Sikti Assembly constituency

The Sikti Assembly constituency of Araria district of Bihar, adjacent to the Nepal border, came into existence in 1977. Earlier it was in Palasi Assembly constituency. 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. Having a strong hold in this field, Mr. Azimuddin became the MLA here five times in 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972 and 1980 respectively and became a minister four times. He has worked in the Chief Minister's cabinet like Harihar Prasad, Mahamaya Prasad, Daroga Prasad, Karpoori Thakur, Lalu Prasad. The special thing is that he won four out of five independent elections, three times from the then Palasi Vis and twice from Sikti. Congress veterans Sheetal Prasad Gupta and Rameshwar Yadav have also represented this area. At present, Vijay Kumar Mandal of BJP is the MLA. He has also been a minister in the Bihar government. After the delimitation of 2009, there were geographical and social changes in this area. After the delimitation, the Sikti Legislative Assembly included in the Kishanganj Lok Sabha was merged with the Araria Lok Sabha. Earlier, in the Sikti Vis area, apart from Sikti and Kursakanta block, all the panchayats of Tedhagach block of Kishanganj district used to come, but after the delimitation, Sikti and Kursakanta were separated from Kishanganj and added to Araria.

Problems in this area

The flood erosion has troubled the people of this area. Hundreds of acres of land are cut every year from the goat and nuna flowing through the area. The rivers have destroyed many government schools and hundreds of homes. But people have not yet got freedom from floods and erosion.

Number of voters: Total Voters- 2,79102, Male Voters - 1,46343, Female Voters - 1,32752, Third Gender-07 Number of booths: 287 No. of Panchayats-37

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 51 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]

Sikti Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Kursakanta, Palasi and Sikti blocks come under Sikti assembly constituency

Sikti is a backward and extremely backward voter dominated area. After the delimitation of 2009, Sikti Vis area was formed by merging 37 panchayats of three blocks. This includes 10 panchayats of Palasi block, 14 of Sikti and 13 of Kursakanta block. Let us tell you that Sikti Vis area has been an unreserved seat since the beginning. There are maximum backward and extremely backward voters here. Apart from this, there are also good numbers of Muslims, Yadavs and Mahadalits.

There are total 14 panchayats under Sikti block which are as follows

01.Khoragachha Panchayat

02.Pardia Panchayat

03.Dahgama Panchayat

04.Mazrak Panchayat

05.Muraripur Panchayat

06.Kaua Kho Panchayat

07.Derwa Panchayat

08.Thengapur Panchayat

09.Bhirbhiri Panchayat

10.Benga Panchayat

11.Bardaha Panchayat

12.Amgachhi Panchayat

13.Dhengeri Panchayat

14Mazrak Panchayat

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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