| Sikti | |
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| Constituency No. 51 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Araria |
| Total electors | 279,102 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Sikti is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. The constituency is part of Araria Lok Sabha constituency. [1]
Ten elections have been held here since it came into existence in 1977. Of these, Congress and BJP have been successful three times, independents twice, Janata Dal and Janata Dal United once each. Azimuddin was the MLA here five times in 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972 and 1977 respectively and became a minister four times. Congress veterans Sheetal Prasad Gupta and Rameshwar Yadav have also represented this area. As of 2020, Vijay Kumar Mandal of BJP is the MLA. Vijay Kumar Mandal has been made Disaster Minister in 2025.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, Sikti Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sikti and Kursakanta community development blocks; Balua Kaliyaganj, Baradbatta, Chouri, Dehti North, Dehti South, Dharamganj, Dighli, Kankhudia, Pipra Bijwar and Chahatpur gram panchayats of Palasi CD Block. [1]
| Year | Name [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Md Azimuddin | Independent | |
| 1980 | Shital Prasad Gupta | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Rameshwar Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Md Azimuddin | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Rameshwar Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | Anandi Prasad Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | Murlidhar Mandal | Independent | |
| 2005 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2010 | Anandi Prasad Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Vijay Kumar Mandal | ||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Mandal | ||||
| VIP | Hari Narayan Pramanik | ||||
| JSP | Raghib Bablu | ||||
| BSP | Bhola Prasad Singh | ||||
| AAP | Dinesh Kumar Arya | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Mandal | 84,128 | 46.92% | +0.44 | |
| RJD | Shatrughan Prasad Suman | 70,518 | 39.33% | ||
| Independent | Abhishek Anand | 6,839 | 3.81% | ||
| Independent | Md. Quamruzzama | 4,515 | 2.52% | ||
| Independent | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 2,961 | 1.65% | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,310 | 1.29% | −1.16 | |
| Independent | Rajesh Kumar Singh | 1,605 | 0.9% | ||
| Independent | Rubina Kumari | 1,441 | 0.83% | ||
| RPPRINAT | Dinesh Kumar Yadav | 1,306 | 0.76% | ||
| BLRP | Md Jainuddin Roy | 1,180 | 0.66% | ||
| Independent | Budhir Kumar Sardar | 1,003 | 0.56% | ||
| Independent | Umesh Kumar | 433 | 0.24% | ||
| Independent | Prakash Sharma | 418 | 0.23% | ||
| Independent | Md Abrar Alam | 357 | 0.20% | ||
| VIP | Lukman | 229 | 0.13% | ||
| Majority | 13,610 | 7.59 | +2.7 | ||
| Majority | 13,610 | 7.59 | +2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 179,283 | 62.24 | −1.71 | ||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vijay Kumar Mandal | 76,995 | 46.48 | ||
| JD(U) | Shatrughan Prasad Suman | 68,889 | 41.59 | ||
| JAP(L) | Bal Krishna Jha | 4,725 | 2.85 | ||
| NCP | Azimuddin | 2,192 | 1.32 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Hatim | 2,171 | 1.31 | ||
| BSP | Vinod Rishidev | 1,853 | 1.12 | ||
| Independent | Veerendra Nath Mishra | 1,563 | 0.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,052 | 2.45 | ||
| Majority | 8,106 | 4.89 | |||
| Turnout | 165,656 | 63.95 | |||
| New All India Congress Party | Ashok Sah | 563 | 0.34 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Anandi Prasad Yadav | 42076 | 31.18 % | ||
| LJP | Vijay Kumar Mandal | 32202 | 23.86% | ||
| INC | Shagufta | 20280 | 15.03% | ||
| Independent | Azimuddin | 13509 | 10.01% | ||
| Independent | Murlidhar Mandal | 12496 | 9.26% | ||
| Majority | 9874 | ||||
| Turnout | 134957 | 63.71 % | |||
| BJP gain from LJP | Swing | ||||
Oct 2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Murlidhar Mandal | 47758 | |||
| LJP | Aftab Azim | 25934 | |||
| SP | Hasnain Mirza | 19492 | |||
| NCP | Anandi Prasad Yadav | 14433 | |||
| Independent | Md Sabbir | 13225 | |||
| BSP | Ranjit Yadav | 4488 | |||
| Independent | Madan Kumar | 3410 | |||
| Independent | Tithanand Mandal | 2091 | |||
| Majority | 21824 | ||||
| Turnout | 136284 | ||||
| JDU gain from LJP | Swing | ||||
Feb 2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Murlidhar Mandal | 32887 | |||
| LJP | Aftab Azim | 24710 | |||
| Independent | Hasnain Mirza | 20405 | |||
| BJP | Anandi Prasad Yadav | 14638 | |||
| Independent | Md Murshid | 10095 | |||
| INC | Vijay Kumar | 7698 | |||
| RJD | Md Haidar | 7092 | |||
| Independent | Ranjeet Yadav | 7078 | |||
| Majority | 8177 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent gain from LJP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Anandi Prasad Yadav | 54981 | 37.28 % | ||
| Independent | Md Azim Uddin | 40798 | 27.66% | ||
| RJD | Jamil Akhter | 26225 | 17.78 | ||
| Ajeya Bharat Party | Jagar Nath Mandal | 12087 | 8.19% | ||
| INC | Rameshwar Yadav | 4581 | 3.11% | ||
| Bhartiya Jana Congress (rashtriya) | Murshid Alam | 2549 | 1.73% | ||
| NCP | Athar Hussain | 1924 | 1.3% | ||
| BSP | Ashok Choudhary | 1253 | 0.85% | ||
| Majority | 14183 | ||||
| Turnout | 147497 | 70.51 | |||
| BJP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rameshwar Yadav | 34518 | 24.64% | ||
| Independent | Jamil Akhtar | 26244 | 18.73% | ||
| JD | Md Azimuddin | 25336 | 18.09% | ||
| SP | Anandi Prasad Yadav | 19022 | |||
| BJP | Jagdish Jaiswal | 9608 | |||
| Majority | 8274 | ||||
| Turnout | 140084 | 69.05 % | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD | Md Azimuddin | 38726 | 34.21% | ||
| INC | Rameshwar Yadav | 21300 | 18.82% | ||
| Independent | Jagnnath Madal | 11781 | 11.24% | ||
| Independent | Rameshwar Pd Singh | 19022 | 10.41% | ||
| Independent | Anant Lal Mandal | 5979 | 5.28% | ||
| Independent | Md Jamil Akhatar | 4976 | 4.4% | ||
| Majority | 17426 | ||||
| Turnout | 113198 | 63.13% | |||
| JD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rameshwar Yadav | 42775 | 46.93% | ||
| LKD Lok Dal | Md Azimuddin | 35289 | 38.72% | ||
| BJP | Tara Chand | 6697 | 7.35% | ||
| Janta Party | Murli Dhar Mandal | 4605 | 5.05% | ||
| Independent | Nageshwar Thakur | 1777 | 1.95% | ||
| Majority | 7486 | 8.2% | |||
| Turnout | 91143 | 61.56% | |||
| INC gain from LKD Lok Dal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shital Pd Gupta | 35867 | 44.2% | ||
| JNP(SC) Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh | Md Azimuddin | 27493 | 33.88% | ||
| BJP | Abdul Qaumum | 15655 | 19.29% | ||
| Independent | Bande Lal Rishideo | 1303 | 1.6% | ||
| JNP(SR) Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain | Gajendar Lal Sharma | 822 | 1.01% | ||
| Majority | 8374 | 10.32 | |||
| Turnout | 81138 | 60.82% | |||
| INC gain from JNP(SC)Janata Party (secular)ch.charan singh | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Md Azimuddin | 20323 | 30.21% | ||
| INC | Maya Nand Thakur | 10604 | 15.76% | ||
| JP | Sushila Kappor | 8314 | 12.36% | ||
| Independent | Shayam Sundar Bishwas | 6870 | 10.21% | ||
| Independent | Murli Dhar Mandal | 5185 | 7.71% | ||
| Independent | Abdur Rahaman | 5089 | 7.57% | ||
| Independent | Kriti Narayan Sah | 2935 | 4.36% | ||
| Independent | Shiv Nandan Rai | 1932 | 2.87% | ||
| Independent | Qbiyum | 1409 | 2.09% | ||
| Independent | Md Muslim | 1372 | 2.04% | ||
| Independent | Bechan Ali | 966 | 1.44% | ||
| Independent | Gaya Suddin Ahmad | 915 | 1.36% | ||
| Independent | Mangatu Ram Khetan | 844 | 1.25% | ||
| Independent | Chandrika Prasad Mandal | 506 | 0.75% | ||
| Majority | 9719 | 14.45 | |||
| Turnout | 67264 | 60.03% | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Maya Nand Thakur | 28450 | |||
| Independent | Mohammad Azimuddin | 23077 | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Majority | 5373 | 8.79% | |||
| Turnout | 62629 | 62.42% | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mohammad Azimuddin | 18889 | |||
| ABJS | SHYAM SUNDAR BISWAS | 14700 | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Majority | 4189 | 8.38% | |||
| Turnout | 52022 | 58.67% | |||
| Independent gain from ABJS | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mohammad Azimuddin | 12580 | |||
| ABJS | SHYAM SUNDAR BISWAS | 8241 | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Majority | 4339 | 10.17% | |||
| Turnout | 46142 | 55.21% | |||
| Independent gain from ABJS | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | Mohammad Azimuddin | 15626 | |||
| INC | Shanti Devi | 9177 | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Majority | 6449 | 21.24% | |||
| Turnout | 32169 | 35.67% | |||
| SWA gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shanti Devi | 10126 | |||
| PSP | ABDUR RAZAQUE | 8825 | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Majority | 1301 | 4.95% | |||
| Turnout | 29293 | 36.00% | |||
| INC gain from PSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | PUNYANAND JHA | 11252 | |||
| Socialist | RAJAQUE MOHAMMAD ABDUR | 4296 | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Majority | 6956 | 37.09% | |||
| Turnout | 18756 | 28.81% | |||
| INC gain from Socialist | Swing | ||||