Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Sikta
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Sikta is located in Bihar
Sikta
Sikta
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 27°11′07″N 84°27′12″E / 27.18528°N 84.45333°E / 27.18528; 84.45333Coordinates: 27°11′07″N 84°27′12″E / 27.18528°N 84.45333°E / 27.18528; 84.45333
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPaschim Champaran
Constituency No9
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency1. Valmiki Nagar
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Paschim Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 9. Sikta (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 1. Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Political Party
1951 Faizul Rahman Indian National Congress
1957 Faizul Rahman Indian National Congress
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 (Organization)
1977 Faiyazul Azam Indian National Congress
1980 Dharmesh Prasad Verma Janata Party (JP)
1985 Dharmesh Prasad Verma Janata Party
1990 Faiyazul Azam Independent
1991
(By-Polls)
Dilip Varma Independent
1995 Dilip Varma Champaran Vikas Party
2000 Dilip Varma Bharatiya Janata Party
FEB-2005 Dilip Varma Samajwadi Party
NOV-2005 Feroz Ahmad Indian National Congress
2010 Dilip Varma Independent
2015 Feroz Ahmad Janata Dal (United)
2020 Birendra Prasad Gupta Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation

Election results[edit]

Assembly Elections 2020[edit]

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: 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
[[All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|Template:All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/shortname]] Rijabanullah 8519 5.01
NOTA None of the above 2022 1.19
style="background-color: Template:Plurals Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Plurals Party|Template:Plurals Party/meta/shortname]] Tamnna Khatun 2237 1.32
Majority 2302
Turnout 1,70,077
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) gain from JD(U) Swing

Assembly Elections 2015[edit]

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
NOTA 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

Assembly Elections 2010[edit]

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[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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.