Sikta Assembly constituency

Sikta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Sikta Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 9 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Elected year2020

Sikta
Assembly constituency
Sikta is located in Bihar
Sikta
Sikta
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 27°11′07″N 84°27′12″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPaschim Champaran
Constituency No9
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency1. Valmiki Nagar
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

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 Barawa Barauli, Somgarh and Bhavta gram panchayats of Narkatiaganj CD Block.[1]

Sikta Assembly constituency is part of 1. Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1952 Faizul Rahman Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Raiful Azam Swatantra Party
1967 U.S. Shukla Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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 Feroz Ahmad Indian National Congress
2010 Dilip Varma Independent
2015 Feroz Ahmad Janata Dal (United)
2020 Birendra Prasad Gupta Communist Party of India (M–L)

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Sikta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(ML)L Birendra Prasad Gupta 49075 28.85
Independent Dilip Varma 46773 27.5
JD(U) Firoj Ahmad 35798 21.05
AIMIM Rizwanullah 8519 5.01
NOTA None of the above 2022 1.19
PP Tamnna Khatun 2237 1.32
Majority 2302
Turnout 1,70,077
CPI(M-L) gain from JD(U) Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Feroz Ahmad 69,870 43.48
BJP Dilip Varma 67,035 41.71
CPI(ML)L Birendra Prasad Gupta 5,639 3.51
none of the above None Of The Above 5,579 3.47
Majority 2,835 1.77
Turnout 1,60,817 66.02
JD(U) gain from Independent Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dilip Varma 49,229 39.40
JD(U) Feroz Ahmad 40,450 32.37
LJP Ghanshyam Prasad 8,779 7.03
CPI(ML)L Virendra 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

  1. "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.
  2. "Sikta Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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