Darbhanga Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Darbhanga will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT.
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 83 Darbhanga Assembly 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.
Darbhanga Assembly constituency is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Sayeedul Haque | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | R.P. Sinha | ||
| 1969 | Ram Vallash Jalan | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | Surendra Jha ‘Suman’ | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Shiv Nath Verma | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Abdul Sami Nadvi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Asfak Ansari | ||
| 1990 | Kameshwar Purve | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Shiv Nath Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2000 | Sultan Ahmed | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Sanjay Saraogi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | |||||
| JD(U) | |||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
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| gain from | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanjay Saraogi | 77,776 | 47.65 | ||
| RJD | Om Prakash Kheria | 70,316 | 43.08 | ||
| Turnout | 163,235 | 57.76 | |||
| Registered electors | 282,595 | ||||