Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency

Sitamarhi
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Bathnaha Parihar Sursand Bajpatti Sitamarhi Runnisaidpur
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Devesh Chandra Thakur
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2024

Sitamarhi is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
24	Bathnaha (SC)	Sitamarhi	Anil Kumar		BJP		JD(U)
25	Parihar		Gayatri Devi		BJP		RJD
26	Sursand		Nagendra Raut		JD(U)		JD(U)
27	Bajpatti		Rameshwar Mahto		RLM		JD(U)
28	Sitamarhi		Sunil Kumar Pintu		BJP		JD(U)
29	Runnisaidpur		Pankaj Mishra		JD(U)		JD(U)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
1957	J. B. Kripalani		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Nagendra Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
1967
1971
1977	Shyam Sunder Das		Janata Party
1980	Bali Ram Bhagat		Indian National Congress (U)
1984	Ram Shreshth Khirhar		Indian National Congress
1989	Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav		Janata Dal
1991	Nawal Kishore Rai
1996
1998	Sitaram Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999	Nawal Kishore Rai		Janata Dal (United)
2004	Sitaram Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Arjun Ray		Janata Dal (United)
2014	Ram Kumar Sharma		Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
2019	Sunil Kumar Pintu		Janata Dal (United)
2024	Devesh Chandra Thakur

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Sitamarhi ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Devesh Chandra Thakur	515,719	47.14
	RJD	Arjun Ray	4,64,363	42.45
	Independent	Saiqua Nawaz Azmat	28,912	2.64
	NOTA	NOTA	32,133	2.94
Majority			51,356	4.69
Turnout			10,96,960	56.25
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Sitamarhi ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar Pintu	567,745	54.65
	RJD	Arjun Ray	3,17,206	30.53
	IND.	Dharmendra Kumar	20,487	1.97
	IND.	Vinod Sah	17,724	1.71
	IND.	Mahesh Nandan Singh	17,270	1.66
	IND.	Ramesh Kumar Mishra	11,056	1.06
Majority			2,50,539	24.12
Turnout			10,39,600	59.32
	JD(U) gain from RLSP		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Sitamarhi ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RLSP	Ram Kumar Sharma	4,11,265	45.67	+45.67
	RJD	Sitaram Yadav	2,63,300	29.24	+8.64
	JD(U)	Arjun Ray	97,188	10.79	−29.57
	IND.	Mahesh Nandan Singh	20,613	2.29	+2.29
	AAP	Kishori Das	18,043	2.00	+2.00
	AITC	Rajeev Ranjan	11,250	1.25	+1.25
Majority			1,47,965	16.43
Turnout			9,00,588	57.18
	RLSP gain from JD(U)		Swing

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See also

• Sitamarhi district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References

1. Election Commission of India (5 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Sitamarhi". Archived from the original on 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. "Sitamarhi Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Sitamarhi Election Result 2019 | Sitamarhi Winning MP & Party | Sitamarhi Lok Sabha Seat".
3. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 47. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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12. "General Election 2004". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
13. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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