Sitamarhi Assembly constituency

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]

Sitamarhi
Constituency No. 28 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Sitamarhi
Established	1951
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mithilesh Kumar
Party	BJP
Alliance	N.D.A
Elected year	2020

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

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sitamarhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mitilesh Kumar	90,236	49.90	New
	RJD	Sunil Kumar	78761	43.55	−6.55
	NOTA	None of the above	2979	1.65
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing