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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Sitamarhi <br />
|type= SLA<br />
| map_image = 28-Sitamarhi constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
|mla =[[Sunil Kumar Pintu]] <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
|incumbent_image = <br />
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|region = <br />
|state = [[Bihar]]<br />
|district = [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]]<br />
|division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = <!-- Name of the Lok Sabha Constituency --><br />
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|28]]<br />
|established = 1951<br />
| electors = 305,766<br />
|reservation = <!-- SC, ST or None --><br />
|abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
'''Sitamarhi Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Sitamarhi district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Sitamarhi will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election2043">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/36-seats-in-bihar-to-have-electronic-voting-machines-with-paper-trail-facility-1204308|title=36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/poll-bound-bihar-to-get-36-evms-with-paper-trail-facility/|title=Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In 1995 constituency was won by Hari Shankar Prasad. His son [[Sunil Kumar Pintu]] represented this constituency three times later.<ref name="election2070">{{cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-former-mla-harishankar-prasad-was-committed-towards-development-20706007.html|title=Former MLA Hari Shankar Prasad was committed towards development}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 28. Sitamarhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Dumra, Sitamarhi|Dumra]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development 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><br />
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Sitamarhi Assembly constituency is part of 5. [[Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web|title=Sitamarhi Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/sitamarhi.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
|Damodar Jha<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|K. Shahi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|Shyam Sunder Das<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|Ram Swarup Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|Ram Sagar Prasad Yadav<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|Pir Mohammad Ansari<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|Khalil Ansari<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
|[[Shahid Ali Khan (politician)|Shahid Ali Khan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|Hari Shankar Prasad<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|[[Shahid Ali Khan (politician)|Shahid Ali Khan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Sunil Kumar Pintu]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|[[Sunil Kushwaha]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|[[Mithilesh Kumar]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|[[Sunil Kumar Pintu]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sitamarhi<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Sitamarhi">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Sitamarhi |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0428.htm |accessdate=25 November 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125075655/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0428.htm |archivedate=25 November 2025}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Sunil Kumar Pintu]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:104226}}<br />
|percentage = 48.11<br />
|change = -1.79<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Sunil Kushwaha|Sunil Kumar Kushwaha]]<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:98664}}<br />
|percentage = 45.54<br />
|change = +1.99<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ram Kishore Ray<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2867}}<br />
|percentage = 1.32<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party<br />
|candidate = Upendra Sahani<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2419}}<br />
|percentage = 1.12<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2284}}<br />
|percentage = 1.05<br />
|change = -0.6<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5562}}<br />
|percentage = 2.57<br />
|change = -3.78<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:216653}}<br />
|percentage = 70.86<br />
|change = +9.0<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = BJP<br />
|loser = RJD<br />
|swing = NDA<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sitamarhi<ref name="election2020"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Mithilesh Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:90236}}<br />
|percentage = 49.9<br />
|change = +9.24<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = [[Sunil Kushwaha|Sunil Kumar]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:78761}}<br />
|percentage = 43.55<br />
|change = -6.07<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar Tunna<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2035}}<br />
|percentage = 1.13<br />
|change = +0.55<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2979}}<br />
|percentage = 1.65<br />
|change = +0.66<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:11475}}<br />
|percentage = 6.35<br />
|change = -2.61<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:180842}}<br />
|percentage = 61.86<br />
|change = -1.51<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sitamarhi<ref name="Sitamarhi Constituency Election Results 2015 -2025">{{cite news |title=Sitamarhi Constituency Election Results 2015 -2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/sitamarhi |accessdate=25 November 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125075712/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/sitamarhi |archivedate=25 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Sunil Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:81557}}<br />
|percentage = 49.62<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Alias Pintu<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:66835}}<br />
|percentage = 40.66<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Nagina Devi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3624}}<br />
|percentage = 2.2<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janshanti Party<br />
|candidate = Anup Mahto<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2236}}<br />
|percentage = 1.36<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar Tunna<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2059}}<br />
|percentage = 1.25<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1629}}<br />
|percentage = 0.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:14722}}<br />
|percentage = 8.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:164358}}<br />
|percentage = 63.37<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Sitamarhi district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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