About Dhaka Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constiuency
Dhaka (not to be confused as the capital of Bangladesh) is one of the 243 assembly segments of Bihar. Dhaka is in Purvi Champaran district of the state. As ordered by the Delimitation Commission of India, community development blocks of Ghorasahan and Dhaka are the areas covered by the Dhaka assembly constituency. The Dhaka assembly segment belongs to the Sheohar parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency of Bihar.
A total of 2,61,279 eligible voters reside in the area covered by the constituency. There are 1,38,318 male and 1,23,650 female voters in the constituency. At present, the constituency of Dhaka is represented in the state assembly by Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (independent). There was a close fight between Jaiswal and his opponent Faisal Rahaman of JD (U) in the 2010 assembly elections of Bihar. Jaiswal won with 48,100 votes, while Rahman settled for 46,451 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Dhaka Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Dhaka assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 21 | Dhaka | GEN | Pawan Kumar Jaiswal | M | BJP | 99792 | Faisal Rahman | M | RJD | 89678 |
| 2015 | 21 | Dhaka | GEN | Faisal Rahman | M | RJD | 87458 | Pawan Kumar Jaiswal | M | BJP | 68261 |
| 2010 | 21 | Dhaka | GEN | Pawan Kumar Jaiswal | M | IND | 48100 | Faisal Rahman | M | JD(U) | 46451 |
| OCT 2005 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Awaneesh Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 33162 | Bhai Pawan Jaiswal | M | LJP | 30472 |
| FEB 2005 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Awaneesh Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 32738 | Nek Mohammad | M | LJP | 21469 |
| 2000 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Manoj Kumar Singh | M | RJD | 59948 | Avaneesh Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 53851 |
| 1995 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Awnish Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 49520 | Motiur Rahman | M | INC | 24356 |
| 1990 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Avanish Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 92676 | Motiur Rahman | M | INC | 48078 |
| 1985 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Motiur Rahman | M | INC | 51438 | Avanish Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 29049 |
| 1980 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Motiur Rahman | M | INC(I) | 42572 | Prem Shanker Kumar | M | IND | 20619 |
| 1977 | 14 | Dhaka | GEN | Siyaram Thakur | M | JNP | 33686 | Hafiz Idris Ansari | M | INC | 21802 |
| 1972 | 15 | Dhaka | GEN | Hafiz Idris Ansari | M | INC | 18619 | Nek Mahamad Akhtar | M | IND | 15688 |
| 1969 | 15 | Dhaka | GEN | Masodur Rahman | M | INC | 20592 | Ram Bahadur Prasad Sinha | M | BJS | 17224 |
| 1967 | 15 | Dhaka | GEN | S.N. Sharma | M | PSP | 17747 | I. Wahshi | M | INC | 12707 |
| 1962 | 13 | Dhaka | GEN | Nek Mahamad | M | CPI | 10928 | Gajadhar Singh | M | SWA | 8214 |
| 1957 | 12 | Dhaka | GEN | Masoodur Rahman | M | INC | 12721 | Damodar Jha | M | PSP | 7660 |
| 1951 | 93 | Dhaka | GEN | Mashood Moulvi | M | INC | 12332 | Rajendra Sinha | M | IND | 8372 |
Last Updated on Aug 11, 2021