Darbhanga is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Darbhanga district

Darbhanga District

Darbhanga district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state in eastern India, and Darbhanga town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Darbhanga district is a part of Darbhanga Division...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 83 Darbhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Darbhanga

Darbhanga

Darbhangā is a twin city and a municipal corporation and the capital city of the Darbhanga district and Darbhanga Division in the state of Bihar, India. It is one of the most important districts of North Bihar situated in the very heart of Mithilanchal. According to the latest 2011 census, the...

 municipal corporation; Kabir Chak, Kansi, Ranipur, Sara Mahamad, Shisho East, Shisho West, Basudeopur, Sahbajpur gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Darbhanga community development block

Community Development Block in India

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Darbhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)

Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)

Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in western India.-Assembly segments:...

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1977-2010

In the 2010

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term...

, October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Sanjay Saraogi of BJP won the Darbhanga assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sultan Ahmed of RJD

Rashtriya Janata Dal

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, Dr. Madan Mohan Jha of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 and Md. Mumtaza Alam of RJD respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sultan Ahmad of RJD defeated Shiv Nath Verma of BJP in 2000. Shiv Nath Verma of BJP defeated Abdul Majid Ansari of JD

Janata Dal

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 in 1995. Kameshwar Purve of JD defeated Vijay Kant Thakur of CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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 in 1990. Asfak Ansari of Congress defeated Ramashray Rai, Independent, in 1985. Abdul Sami Nadvi of Congress defeated Kameshwar Purbe of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh). Shivnath Verma of JP

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

 defeated Ram Ballabh Jalan of CPI

Communist Party of India

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in 1977.