Sikti Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date

Sikti vidhan sabha segment, located in Araria district of Bihar, is one of the constituencies that will go to polls in third phase of assembly elections 2020. As per the Election Commission schedule, voting will be held on November 7, and the results are expected to be declared on November 10 when the counting of votes will take place.

Sikti is among the 78 constituencies that will be contested in the third and final round of elections. In the last two assembly polls, the seat was dominantly won and retained by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 3 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 7, Results on November 10.

Schedule of Bihar Phase 3 Elections

In this round of elections, Sikti witnesses a contest between archrivals BJP and the RJD. While the BJP has issued the ticket to sitting MLA Vijay Kumar Mandal, the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led party had fielded Shatrughan Prasad Suman. In the 2015 elections, Mandal had won by around 8,000 votes against Suman -- who was then a candidate of the JD(U).

The assembly elections in Bihar was the first major polling exercise in India after the outbreak of COVID-19. The pandemic-induced lockdown had forced thousands of migrant labourers from the state to return back under strenuous mode of commutations. The Opposition parties have attempted to target Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the migrant crisis -- which analysts have described as a major poll issue.

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