The Dhamdaha Vidhan Sabha constituency falls in the Purnia district of Bihar. Voting in Dhamdaha for the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 will take place on November 7. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 25 announced the election schedule for Bihar. Voting for the Dhamdaha election will take place in the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Counting of votes for the Bihar polls will take place on November 10.

Polling for the 243-member Bihar assembly will be held in three phases. The voting for the third phase of assembly elections in Bihar will take place on November 7 in 78 constituencies. Here is the complete schedule of Phase 3 of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Dates And Schedule: Voting in 3 Phases on October 28, November 3 and 7, Poll Results on Nov 10.

Last Date For Filing Nomination  October 20
Scrutiny of Nominations  October 21
Last date for Nomination Withdrawal  October 23
Voting Date  November 7
Result Date  November 10

The Janata Dal United (JDU) has fielded sitting MLA Leshi Singh from the Dhamdaha Assembly Constituency, while Dilip Kumar Yadav is contesting on Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ticket. The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has given ticket to Yogendra Kumar. In 2015, Singh had won the election on a BJP ticket defeating Shiv Shankar Thakur, who had contested election on RSLP ticket.

The Bihar Assembly elections 2020 is the first major polling exercise since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India. The BJP is contesting 243-seat assembly elections in alliance with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JDU) as part of 50:50 seat division formula. The saffron party will contest on 121 seats, while the JDU will field its candidates on 122 seats. Notably, the JDU will accommodate seven candidates of Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM(S). Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Schedule to be Announced Today; Here's A Look at 2015 Poll Results And Current Strength of JD(U), RJD, BJP and Congress.

The Congress, a part of the Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar, is contesting on 70 out of the 243 seats. As per the seat-sharing pact finalised, the RJD would be fielding its candidates on 144 constituencies, and the Left Front comprising of CPI, CPI(M) and CPI-ML would be fielding their candidates in 29 assembly seats. The term of Bihar assembly will end on November 29.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
LESHI SINGH (Current MLA)JD(U)97057
CHAKRADHAR PASWANPeoples Party of India (Democratic)817
DILIP KUMAR YADAVRJD63463
SANJEET KUMARIND622
BIMAL ROYBhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party582
RAM KUMARAnti Corruption Dynamic Party560
ASHISH ANUJIND4336
BINDESHWARI SHARMAIND2525
MANEESH KUMAR YADAVIND2523
BRAJESH KUMAR THAKURIND2515
BRAHCHARI VYAS NANDANJanta Dal Rashtravadi2058
SUBHASH KUMAR RAJAKIND2001
MD GAISUL AZAMNCP1869
DIPAK PODARIND1452
SYED SHAH IQBAL ALAMJanata Party1398
KISHOR KUMAR YADAVLok Shakti Party (Loktantrik)1291
YOGENDRA KUMARLJPNA
RAMESH KUMAR MEHTARLSPNA

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