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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
|name = Digha Assembly constituency
|parl_name = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|image =
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|mla = 
|party = 
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|year =[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] 
|region =
|state = [[Bihar]]
|district = [[Patna district|Patna]]
|division =
|constituency = [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|30 Patna Sahib]]
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|181]]
|established = 2008 
|electors =
|reservation = None
|abolished = 
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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

'''Digha Assembly constituency''' is one of 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]] in India. It comes under [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>[http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/digha.php Digha Assembly Constituency] 20 December 2013</ref> It came into existence in 2008 after delimitation. Digha assembly constituency has six panchayats and 21 wards of [[Patna Municipal Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1151001/jsp/bihar/story_45453.jsp#.Vg_s2eyqqko|title=DIGHA OF DISPUTES}}</ref> Digha is Bihar's largest assembly constituency having 400 booths with around 4 lakh voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150924/jsp/bihar/story_44132.jsp#.ViKR2dIrLIU|title=Battle enters final stage}}</ref> In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Digha was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>

==Overview==
[[File:Patna district assembly.png|thumb|right|Digha in Patna district]]
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,
* [[Badalpur, Patna|Badalpura]] (OG) Ward No. 40,
* Sabazpura (OG) Ward No. 41 & Khalilpura (OG) Ward No. 42 in [[Patna]] (MC + OG) of Patna Rural CD Block.<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>

==Member of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Name<ref>{{Cite web|title=Digha Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/digha.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Punam Devi]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Sanjeev Chaurasiya]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|}

==Election results==
=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Digha }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
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|party = Janata Dal (United)
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
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{{Election box majority|
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{{Election box turnout|
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{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{formatnum: }}
|ref=<ref name="Bihar Election 2020">{{cite web |title=Bihar Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2015]]: [[Digha]]<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar/digha-mla-results Digha Live Bihar Elections Results, 2015 - NDTV.com]. Retrieved on 10 November 2015.</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sanjeev Chaurasiya]]
|votes = 92,671
|percentage = 50.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rajeev Ranjan Prasad
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 67,892
|percentage = 37.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Hindustan Vikas Dal|HVD]]
|candidate = Uday Chandra Choudhary
|votes = 2,673
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|candidate = Rajeev Ranjan (Pintu Singh)
|party = [[Samras Samaj Party|SASAPT]]
|votes = 2,597
|percentage = 1.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Pramod Kumar Nandan
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 1,827
|percentage = 1.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the above
|party = None of the Above
|votes = 1,490
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 24,779
|percentage = 13.57
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,82,656
|percentage = 42.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Digha]]<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2010/stat_BR_Nov2010.pdf Bihar Assembly Election 2010]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Punam Devi]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 81,247
|percentage = 62.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Satya Nand Sharma]]
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = 20,785
|percentage = 15.87
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rajesh Kumar Sinha
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 9,215
|percentage = 7.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Harendra Prasad Singh
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 6,909
|percentage = 5.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mohd. Danish Khan
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|votes = 2,742
|percentage = 2.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 60,462
|percentage = 46.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,30,974
|percentage = 38.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Digha, Patna]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

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{{Bihar elections}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Bihar elections}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies in Patna district]]
[[Category:Politics of Patna district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]

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