Sikaripara Assembly constituency

Sikaripara
Sikaripara
Constituency No. 7 for the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
LS constituency	Dumka
Established	2000
Total electors	2,08,651
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
	5th Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Alok Kumar Soren
Party	JMM
Elected year	2024 (future)

Sikaripara Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.^[1]

Overview

Sikaripara Assembly constituency covers: Sikaripara, Raneswar and Kathikund Police Stations in Dumka district.^[2]

This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.^[2]

Sikaripara Assembly constituency is part of Dumka (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Earlier Sikaripara constituency was the part of Bihar Legislative Assembly.

On 15 November 2000, Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar. The 1st Jharkhand Assembly elections were conducted in 2005.

2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sikaripara^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Nalin Soren	79,400	51.78%	9.74
	BJP	Paritosh Soren	49,929	32.56%	New
	JVM(P)	Rajesh Murmu	5,164	3.37%	22.04
	JD(U)	Salkhan Murmu	4,445	2.90%	New
	NOTA	Nota	3,852	2.51%	0.49
	Independent	Habil Murmu	2,375	1.55%	New
	AITC	Munni Hansda	1,950	1.27%	New
	Independent	Stephan Besra	1,830	1.19%	New
	AJSU	Shyam Marandi	1,044	0.68%	New
	JPP	Sunil Kumar Marandi	791	0.52%	New
	Independent	Ganesh Soren	762	0.50%	New
Margin of victory			29,471	19.22%	2.58
Turnout			1,53,333	73.49%	2.69
Registered electors			2,08,651		7.96
	JMM hold		Swing	9.74

2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sikaripara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Nalin Soren	61,901	42.04%	13.74
	JVM(P)	Paritosh Soren	37,400	25.40%	1.97
	LJP	Shivdhan Murmu	21,010	14.27%	New
	INC	Raja Marandi	7,877	5.35%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,418	3.00%	New
	Independent	Joseph Besra	3,096	2.10%	New
	Independent	Sunil Besra	3,051	2.07%	New
	Marxist Co-Ordination	Munni Hansda	2,644	1.80%	New
	Independent	Nathaniel Hembrom	1,738	1.18%	New
	BMP	Paulus Murmu	1,458	0.99%	New
	BSP	Stephan Besra	1,318	0.90%	New
Margin of victory			24,501	16.64%	15.71
Turnout			1,47,226	76.18%	12.21
Registered electors			1,93,266		14.81
	JMM hold		Swing	13.74

2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sikaripara^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Nalin Soren	30,474	28.30%	1.36
	JVM(P)	Paritosh Soren	29,471	27.37%	New
	JD(U)	Raja Marandi	29,009	26.94%	0.58
	AITC	Munni Hansda	4,641	4.31%	New
	RJD	Devid Murmu	3,816	3.54%	1.96
	Independent	Pankaj Kumar Tudu	2,169	2.01%	New
	Independent	Hopna Baski	2,157	2.00%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Palton Hansdak	1,556	1.45%	6.90
	Loktantrik Samata Dal	Bhim Soren	1,290	1.20%	New
	Rashtriya Deshaj Party	Habil Murmu	1,165	1.08%	New
	RSP	Babulal Kisku	1,052	0.98%	New
Margin of victory			1,003	0.93%	2.37
Turnout			1,07,673	63.96%	9.93
Registered electors			1,68,335		2.70
	JMM hold		Swing	1.36

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: Sikaripara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Nalin Soren	27,723	29.66%	17.80
	JD(U)	Raja Marandi	24,641	26.36%	New
	AJSU	David Murmu	18,522	19.82%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Sunil Kumar Marandi	7,800	8.34%	New
	Independent	Albinius Murmu	3,283	3.51%	New
	Independent	Ramjiban Dehri	2,526	2.70%	New
	BSP	Babu Lal Kisku	1,955	2.09%	New
	RJD	Satya Shikhanand Murmu	1,485	1.59%	0.86
	Samata Party	Basant Kumar Tudu	1,095	1.17%	New
	Independent	Nobel Kishore Marandi	1,059	1.13%	New
	SP	Stefan Besra	898	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			3,082	3.30%	16.20
Turnout			93,471	54.03%	0.67
Registered electors			1,73,000		11.59
	JMM hold		Swing	17.80

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sikaripara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JMM	Nalin Soren	39,259	47.46%	*New*
	BJP	Chhoto Murmu	23,126	27.95%	New
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Marandi	7,366	8.90%	New
	INC	Promodani Hansdak	5,813	7.03%	New
	CPI	Praful Soren	5,618	6.79%	New
	RJD	Lalita Hembrom	603	0.73%	New
	AMB	Shishu Hembrom	558	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			16,133	19.50%
Turnout			82,727	54.09%
Registered electors			1,55,038
	JMM win (new seat)