Sitamarhi Assembly constituency
| Sitamarhi | |
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| Constituency No. 28 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Sitamarhi |
| Established | 1951 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | N.D.A |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Sitamarhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Sitamarhi district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Sitamarhi will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]
History
In 1995 constituency was won by Hari Shankar Prasad. His son Sunil Kumar Pintu represented this constituency three times later.[3]
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 28. Sitamarhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Dumra community development block.[4]
Sitamarhi Assembly constituency is part of 5. Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Damodar Jha | Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | K. Shahi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Shyam Sunder Das | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Ram Swarup Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Ram Sagar Prasad Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Pir Mohammad Ansari | ||
| 1985 | Khalil Ansari | ||
| 1990 | Shahid Ali Khan | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Hari Shankar Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2000 | Shahid Ali Khan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Sunil Kumar Pintu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Sunil Kushwaha[6] | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Mithilesh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Mitilesh Kumar | 90,236 | 49.9 | +9.24 | |
| RJD | Sunil Kumar | 78,761 | 43.55 | −6.07 | |
| BSP | Rakesh Kumar Tunna | 2,035 | 1.13 | +0.55 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,979 | 1.65 | +0.66 | |
| Majority | 11,475 | 6.35 | −2.61 | ||
| Turnout | 180,842 | 61.86 | −1.51 | ||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Sunil Kumar | 81,557 | 49.62 | ||
| BJP | Sunil Kumar Alias Pintu | 66,835 | 40.66 | ||
| Independent | Nagina Devi | 3,624 | 2.2 | ||
| Rashtriya Janshanti Party | Anup Mahto | 2,236 | 1.36 | ||
| Independent | Rakesh Kumar Tunna | 2,059 | 1.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,629 | 0.99 | ||
| Majority | 14,722 | 8.96 | |||
| Turnout | 164,358 | 63.37 | |||
References
- ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
- ^ "Former MLA Hari Shankar Prasad was committed towards development".
- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Sitamarhi Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "श्रद्धांजलि:शहीद रामफल मंडल देश व समाज के धरोहर, आजादी की लड़ाई में हंसते-हंसते फांसी पर चढ़ना कबूल किया". bhaskar.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.