Dhaka is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Bihar, in East Champaran district.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 21. Dhaka Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhaka and Ghorasahan community development blocks.

Dhaka Assembly constituency is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1952Masoodur RahmanIndian National Congress
1957
1962Nek MahamadCommunist Party of India
1967S. N. SharmaPraja Socialist Party
1969Masoodur RahmanIndian National Congress
1972Hafiz Idris Ansari
1977Siyaram ThakurJanata Party
1980Motiur RahmanIndian National Congress (I)
1985Indian National Congress
1990Avaneesh Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party
1995
2000Manoj Kumar SinghRashtriya Janata Dal
2005Avaneesh Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010Pawan JaiswalIndependent
2015Faisal RahmanRashtriya Janata Dal
2020Pawan JaiswalBharatiya Janata Party
2025Faisal RahmanRashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhaka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDFaisal Rahman112,72745.72+2.57
BJPPawan Kumar Jaiswal112,54945.64−2.37
JSPDoctor L. B. Prasad8,3473.39
AIMIMRana Ranjit5,7302.32
NOTANone of the above3,0471.24−0.19
Majority1780.08−4.78
Turnout246,58073.42+8.69
RJD gain from BJPSwing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Dhaka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPPawan Kumar Jaiswal99,79248.01+11.35
RJDFaisal Rahman89,67843.15−3.82
RLSPRam Pukar Sinha10,9325.26
NOTANone of the above2,9651.43+0.06
Majority10,1144.86−5.45
Turnout207,84064.73−0.53
BJP gain from RJDSwing

2015

  • Faisal Rahman of RJD, won the Dhaka assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pawan Jaiswal of BJP.
2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhaka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDFaisal Rahman87,45846.97
BJPPawan Kumar Jaiswal68,26136.66
IndependentRam Pukar Sinha20,16010.83
NCPNek Mohammad1,8681.0
NOTANone of the above2,5481.37
Majority19,19710.31
Turnout186,21465.26

2010

  • Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (IND), defeated Faisal Rahman of JD-U

Of Margin 5234 vote.

1972

  • Hafiz Idris Ansari (INC): 18,619 votes
  • Nek Mahamad Akhtar (IND): 15,688 votes

External links

  • . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.

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