Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Valmiki Nagar
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Valmiki Nagar Ramnagar Narkatiaganj Bagaha Lauriya Sikta
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Sunil Kumar
Party	JD(U)
Elected year	2020

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
1	Valmiki Nagar	West Champaran	Dhirendra Pratap Singh		JD(U)		JD(U)
2	Ramnagar (SC)		Bhagirathi Devi		BJP		JD(U)
3	Narkatiaganj		Rashmi Verma		BJP		JD(U)
4	Bagaha		Ram Singh		BJP		JD(U)
5	Lauriya		Vinay Bihari		BJP		JD(U)
9	Sikta		Birendra Prasad Gupta		CPI(M-L)L		JD(U)

Members of Parliament

Year	Name	Party
Till 2008 : See Bagaha
2009	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto		Janata Dal (United)
2014	Satish Chandra Dubey		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Baidyanath Prasad Mahto		Janata Dal (United)
2020^	Sunil Kumar Kushwaha
2024[1]

^ bye-poll

Election results

2024 General Election

2024 Indian general elections Valmiki Nagar^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar Kushwaha	523,422	47.50	9.42
	RJD	Deepak Yadav	4,24,747	38.55	New
	ASP(KR)	Shaifi Mohammad Miya	13,432	1.22
	NOTA	None of the above	30,709	2.79
Majority			98,675	8.95
Turnout			11,03,474	60.33
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2020 Bye- Election

Bye-elections were needed due to the death of the sitting MP, Baidyanath Prasad Mahto. Sunil Kumar, Mahto's son won the by-election.^[4]

Bye-election, 2020: Valmiki Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar Kushwaha	403,360	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

2019 Indian general elections: Valmiki Nagar^[5]

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

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

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 Kumar 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)

See also

• Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)
• West Champaran district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes