{{for|disambiguation|Dhaka (disambiguation)}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Dhaka | type = SLA | map_image = 21-Dhaka constituency.svg | map_caption = | map_alt = | incumbent_image = Faisal Rahman.jpg | mla = Faisal Rahman | party = {{party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} <!--Name of the current MLA's party. Leave blank for former constituencies--> | alliance = {{party index link|Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|MGB}} <!--Name of the current MLA's party alliance. Leave blank for former constituencies--> | latest_election_year = 2025 <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--> | preceded_by = Pawan Kumar Jaiswal | region = | state = Bihar | district = East Champaran | division = Tirhut | loksabha_cons = Sheohar | constituency_no = - | established = 1951 | electors = 335,844 | reservation = None | abolished = <!-- year abolished --> }} '''Dhaka''' is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Bihar, in East Champaran district.
== Overview == As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 21. Dhaka Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dhaka and Ghorasahan community development blocks.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>
Dhaka Assembly constituency is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref name=commission/>
== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|title=Dhaka Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/dhaka.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |Party |- |1952 | rowspan="2"| Masoodur Rahman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1957 |- |1962 |Nek Mahamad |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} |- |1967 |S. N. Sharma |{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}} |- |1969 |Masoodur Rahman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1972 |Hafiz Idris Ansari |- |1977 |Siyaram Thakur |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |1980 | rowspan="2" |Motiur Rahman | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}} |- |1985 | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1990 | rowspan="2" |Avaneesh Kumar Singh | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |1995 |- |2000 |Manoj Kumar Singh |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} |- |2005 | rowspan="2" |Avaneesh Kumar Singh | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |2005 |- |2010 |Pawan Jaiswal |{{party name with color|Independent politician}} |- |2015 |Faisal Rahman |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} |- |2020 |Pawan Jaiswal |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |2025 |Faisal Rahman |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} |- |}
== Election results == === 2025 === {{Election box begin|title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhaka<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Dhaka">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Dhaka |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0421.htm |access-date=25 November 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125135730/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0421.htm |archive-date=25 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Faisal Rahman |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes = {{formatnum:112727}} |percentage = 45.72 |change = +2.57 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Pawan Kumar Jaiswal |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:112549}} |percentage = 45.64 |change = -2.37 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jan Suraaj Party |candidate = Doctor L. B. Prasad |votes = {{formatnum:8347}} |percentage = 3.39 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen |candidate = Rana Ranjit |votes = {{formatnum:5730}} |percentage = 2.32 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:3047}} |percentage = 1.24 |change = -0.19 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:178}} |percentage = 0.08 |change = -4.78 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:246580}} |percentage = 73.42 |change = +8.69 }} {{Election box gain with party link | |winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2020 === {{Election box begin |title=Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Dhaka<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Pawan Kumar Jaiswal |votes = {{formatnum:99792}} |percentage = 48.01 |change = +11.35 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |candidate = Faisal Rahman |votes = {{formatnum:89678}} |percentage = 43.15 |change = -3.82 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party |candidate = Ram Pukar Sinha |votes = {{formatnum:10932}} |percentage = 5.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2965}} |percentage = 1.43 |change = +0.06 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:10114}} |percentage = 4.86 |change = -5.45 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:207840}} |percentage = 64.73 |change = -0.53 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2015 === * Faisal Rahman of RJD, won the Dhaka assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pawan Jaiswal of BJP.
{{Election box begin|title = 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dhaka<ref name="Dhaka Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Dhaka Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/dhaka |access-date=25 November 2025 |work= |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125135734/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/dhaka |archive-date=25 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |candidate = Faisal Rahman |votes = {{formatnum:87458}} |percentage = 46.97 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Pawan Kumar Jaiswal |votes = {{formatnum:68261}} |percentage = 36.66 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Ram Pukar Sinha |votes = {{formatnum:20160}} |percentage = 10.83 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Nationalist Congress Party |candidate = Nek Mohammad |votes = {{formatnum:1868}} |percentage = 1.0 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2548}} |percentage = 1.37 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:19197}} |percentage = 10.31 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:186214}} |percentage = 65.26 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
===2010=== * Pawan Kumar Jaiswal (IND), defeated Faisal Rahman of JD-U Of Margin 5234 vote.
===1972=== * Hafiz Idris Ansari (INC): 18,619 votes<ref name="election1972">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612205930/https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|archivedate=2021-06-12|url-status=dead|title= Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972 |website= www.elections.in}}</ref> * Nek Mahamad Akhtar (IND): 15,688 votes
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==External links== * {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
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