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). Digha Assembly constituency has six panchayats and 14 wards. The wards are of Patna Municipal Corporation. Digha is Bihar's largest assembly constituency having 400 booths with around 4 lakh voters. This constituency is dominated by the Kayastha Caste .In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Digha was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
- BJP (3 times) (75.0%)
- JDU (1 time) (25.0%)
Overview
Digha in Patna districtDigha 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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2025
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025: Digha| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 111,001 | 56.59 | −0.5 |
| CPI(ML)L | Divya Gautam | 51,922 | 26.47 | −3.5 |
| JSP | Ritesh Ranjan Singh alias Bittu Singh | 22,071 | 11.25 | |
| BSP | Prabhakar Kr. Singh | 1,930 | 0.98 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,102 | 1.58 | +0.33 |
| Majority | 59,079 | 30.12 | +3.0 |
| Turnout | 196,142 | 42.79 | +5.8 |
| BJP hold | Swing | | |
2020
Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Digha| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 97,318 | 57.09 | +6.35 |
| CPI(ML)L | Shashi Yadav | 51,084 | 29.97 | |
| RLSP | Sanjay Kumar Sinha | 5,583 | 3.28 | |
| The Plurals Party | Shambhavi | 4,713 | 2.76 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,133 | 1.25 | +0.43 |
| Majority | 46,234 | 27.12 | +13.55 |
| Turnout | 170,471 | 36.99 | −5.13 |
| BJP hold | Swing | | |
2015
Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Digha| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| BJP | Sanjeev Chaurasiya | 92,671 | 50.74 | |
| JD(U) | Rajeev Ranjan Prasad | 67,892 | 37.17 | |
| Hindustan Vikas Dal | Uday Chandra Choudhary | 2,673 | 1.46 | |
| Samras Samaj Party | Rajeev Ranjan Singh -Alias- Pintu Singh | 2,597 | 1.42 | |
| CPI | Pramod Kumar Nandan | 1,827 | 1.0 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,490 | 0.82 | |
| Majority | 24,779 | 13.57 | |
| Turnout | 182,656 | 42.12 | |
| BJP gain from JD(U) | Swing | | |
2010
2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Digha| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
|---|
| JD(U) | Punam Devi | 81,247 | 62.03 | |
| LJP | Satya Nand Sharma | 20,785 | 15.87 | |
| INC | Rajesh Kumar Sinha | 9,215 | 7.04 | |
| Independent | Harendra Prasad Singh | 6,909 | 5.28 | |
| JD(S) | Mohd. Danish Khan | 2,742 | 2.09 | |
| Majority | 60,462 | 46.16 | |
| Turnout | 1,30,974 | 38.31 | |
| JD(U) win (new seat) |
See also
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