Name of the Candidate | Party Name | Result |
FAISAL RAHMAN | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 87458 |
PAWAN KUMAR JAISWAL | Bharatiya Janata Party | 68261 |
RAM PUKAR SINHA | Independent | 20160 |
NEK MOHAMMAD | Nationalist Congress Party | 1868 |
MANJUR AHMAD | Independent | 1637 |
RAMKRIT PASWAN | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1434 |
VEERCHANDRA PRASAD | Rashtriya Pragati Party | 985 |
PRABHU NARAIN | Independent | 952 |
MOHMMAD ALAM | Garib Janta Dal (Secular) | 480 |
ANIL KUMAR MEHATA | Independent | 431 |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 2548 |
AC No | Category | Poll Phases | Last Date of Nominations | Date of Polls | Result |
21 | GEN | Phase IV | Oct 7th 2015 | Nov 1st 2015 | Nov 8th 2015 |
Dhaka is in eastern Champaran district and Ghorasahan and Dhaka are the areas covered by the Dhaka assembly constituency. The Dhaka assembly segment belongs to the Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency. A total of 2,61,279 eligible voters reside here of whom 1,38,318 are male and 1,23,650 female voters.
Dhaka, one of the twelve assembly segments located in the Purvi Champaran (East Champaran) district of Bihar, is currently held by Independent MLA Pawan Kumar Jaiswal who won the seat in the last general assembly elections to the state in 2010 by defeating his nearest rival Faisal Rahman of Janata Dal (United) by a margin of 1649 votes. In that election, Pawan Kumar Jaiswal, who is the founder president of a social organization named Ram Rahim Sena, polled 48100 votes, the JD(U) nominee received 46451 votes and was followed by Nek Mohammed of Ramvilas Paswan led Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) with 13418 votes.
Abdul Hamid Ansari, who contested on the ticket of the Congress, was relegated to the fourth place by securing just 4464 votes.
In 2010, the RJD and Ramvilas Paswan led Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) had contested the elections jointly. However equations have changed today. The BJP and the JD (U) have snapped their alliance and LJP is now a part of the NDA, the ruling dispensation at the Centre. The JD (U), the Congress and the RJD have come together to check the BJP.
Avaneesh Kumar Singh, the winner of the Chiraia assembly seat in 2010 as a BJP candidate, has joined the JD (U) and had unsuccessfully contest the Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 parliamentary elections on the ticket of the latter.
In 2000, Manoj Kumar Singh had won the Dhaka assembly seat in 2000 as an RJD nominee by defeating Avaneesh Kumar Singh.
Dhaka is one of the six assembly constituencies that combine to form the parliamentary constituency of Sheohar which is currently represented by Rama Devi of the BJP. Other five assembly constituencies are Chiraia, Madhuban, Sheohar, Riga and Belsand.
Sitting Independent MLA Pawan Kumar Jaiswal is now contesting Dhaka seat on BJP ticket. He will be facing a tough battle from Faisal Rahman from RJD in this constituency. At present, the constituency of Dhaka is represented in the assembly by Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (Independent). There was a close fight between Jaiswal and his opponent Faisal Rahaman of JD(U) in the 2010 election. Jaiswal won with 48,100 votes, while Rahman settled for 46,451 votes. Jaiswal is one of the 12 tainted BJP candidates facing criminal charges, but they were given tickets to contest the election.