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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
Country	India
State	Bihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year	2020

Sikta
Assembly constituency
Sikta Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 27°11′07″N 84°27′12″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Paschim Champaran
Constituency No	9
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	1. Valmiki Nagar
Electoral system	First 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	Rijabanullah	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

External links

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

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