan Yadav	Janata Party
1980	Surya Narayan Yadav	Janata Party
1985	Amarnath Tiwari	Indian National Congress
1990	Amarnath Tiwari	Indian National Congress
1995	Dilip Kumar Yadav	Janata Dal
2000	Leshi Singh	Samata Party
2005	Leshi Singh	Janata Dal
2005	Dilip Kumar Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010	Leshi Singh	Janata Dal
2015
2020

Election results

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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

^ "Nitish Kumar inducts Lesi Singh in the Cabinet of Ministers". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ ^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.
^ "Dhamdaha Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar - Dhamdaha". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "125 - Dhamdaha Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.