Sikti Assembly constituency

Sikti
Constituency No. 51 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Total electors	279,102
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 1980 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.

Extent of the constituency

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name [2]	Party
1977	Md Azimuddin		Independent politician
1980	Shital Prasad Gupta		Indian National Congress
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 politician
2005			Janata Dal
2010	Anandi Prasad Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Vijay Kumar Mandal
2020

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal
	RJD
	Jan Suraaj Party
	PP
	Independent
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal	84,128	46.92
	RJD	Shatrughan Prasad Suman	70356	39.33
	Independent	Abhishek Anand	6839	3.81
	Independent	Md Quamruzzama	4515	2.52
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	2961	1.65
	NOTA	None of the above	2310	1.29
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar Singh	1605	0.90
	Independent	Rubina Kumari	1481	0.81
	RPI(A)	Dinesh Kumar Yadav	1306	0.73
	Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrawadi Party	Md Jainuddin Roy	1180	0.66
	Independent	Budhir Kumar Sardar	1003	0.56
	Independent	Umesh Kumar Mandal	433	0.33
	Independent	Prakash Sharma	418	0.23
	Independent	Md Abrar Alam	357	0.20
	Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP)	Md Lukman	229	0.13
Majority			13772	7.59
Turnout			179283	62.24
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal	76995	46.48
	JD(U)	Shatrughan Prasad Suman	68888	41.59
	JAP(L)	Bal Krishna Jha	4725	2.85%
	NOTA	None of the above	4092	2.45
	NCP	Azimuddin	2192	1.32
	Janta Dal Rashtravadi	Hatim	2171	1.31
	BSP	Vinod Rishidev	1853	1.12
	Independent	Veerendra Nath Mishra	1563	0.94
	Communist Party Of India	B.K.Anita	979	0.59
	Independent	Md Lukman	946	0.57
	Socialist Janta Party	Jay Narayan Sada	728	0.44
	New All India Congress Party	Ashok Sah	563	0.34
Majority			8106	4.89
Turnout			165656	63.95
	JD(U) gain from Janata Dal (united)		Swing

2010

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2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

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			179283	62.24 %
	BJP gain from LJP		Swing

October 2005

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2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Murlidhar Mandal	47758
	LJP	Aftab Azim	25934
	SP	Hasnainmirza	19492
	Nationalist Congress party	Anandi Prasad Yadav	14433
	Independent	Md Sabbir	13225
Majority			21824
Turnout			136284
	JD(U) gain from LJP		Swing

February 2005

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2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

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

2000

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election:Sikti

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

1995

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1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

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

1990

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1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

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

1985

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1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

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

1980

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1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

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

1977

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1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

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

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References

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External links

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

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