Darbhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Darbhanga
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Darbhanga

Location in Bihar

Coordinates: 26°08′58″N 85°51′03″E / 26.14944°N 85.85083°E / 26.14944; 85.85083Coordinates: 26°08′58″N 85°51′03″E / 26.14944°N 85.85083°E / 26.14944; 85.85083
Country  India
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Constituency No. 83
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 14. Darbhanga
Electoral system First past the post

Darbhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: दरभंगा विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar. In Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015, Darbhanga will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 83 Darbhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Darbhanga municipal corporation; Kabir Chak, Kansi, Ranipur, Sara Mahamad, Shisho East, Shisho West, Basudeopur, Sahbajpur gram panchayats of Darbhanga community development block.[3]

Darbhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010, state assembly elections, Sanjay Saraogi of BJP won the Darbhanga assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sultan Ahmad of RJD . Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sultan Ahmad of RJD defeated Shiv Nath Verma of BJP in 2000. Shiv Nath Verma of BJP defeated Abdul Majid Ansari of JD in 1995. Kameshwar Purve of JD defeated Vijay Kant Thakur of CPI(M) in 1990. Asfak Ansari of Congress defeated Ramashray Rai, Independent, in 1985. Abdul Sami Nadvi of Congress defeated Kameshwar Purbe of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh). Shivnath Verma of JP defeated Ram Ballabh Jalan of CPI in 1977.[4][5]

References

  1. "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
  2. "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg." (PDF).
  3. 1 2 "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 2011-01-10.
  4. "Bihar - Darbhanga". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  5. "89 - Darbhanga Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
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