Sikti Assembly constituency

Sikti is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. The constituency is part of Araria Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Sikti
Constituency No. 51 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Total electors	220,229
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vijay Kumar Mandal
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2025

Ten elections have been held here since it came into existence in 1977. Of these, Congress and BJP have been successful three times, independents twice, Janata Dal and Janata Dal United once each. Azimuddin was the MLA here five times in 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972 and 1977 respectively and became a minister four times. Congress veterans Sheetal Prasad Gupta and Rameshwar Yadav have also represented this area. As of 2020, Vijay Kumar Mandal of BJP is the MLA. Vijay Kumar Mandal has been made Disaster Minister in 2025.

Extent of the constituency

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, Sikti Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sikti and Kursakanta community development blocks; Balua Kaliyaganj, Baradbatta, Chouri, Dehti North, Dehti South, Dharamganj, Dighli, Kankhudia, Pipra Bijwar and Chahatpur gram panchayats of Palasi CD Block.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1977	Md Azimuddin		Independent
1980	Shital Prasad Gupta		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Rameshwar Yadav		Indian National Congress
1990	Md Azimuddin		Janata Dal
1995	Rameshwar Yadav		Indian National Congress
2000	Anandi Prasad Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Murlidhar Mandal		Independent
2005			Janata Dal (United)
2010	Anandi Prasad Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Vijay Kumar Mandal
2020
2025

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal	111,342	50.56%	3.64
	VIP	Hari Narayan Pramanik	92020	41.78%
	Jan Suraaj	Raghib Bablu	3789	1.72%
	BSP	Bhola Prasad Singh	3357	1.52%	0.40
	Prism	Jay Narayan Sada	2204	1%
	AAP	Dinesh Kumar Arya	2210	1%
	Pese Party	Md Sabbir	2211	1%
	NOTA	None of the Above	2018	0.92%	0.37
	Independent	Shamshul	1078	0.49%
Majority			19,322	8.78 %	1.19
Turnout			220,229	72.62 %	10.38
	BJP gain from VIP		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal	84,128	46.92%	0.44
	RJD	Shatrughan Prasad Suman	70,518	39.33%	2.26
	Independent	Abhishek Anand	6,839	3.81%
	Independent	Md. Quamruzzama	4,515	2.52%
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar Mishra	2,961	1.65%
	NOTA	None of the above	2,310	1.29%	1.16
	Independent	Rajesh Kumar Singh	1,605	0.9%
	Independent	Rubina Kumari	1,441	0.83%
	RPPRINAT	Dinesh Kumar Yadav	1,306	0.76%
	BLRP	Md Jainuddin Roy	1,180	0.66%
	Independent	Budhir Kumar Sardar	1,003	0.56%
	Independent	Umesh Kumar	433	0.24%
	Independent	Prakash Sharma	418	0.23%
	Independent	Md Abrar Alam	357	0.20%
	VIP	Lukman	229	0.13%
Majority			13,610	7.59	2.7
Turnout			179,283	62.24	1.71
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal	76,995	46.48	22.62
	JD(U)	Shatrughan Prasad Suman	68,889	41.59
	JAP(L)	Bal Krishna Jha	4,725	2.85
	NCP	Azimuddin	2,192	1.32	8.69
	Janta Dal Rashtravadi	Hatim	2,171	1.31
	BSP	Vinod Rishidev	1,853	1.12
	Independent	Veerendra Nath Mishra	1,563	0.94
	NOTA	None of the above	4,052	2.45
	New All India Congress Party	Ashok Sah	563	0.34
Majority			8,106	4.89
Turnout			165,656	63.95

2010

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2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anandi Prasad Yadav	42076	31.18 %	20.58
	LJP	Vijay Kumar Mandal	32202	23.86%
	INC	Shagufta	20280	15.03%
	Independent	Azimuddin	13509	10.01%
	Independent	Murlidhar Mandal	12496	9.26%	25.78
	Independent	Lukman	3969	2.9%
	Independent	Mahendra Prasad Mandal	1,781	1.3%
	Independent	Jai Narayan Sada	1780	1.3%
	Independent	Paltu Mandal	1631	1.2%
	BSP	Gopal Kumar Mandal	1545	1.1%
	NCP	Mantu Bhagat	1328	1%
	Independent	Kalpana Devi	1221	0.9%
	SP	Farooqueahamad	1,139	0.8%	13.5
Majority			9874	7.3%	1.4
Turnout			134957	63.71 %	9.11
	BJP gain from LJP		Swing

2005

Oct 2005

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2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Murlidhar Mandal	47758	35.0%	11.1
	LJP	Aftab Azim	25934	19.0%	1
	SP	Hasnain Mirza	19492	14.3%	0.5
	NCP	Anandi Prasad Yadav	14433	10.6%
	Independent	Md Sabbir	13225	9.7%
	BSP	Ranjit Yadav	4488	3.3%
	Independent	Madan Kumar Sada	3410	2.5%
	Independent	Tithanand Mandal	2091	1.5%
	Independent	Anant Lal Mandal	1814	1.3%
	Independent	Bedanand Roy	1,575	1.2%
	Independent	Rishikesh Mandal	1,087	0.8%
	Independent	Md. Isamail Azad	977	0.7%
Majority			21824	16.0%	10.1
Turnout			136284	54.4%	0.2
	JDU gain from LJP		Swing

2005

Feb 2005

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February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Murlidhar Mandal	32887	23.9%
	LJP	Aftab Azim	24710	18%
	Independent	Hasnain Mirza	20405	14.8%
	BJP	Anandi Prasad Yadav	14638	10.6%
	Independent	Md Murshid	10095	7.3%
	INC	Vijay Kumar Yadav	7698	5.6%
	RJD	Md Haidar	7092	5.2%
	Independent	Ranjeet Yadav	7078	5.1%
	Independent	Khushi Lal Sah	2,331	1.7%
	Independent	Khoshi Devi	2018	1.5%
	Independent	Deva Nand Mandal	1972	1.4%
	Independent	Jamil Akhtar	1854	1.4
	Independent	Shri Balak Das Rishi	1624	1.2%
	Independent	Dilip Kumar Yadav	1271	0.9%
	Independent	Mangal Kumar Ram	1095	0.8%
	Independent	Md. Ismail Azad	907	0.7%
Majority			8177	5.9%
Turnout			1,37,676	54.6%
	Independent gain from LJP		Swing

2000

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2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election:Sikti^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anandi Prasad Yadav	54981	37.28 %
	Independent	Md Azim Uddin	40798	27.66%
	RJD	Jamil Akhter	26225	17.78
	Ajeya Bharat Party	Jagar Nath Mandal	12087	8.19%
	INC	Rameshwar Yadav	4581	3.11%
	Bhartiya Jana Congress (rashtriya)	Murshid Alam	2549	1.73%
	NCP	Athar Hussain	1924	1.3%
	BSP	Ashok Choudhary	1253	0.9%
	Independent	Jaibadul Haque	1,055	0.7%
	Independent	Ishwar Chand Ray	962	0.7%
	Independent	Janardan Pd. Mandal	359	0.2%
	Independent	Lakshman Prasad Sah	319	0.2%
	Independent	Lukman	276	0.2%
	Independent	Anant Lal Mandal	128	0.1
Majority			14183	9.5%
Turnout			1,48,917	70.5%
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

1995

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1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rameshwar Yadav	34518	24.64%
	Independent	Jamil Akhtar	26244	18.73%
	JD	Md Azimuddin	25336	18.09%
	SP	Anandi Prasad Yadav	19022
	BJP	Jagdish Jaiswal	9608
Majority			8274
Turnout			140084	69.05 %
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1990

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1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Md Azimuddin	38726	34.21%
	INC	Rameshwar Yadav	21300	18.82%
	Independent	Jagnnath Madal	11781	11.24%
	Independent	Rameshwar Pd Singh	19022	10.41%
	Independent	Anant Lal Mandal	5979	5.28%
	Independent	Md Jamil Akhatar	4976	4.4%
Majority			17426
Turnout			113198	63.13%
	JD gain from INC		Swing

1985

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1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rameshwar Yadav	42775	46.93%
	LKD Lok Dal	Md Azimuddin	35289	38.72%
	BJP	Tara Chand	6697	7.35%
	Janta Party	Murli Dhar Mandal	4605	5.05%
	Independent	Nageshwar Thakur	1777	1.95%
Majority			7486	8.2%
Turnout			91143	61.56%
	INC gain from LKD Lok Dal		Swing

1980

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1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shital Pd Gupta	35867	44.2%
	JNP(SC) Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh	Md Azimuddin	27493	33.88%
	BJP	Abdul Qaumum	15655	19.29%
	Independent	Bande Lal Rishideo	1303	1.6%
	JNP(SR) Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain	Gajendar Lal Sharma	822	1.01%
Majority			8374	10.32
Turnout			81138	60.82%
	INC gain from JNP(SC)Janata Party (secular)ch.charan singh		Swing

1977

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1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikti^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Md Azimuddin	20323	30.21%
	INC	Maya Nand Thakur	10604	15.76%
	JP	Sushila Kappor	8314	12.36%
	Independent	Shayam Sundar Bishwas	6870	10.21%
	Independent	Murli Dhar Mandal	5185	7.71%
	Independent	Abdur Rahaman	5089	7.57%
	Independent	Kriti Narayan Sah	2935	4.36%
	Independent	Shiv Nandan Rai	1932	2.87%
	Independent	Qbiyum	1409	2.09%
	Independent	Md Muslim	1372	2.04%
	Independent	Bechan Ali	966	1.44%
	Independent	Gaya Suddin Ahmad	915	1.36%
	Independent	Mangatu Ram Khetan	844	1.25%
	Independent	Chandrika Prasad Mandal	506	0.75%
Majority			9719	14.45
Turnout			67264	60.03%
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

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1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: PALASI^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Maya Nand Thakur	28450
	Independent	Mohammad Azimuddin	23077
	Independent
Majority			5373	8.79%
Turnout			62629	62.42%
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

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1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: PALASI^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mohammad Azimuddin	18889
	ABJS	SHYAM SUNDAR BISWAS	14700
	Independent
Majority			4189	8.38%
Turnout			52022	58.67%
	Independent gain from ABJS		Swing

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1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: PALASI^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mohammad Azimuddin	12580
	ABJS	SHYAM SUNDAR BISWAS	8241
	Independent
Majority			4339	10.17%
Turnout			46142	55.21%
	Independent gain from ABJS		Swing

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1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: PALASI^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	Mohammad Azimuddin	15626
	INC	Shanti Devi	9177
	Independent
Majority			6449	21.24%
Turnout			32169	35.67%
	SWA gain from INC		Swing

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1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: PALASI^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanti Devi	10126
	PSP	ABDUR RAZAQUE	8825
	Independent
Majority			1301	4.95%
Turnout			29293	36.00%
	INC gain from PSP		Swing

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1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: PALASI^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	PUNYANAND JHA	11252
	Socialist	RAJAQUE MOHAMMAD ABDUR	4296
	Independent
Majority			6956	37.09%
Turnout			18756	28.81%
	INC gain from Socialist		Swing

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