| Sikta | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 9 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | West Champaran |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Valmiki Nagar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 278,251 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Birendra Prasad Gupta (CPI(ML)L) |
Sikta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 9. Sikta Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Mainatanr and Sikta community development block; and Barwa Barauli, Somgarh and Bhabhata gram panchayats of Narkatiaganj CD Block.[1]
Sikta Assembly constituency is part of 1. Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Faizul Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Raiful Azam | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | U. S. Shukla | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | Raiful Azam | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Faiyazul Azam | Indian National Congress (O) | |
| 1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1980 | Dharmesh Prasad Varma | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Faiyazul Azam | Independent | |
| 1991^ | Dilip Varma | ||
| 1995 | Champaran Vikas Party | ||
| 2000 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2005 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 2005 | Firoj Ahmad | Indian National Congress | |
| 2010 | Dilip Varma | Independent | |
| 2015 | Firoj Ahmad | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2020 | Birendra Prasad Gupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | |
| 2025 | Sammridh Varma | Janata Dal (United) | |
^by-election
Election results
[edit]2025
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Sammridh Varma | 97,173 | 46.11 | ||
| Independent | Firoj Ahmad | 50,029 | 23.74 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Birendra Prasad Gupta | 37,431 | 17.76 | ||
| JSP | Utkash Srivastava | 8,181 | 3.88 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,568 | 2.17 | ||
| BSP | Santosh Ram | 1,964 | 0.93 | ||
| Majority | 47,144 | ||||
| Turnout | 210,762 | ||||
| JD(U) gain from CPI(ML)L | Swing | ||||
Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/ConstituencywiseS049.htm
2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(ML)L | Birendra Prasad Gupta | 49,075 | 28.85 | ||
| Independent | Dilip Varma | 46,773 | 27.5 | ||
| JD(U) | Firoj Ahmad | 35,798 | 21.05 |  22.43
| |
| AIMIM | Rijabanullah Alias Rizwan Riyazi | 8,519 | 5.01 | ||
| Independent | Vinay Kumar Yadav | 4,160 | 2.45 | ||
| Bhartiya Panchyat Party | Akhileshwar Prasad Alias Jhunu | 3,312 | 1.95 | ||
| Independent | Wasi Ahmad | 2,686 | 1.58 | ||
| Independent | Hardev Ram | 2,588 | 1.52 | ||
| Independent | Ghausul Azam | 2,461 | 1.45 | ||
| Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | Rajesh Paswan | 2,362 | 1.39 | ||
| The Plurals Party | Tamnna Khatun | 2,237 | 1.32 | ||
| NCP | Mainuddin Alam | 2,023 | 1.19 | ||
| Independent | Ramjee Prasad | 1,746 | 1.03 | ||
| Janata Congress | Malkhan Singh | 1,613 | 0.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,022 | 1.19 | 2.28
| |
| Majority | 2,302 | 1.35 | 0.42
| ||
| Turnout | 170,077 | 61.96 | 4.01
| ||
| CPI(ML)L gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Firoj Ahmad | 69,870 | 43.48 | ||
| BJP | Dilip Varma | 67,035 | 41.71 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Birendra Prasad Gupta | 5,639 | 3.51 | ||
| Independent | Dhanesh Patel | 4,043 | 2.52 | ||
| Independent | Ajeet Kumar Urf Munna Singh | 2,551 | 1.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,579 | 3.47 | ||
| Majority | 2,835 | 1.77 | |||
| Turnout | 160,709 | 65.97 | |||
| JD(U) gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
2010
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dilip Varma | 49,229 | 39.40 | ||
| JD(U) | Firoj Ahmad | 40,450 | 32.37 | ||
| LJP | Ghanshyam Prasad | 8,779 | 7.03 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Birendra Prasad Gupta | 5,921 | 4.74 | ||
| Independent | Krishna Prasad | 5,010 | 4.01 | ||
| INC | Faiyazul Azam | 3,187 | 2.55 | ||
| Majority | 8,779 | 7.03 | |||
| Turnout | 1,24,948 | 62.63 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Sikta Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.