Sikta Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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 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
| 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
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Sammridh Varma | 97,173 | 46.11 |  25.06 | |
| Independent | Firoj Ahmad | 50,029 | 23.74 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Birendra Prasad Gupta | 37,431 | 17.76 |  11.09 | |
| JSP | Utkash Srivastava | 8,181 | 3.88 | ||
| AAP | Aurangjeb | 2,512 | 1.19 | ||
| Independent | Lalgurad Miyan | 2,427 | 1.15 | ||
| Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party | Md. Fakhruddin | 2,225 | 1.06 | ||
| BSP | Santosh Ram | 1,964 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,568 | 2.17 | 0.98 | |
| Majority | 47,144 | 22.37 | 21.02 | ||
| Turnout | 210,762 | 75.75 | 13.79 | ||
| JD(U) gain from CPI(ML)L | Swing | ||||
2020
| 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
| 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
| 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
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 "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 2020". Election Commission of India. 15 December 2025.
- ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.