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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Dhamdaha<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = 61-Dhamdaha constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Leshi Singh]]<Br>{{Small|Former Cabinet Minister, Bihar}}<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
| preceded_by = Dilip Kumar Yadav<br>[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png|20px]] {{Party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| district = [[Purnia district|Purnia]]<br />
| division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = <br />
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| electors = 314,949<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| incumbent_image =<br />
| abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
'''Dhamdaha''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purnia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. Leshi Singh is the current MLA from Dhamdaha.<ref name="election2014">{{cite web|title=Nitish Kumar inducts Lesi Singh in the Cabinet of Ministers|url=https://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/nitish-kumar-inducts-lesi-singh-in-the-cabinet-of-ministers/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Overview==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 61. Dhamdaha Assembly constituency is composed of the following:<br />
Dhamdaha [[Community Development Block in India|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.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
<br />
Dhamdaha Assembly constituency is part of No 12 [[Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/><br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Dhamdaha Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/dhamdaha.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|[[Bhola Paswan Shastri]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|Kalika Prasad Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|Jai Narayan Mehta<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Surya Narayan Yadav<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Amarnath Tiwari<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|Dilip Kumar Yadav<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Leshi Singh]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Samata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)| dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|Dilip Kumar Yadav<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Leshi Singh]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025]]: [[Dhamdaha]]<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Leshi Singh]]<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:138750}}<br />
|percentage = 57.32<br />
|change = +8.82<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Santosh Kumar Kushwaha]]<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:83591}}<br />
|percentage = 34.53<br />
|change = +2.82<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen<br />
|candidate = Mohd Ishtiyaque Alam<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5126}}<br />
|percentage = 2.12<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Vindeshwari Sharma<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3032}}<br />
|percentage = 1.25<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6781}}<br />
|percentage = 2.8<br />
|change = +2.1<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:55159}}<br />
|percentage = 22.79<br />
|change = +6.0<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:242065}}<br />
|percentage = 76.86<br />
|change = +13.48<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhamdaha<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|candidate = [[Leshi Singh]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:97057}}<br />
|percentage = 48.5<br />
|change = +8.35<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = [[Dilip Kumar Yadav]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:63463}}<br />
|percentage = 31.71<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|candidate = Yogendra Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9448}}<br />
|percentage = 4.72<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ashish Anuj<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4336}}<br />
|percentage = 2.17<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party<br />
|candidate = Ramesh Kumar Mehta<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3398}}<br />
|percentage = 1.7<br />
|change = -22.45<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Bindeshwari Sharma<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2525}}<br />
|percentage = 1.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Maneesh Kumar Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2523}}<br />
|percentage = 1.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Brajesh Kumar Thakur<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2515}}<br />
|percentage = 1.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Janta Dal Rashtravadi<br />
|candidate = Brahchari Vyas Nandan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2058}}<br />
|percentage = 1.03<br />
|change = +0.38<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Subhash Kumar Rajak<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2001}}<br />
|percentage = 1.0<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
|candidate = Md Gaisul Azam<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1869}}<br />
|percentage = 0.93<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1392}}<br />
|percentage = 0.7<br />
|change = -2.46<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:33594}}<br />
|percentage = 16.79<br />
|change = +0.79<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:200132}}<br />
|percentage = 63.38<br />
|change = -1.89<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Dhamdaha<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|candidate = Leshi Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:76027}}<br />
|percentage = 40.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party<br />
|candidate = Shiv Shankar Thakur Allias Shankar Azad<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:45736}}<br />
|percentage = 24.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Dilip Kumar Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:12667}}<br />
|percentage = 6.69<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|candidate = Mithlesh Kumar Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4991}}<br />
|percentage = 2.64<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Jyoti Rani<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4144}}<br />
|percentage = 2.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Pappu Kumar Ranjan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3924}}<br />
|percentage = 2.07<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Yogendra Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3776}}<br />
|percentage = 1.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha<br />
|candidate = Tahammul Mansuri<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3656}}<br />
|percentage = 1.93<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Shiv Sena<br />
|candidate = Bimal Roy<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3378}}<br />
|percentage = 1.78<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation<br />
|candidate = Pankaj Kumar Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2740}}<br />
|percentage = 1.45<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Chand Dev Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2554}}<br />
|percentage = 1.35<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party<br />
|candidate = Sudama Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2242}}<br />
|percentage = 1.18<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Tarun Kumar Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2132}}<br />
|percentage = 1.13<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Niranjan Kumar Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2094}}<br />
|percentage = 1.11<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Jankranti Party<br />
|candidate = Sunil Ray<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1766}}<br />
|percentage = 0.93<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5990}}<br />
|percentage = 3.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:30291}}<br />
|percentage = 16.0<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:189356}}<br />
|percentage = 65.27<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External 2010links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Purnia district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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