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{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Valmiki Nagar
| map_image =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| established = 2008
| assembly_cons = [[Valmiki Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Valmiki Nagar]] [[Ramnagar, Paschim Champaran (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramnagar]] [[Narkatiaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Narkatiaganj]] [[Bagaha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagaha]] [[Lauriya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lauriya]] [[Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikta]]
| latest_election_year = 2020
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = File:Sunil Kumar Valmikinagar MP (cropped).jpg
| mp = [[Sunil Kumar (Valmiki Nagar)|Sunil Kumar]]
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
|alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
}}
'''Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 40 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Bihar]] state in eastern [[India]]. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following [[Electoral boundary delimitation|delimitation]] of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the [[Delimitation Commission of India]] constituted in 2002.

{{Pie chart
| value1 = 80
| value2 = 20
| label1 = [[Janata Dal (United)|'''JD(U)''' (4 times)]]
| label2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|'''BJP''' (1 time)]]
| color1 = {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}
| color2 = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| caption = Most successful parties from [[Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha]]
}}

==Assembly segments==
This constituency comprises the following six [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) segments:
{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! District
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|1
|[[Valmiki Nagar Assembly constituency|Valmiki Nagar]]
|rowspan="6"| [[West Champaran district|West Champaran]]
|[[Surendra Prasad Kushwaha|Surendra Kushwaha]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|{{party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|rowspan=6}}
|-
|2
|[[Ramnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency|Ramnagar]] (SC)
|[[Nand Kishor Ram]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}
|-
|3
|[[Narkatiaganj Assembly constituency|Narkatiaganj]]
|[[Sanjay Kumar Pandey|Sanjay Pandey]]
|-
|4
|[[Bagaha Assembly constituency|Bagaha]]
|[[Ram Singh (politician)|Ram Singh]]
|-
|5
|[[Lauriya Assembly constituency|Lauriya]]
|[[Vinay Bihari]]
|-
|9
|[[Sikta Assembly constituency|Sikta]]
|[[Sammridh Varma]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|colspan="4" |{{center|''Till 2008 : See [[Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bagaha]]''}}
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]
| style="background-color :{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Satish Chandra Dubey]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color :{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|2020^
|rowspan="2"|[[Sunil Kumar (Lok Sabha member)|Sunil Kumar Kushwaha]]
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Valmiki Nagar">{{cite news|last1=Election Commission of India|title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Valmiki Nagar|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S041.htm|access-date=13 July 2024|date=4 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713082254/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S041.htm|archive-date=13 July 2024}}</ref>
|}
^ bye-poll

==Election results==

=== 2024 General Election ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2024 Indian general elections]] [[Valmiki Nagar]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Valmiki Nagar Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/politics/in-the-2024-valmiki-nagar-lok-sabha-elections-sunil-kumar-of-jdu-won-with-523422-votes-defeating-rjds-deepak-yadav-by-98675-votes |website=Bru Times News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/ConstituencywiseS041.htm|title=Result 2024|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=[[Sunil Kumar (Valmiki Nagar)|Sunil Kumar Kushwaha]]|votes=5,23,422|percentage=47.50|change={{up}}9.42}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=Deepak Yadav|votes=4,24,747|percentage=38.55|change=''New''}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)|candidate=Shaifi Mohammad Miya|votes=13,432|percentage=1.22|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=30,709|percentage=2.79|change=|}}

{{Election box majority|votes=98,675|percentage=8.95|change=|}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=11,03,474|percentage=60.33|change=|}}

{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Janata Dal (United)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

===2020 Bye- Election===
Bye-elections were needed due to the death of the sitting MP, [[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]. [[Sunil Kumar (Valmiki Nagar)|Sunil Kumar]], Mahto's son won the by-election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/valmiki-nagar-lok-sabha-by-election-result-2020-sunil-kumar-jdu-wins-1739911-2020-11-11 |title=Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha By-election Result 2020: Sunil Kumar of JDU wins, beats Congress by over 22,000 votes - Elections News |date= |author= |access-date= 7 May 2021}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=Bye-election, 2020: Valmiki Nagar}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Sunil Kumar (Valmiki Nagar)|Sunil Kumar Kushwaha]]
|votes = 4,03,360
|percentage =38.08
|change = {{Decrease}}20.31
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Pravesh Kumar Mishra
|votes = 3,80,821
|percentage =35.95
|change ={{Increase}}11.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bhartiya Panchayat Party
|candidate = Shailendra Kumar
|votes = 1,09,711
|percentage =10.36
|change ={{Increase}}10.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
|candidate =Prem Kumar Chaudhary
|votes = 52,396
|percentage =4.95
|change ={{Increase}}4.95
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 41,041
|percentage = 3.87
|change = {{Increase}}0.53
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 22,539
|percentage = 2.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,61,198
|percentage =61.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019 general election===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Valmiki Nagar]]<ref name="Valmiki Nagar Elections 2019">{{cite news |last1=Firstpost |title=Valmiki Nagar Elections 2019 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/bihar/valmiki-nagar-election-result-2019-s04p01 |access-date=10 September 2022 |date=2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910151939/https://www.firstpost.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/bihar/valmiki-nagar-election-result-2019-s04p01 |archive-date=10 September 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]
|votes = 6,02,660
|percentage = 58.39
|change = {{Increase}}49.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Shashwat Kedar
|votes = 2,48,044
|percentage = 24.03
|change = {{Decrease}}3.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Deepak Yadav
|votes = 62,963
|percentage = 6.10
|change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Suresh Sah
|votes = 14,870
|percentage = 1.44
|change = {{Increase}}
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 34,338
|percentage = 3.33
|change = {{Increase}}1.61
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,54,616
|percentage = 34.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,32,090
|percentage = 61.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 general elections===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Valmiki Nagar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Satish Chandra Dubey]]
|votes = 3,64,013
|percentage = 40.44
|change = +40.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Purnmasi Ram]]
|votes = 2,46,218
|percentage = 27.35
|change = +22.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]
|votes = 81,612
|percentage = 9.07
|change = -37.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Dilip Varma
|votes = 58,817
|percentage = 6.53
|change = +6.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Ekta Dal
|candidate = Amar Sahani
|votes = 35,888
|percentage = 3.99
|change = +3.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Prof. Amaresh Prasad
|votes = 27,603
|percentage = 3.07
|change = +3.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 15,515
|percentage = 1.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Virendra Prasad Gupta
|votes = 12,581
|percentage = 1.40
|change = -0.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Shailesh Kumar Diwakar
|votes = 11,668
|percentage = 1.30
|change = -6.40
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,17,795
|percentage = 13.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,00,127
|percentage = 61.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009 general elections===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Valmiki Nagar]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Baidyanath Prasad Mahto]]
|votes = 2,77,696
|percentage = 46.40
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Fakhruddin
|votes = 94,021
|percentage = 15.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = [[Manan Kumar Mishra]]
|votes = 46,058
|percentage = 7.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Raghunath Jha]]
|votes = 45,699
|percentage = 7.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Dilip Varma
|votes = 38,650
|percentage = 6.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mohammad Shamim Akhtar
|votes = 26,762
|percentage = 4.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,83,675
|percentage = 30.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,98,447
|percentage = 46.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[West Champaran district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/bihar/valmiki_nagar/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Valmiki Nagar lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details]

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