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Digha

Assembly Constituency, Bihar

Sanjiv Chaurasia

BJP | Digha | Bihar

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181. Digha is one of the 70 Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituencies in Bihar. This constituency is located in the Magadh region. Bihar is located in the East region of India. This seat can be classified as: Urban and falls in the Patna district of Bihar. The reservation status of this constituency is: General. 181. Digha Assembly constituency is part of the 30. Patna Sahib (General) Lok Sabha constituency and can be classified as Urban. In the 2025 Bihar Assembly election, Digha voted on Thursday, November 6, 2025 and the counting of votes is on Friday, November 14, 2025.

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    Aerial view of digha sonpur bridge or J. P. Setu is a rail-cum-road steel truss bridge across river ganga, connecting digha ghat in patna and pahleja ghat in sonpur, Bihar. Copyright (c) 2024 Rahul D'silva/Shutterstock.
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    Aerial view of digha sonpur bridge or J. P. Setu is a rail-cum-road steel truss bridge across river ganga, connecting digha ghat in patna and pahleja ghat in sonpur, Bihar. Copyright (c) 2024 Rahul D'silva/Shutterstock.

Location

The geographic coordinates of Digha Assembly constituency are: 25°37'32.5"N 85°05'41.3"E. This constituency falls in Patna district of Bihar and in the Magadh region. Digha shares its borders with five other Assembly constituencies. Other Bihar Assembly constituencies adjacent to Digha are: Danapur, Sonepur, Bankipur, Kumhrar, Phulwari. This constituency shares an inter-state border with .
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2025

Digha Assembly election results

PartyParty votes polledVotes %Candidate name
BJP----
Sanjiv Chaurasia
Winner
Margin : (%)
Winner
IND----Shwet Ranjan
BMF----Indu Devi
BSP----Prabhakar Kr. Singh
JRJP----Sadhana Kumari
JSP----Ritesh Ranjan Singh
CPIMLL----Divya Gautam
RRP----Rajiv Kumar Singh
TPP----Pranjal Singh
VOIP----Richa Sinha
2020

Digha Assembly election results

2015

Digha Assembly election results

2010

Digha Assembly election results

Demographic profile

There were a total of 456448 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2025 Assembly election in Digha Assembly constituency, of which 238689 were male, 217739 female and 20 of the third gender. In the 2020 Assembly elections, there were a total of 460868 registered voters, of which 241227 were male, 219623 female and 18 from the third gender. In the 2015 Assembly elections, there were a total of 433632 registered voters, of which 231951 were male, 201662 female and 278 from the third gender. In 2010 elections, there were a total of 341913 registered voters in this constituency, of which 192522 were male and 149391 female and 156 from the third gender.

The number of service voters in this Assembly constituency was 703 in 2020, 19 in 2015, and 0 in 2010.

The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2025 was 912, in 2020 it was 910, 869 in 2015, and 776 in 2010.

Poll dates

Digha Assembly constituency will go to the polls in Phase 1 of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections on Thursday, November 6, 2025. The counting of votes is on Friday, November 14, 2025.

In the 2020 state Assembly elections, this seat voted in Phase 2 on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 and the results were declared on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

In the 2015 state Assembly elections, this seat voted in Phase 3 on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 and the results were declared on Sunday, November 8, 2015.

In the 2010 polls, this constituency voted in Phase 4 on Monday, November 1, 2010 and the results were declared on Wednesday, November 24, 2010.

Election Trivia

The Election Commission of India is undertaking a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) for electoral rolls in Bihar for the first time since 2003. This drive aims at cleaning up the voter list by removing ineligible, non-existent and duplicate registered voters in the state.

Extent

Assembly constituency no.181. Digha comprises of the following areas of Patna district in the Magadh region of Bihar: 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.

This constituency covers an approximate area of 35.68 square kilometers and the geographic coordinates of Digha is: 25°37'32.5"N 85°05'41.3"E.

A total of five Assembly constituencies in the state of Bihar share borders with Digha constituency, which are: Danapur, Sonepur, Bankipur, Kumhrar, Phulwari. This constituency shares an inter-state border with .

Voter turnout

According to data released by the Election Commission of India, in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, the estimated voter turnout in this Digha constituency was 41.4%. In 2020, this seat registered a turnout of 37%, while it was 42.17% in 2015, and 38.31% in 2010.
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Total voters

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Victory margin

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Sanjiv Chaurasia of BJP won in this constituency beating Shashi Yadav of CPIMLL by a margin of 46234 votes which was 27.12% of the total votes cast. In 2015, Sanjiv Chaurasia of BJP was the winner in this seat beating Rajeev Ranjan Prasad of JDU by a margin of 24779 votes which was 13.57% of the total votes polled in the constituency. In the 2010 Assembly elections, Punam Devi of JDU won this seat defeating Satya Nand Sharma of LJP by a margin of 60462 votes which was 46.16% of the total votes polled for the seat.
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Winner vote share (%)

In the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections, Sanjiv Chaurasia of BJP had a vote share of 57.09% in this seat. In the 2015 Assembly elections, Sanjiv Chaurasia of BJP got a vote share of 50.74% , In the 2010 Assembly elections, Punam Devi of JDU got a vote share of 62.03% in Digha.
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  • First Published: August 29, 2025, 05:40 IST
  • Last Updated: November 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM IST

181. Digha


CONSTITUENCY DETAILS
Reservation status :General
State :Bihar
District(s) :Patna
Region (India) :East
Region (State) :Magadh
Lok Sabha constituency :Patna Sahib
2025 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Voter turnout (%) :41.4
Total voters :4,56,448
Male voters :2,38,689
Female voters :2,17,739
Third gender voters :20
Electorate gender ratio :912
Poll phase :1
Poll date :November 6, 2025
Results (Counting of votes) :November 14, 2025
Number of candidates :11

Assembly cons. Results

Cons. name202520202015
NarkatiaganjBJPBJPINC
MokamaJDURJDIND
KesariaJDUJDURJD
BihpurBJPBJPRJD
EkmaJDURJDJDU
BaniapurBJPRJDRJD
TarapurBJPJDUJDU
RunnisaidpurJDUJDURJD
Bodh GayaRJDRJDRJD
GovindganjLJPRVBJPLJP