Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Valmiki Nagar
Valmiki Nagar
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Sunil Kumar
Parliamentary Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected Year	2020
Constituency Details
Established	2008-Present
Reservation	None
State	Bihar
Assembly Constituencies	Valmiki Nagar; Ramnagar; Narkatiaganj; Bagaha; Lauriya; Sikta

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 delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

This constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party	Party Leading (in 2019)
1	Valmiki Nagar	None	West Champaran	Dhirendra Pratap Singh	JD(U)	JD(U)
2	Ramnagar	SC	West Champaran	Bhagirathi Devi	BJP	JD(U)
3	Narkatiaganj	None	West Champaran	Rashmi Verma	BJP	JD(U)
4	Bagaha	None	West Champaran	Ram Singh	BJP	JD(U)
5	Lauriya	None	West Champaran	Vinay Bihari	BJP	JD(U)
9	Sikta	None	West Champaran	Birendra Prasad Gupta	CPI(ML)L	JD(U)

Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]

Year		Candidate	Party
Before 2008		Seat Did Not Exist
	2009	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto	Janata Dal (United)
	2014	Satish Chandra Dubey	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2019	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto	Janata Dal (United)
	2020	Sunil Kumar	Janata Dal (United)

Election results[edit | edit source]

2020 by-election[edit | edit source]

Bye-elections were needed due to the death of the sitting MP, Baidyanath Prasad Mahto. Sunil Kumar, Mahto's son won the by-election.^[1]

Bye-election, 2020: Valmiki Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar	4,03,360	38.08	20.31
	INC	Pravesh Kumar Mishra	3,80,821	35.95	11.92
	BPP	Shailendra Kumar	1,09,711	10.36	10.36
	RLSP	Prem Kumar Chaudhary	52,396	4.95	4.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	41,041	3.87	0.53
Majority			22,539	2.13
Turnout			10,61,198	61.36
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2019 general election[edit | edit source]

2019 Indian general elections: Valmiki Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto	6,02,660	58.39	49.32
	INC	Shashwat Kedar	2,48,044	24.03	3.32
	BSP	Deepak Yadav	62,963	6.10
	Independent	Suresh Sah	14,870	1.44
	NOTA	None of the Above	34,338	3.33	1.61
Majority			3,54,616	34.36
Turnout			10,32,090	61.97
	JD(U) gain from BJP		Swing

2014 general elections[edit | edit source]

2014 Indian general elections: Valmiki Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satish Chandra Dubey	3,64,013	40.44	+40.44
	INC	Purnmasi Ram	2,46,218	27.35	+22.88
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto	81,612	9.07	−37.33
	Independent	Dilip Varma	58,817	6.53	+6.53
	BED	Amar Sahani	35,888	3.99	+3.99
	JMM	Prof. Amaresh Prasad	27,603	3.07	+3.07
	NOTA	None of the Above	15,515	1.72
	CPI(ML)L	Virendra Prasad Gupta	12,581	1.40	−0.89
	BSP	Shailesh Kumar Diwakar	11,668	1.30	−6.40
Majority			1,17,795	13.09
Turnout			9,00,127	61.80
	BJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

2009 general elections[edit | edit source]

2009 Indian general elections: Valmiki Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto	2,77,696	46.40
	Independent	Fakhruddin	94,021	15.71
	BSP	Manan Mishra	46,058	7.70
	RJD	Raghunath Jha	45,699	7.64
	NCP	Dilip Varma	38,650	6.46
	INC	Mohammad Shamim Akhtar	26,762	4.47
Majority			1,83,675	30.69
Turnout			5,98,447	46.91
	JD(U) win (new seat)