Sikta Assembly constituency

Sikta
Sikta
Constituency No. 9 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	West Champaran
Established	1951
Elected year	2020

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]
1952	Faizul Rahman	Indian National Congress
1957	Faizul Rahman	Indian National Congress
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
1977	Faiyazul Azam	Indian National Congress
1980	Dharmesh Prasad Varma	Janata Party
1985	Dharmesh Prasad Varma	Janata Party
1990	Faiyazul Azam	Independent politician
1991^	Dilip Varma	Independent politician
1995		Champaran Vikas Party
2000		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005		Samajwadi Party
2005	Feroz Ahmad	Indian National Congress
2010	Dilip Varma	Independent politician
2015	Feroz Ahmad	Janata Dal
2020	Birendra Prasad Gupta	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation

^by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(ML)L	Birendra Prasad Gupta	49,075	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(ML)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

External links

"Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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