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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Sikta
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|27|11|07|N|84|27|12|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[Bihar]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[West Champaran district|Paschim Champaran]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 9
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|1. Valmiki Nagar]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

|area_code =
|website =
|footnotes =
}}
'''Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[West Champaran district|Paschim Champaran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].

==Overview==
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 in India|community development block]]; and Barawa Barauli, Somgarh and Bhavta [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Narkatiaganj]] CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 1. [[Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==

{| class="wikitable" width=80%
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Political Party
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1951
|Faizul Rahman
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1957
|Faizul Rahman
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Swatantra Party}}" |
|1962
|Raiful Azam
| [[Swatantra Party]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|1967
|U.S. Shukla
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1969
| Raiful Azam
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Organization)}}" |
| 1972
| [[Faiyazul Azam]]
|[[Indian National Congress (Organization)]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1977
| [[Faiyazul Azam]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|1980
| Dharmesh Prasad Verma
|[[Janata Party|Janata Party (JP)]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|1985
| Dharmesh Prasad Verma
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|1990
|[[Faiyazul Azam]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|1991<br>'''(By-Polls)'''
|[[Dilip Varma]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| bgcolor=#FF6633|
|1995
|[[Dilip Varma]]
|Champaran Vikas Party
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|2000
|[[Dilip Varma]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
| FEB-2005
|[[Dilip Varma]]
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| NOV-2005
|[[Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahmad|Feroz Ahmad]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
|2010
|[[Dilip Varma]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|2015
|[[Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahmad|Feroz Ahmad]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}" |
| 2020
| [[Birendra Prasad Gupta]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]

|}

==Election results==

===Assembly Elections 2020===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sikta}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Birendra Prasad Gupta
|votes = 49075
|percentage = 28.85
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Dilip Varma
|votes = 46773
|percentage = 27.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Firoj Ahmad
|votes = 35798
|percentage = 21.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = Rijabanullah
|votes = 8519
|percentage = 5.01
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 2022
|percentage = 1.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plurals Party
|candidate = Tamnna Khatun
|votes = 2237
|percentage = 1.32
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2302
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,70,077
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Assembly Elections 2015===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sikta}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahmad|Feroz Ahmad]]
|votes = 69,870
|percentage = 43.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dilip Varma
|votes = 67,035
|percentage = 41.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Birendra Prasad Gupta
|votes = 5,639
|percentage = 3.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = none of the above
|candidate = None Of The Above
|votes = 5,579
|percentage = 3.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,835
|percentage = 1.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,60,817
|percentage = 66.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Independent politician
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Assembly Elections 2010===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sikta}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Dilip Varma
|votes = 49,229
|percentage = 39.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Khurshid Urf Firoj Ahmad|Feroz Ahmad]]
|votes = 40,450
|percentage = 32.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Ghanshyam Prasad
|votes = 8,779
|percentage = 7.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Virendra Prasad Gupta
|votes = 5,921
|percentage = 4.74
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Krishna Prasad
|votes = 5,010
|percentage = 4.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Faiyazul Azam
|votes = 3,187
|percentage = 2.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,779
|percentage = 7.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,24,948
|percentage = 62.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent politician
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Tirhut Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of West Champaran district]]

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