SITAMARHI
Constituency no. 5 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called SITAMARHI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2019
Sunil Kumar Pintu
JD(U)
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 4 of 16
Margin, 2019
2,50,539
24.12% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
RJDArjun Ray
- Votes
- 3,17,206
- Vote share
- 30.53%
- Behind by
- 2,50,539
Electors
17,52,454
Total votes polled
10,38,849
Valid votes
10,38,849
NOTA votes
10,318
0.99% of votes polled
Turnout
59.3%
Full result, 2019
20 candidates · 10,38,849 valid votes
Sunil Kumar PintuJD(U)won
5,67,745
54.6%
Arjun RayRJD
3,17,206
30.5%
Dharmendra KumarIND
20,487
2.0%
Vinod SahIND
17,724
1.7%
Mahesh Nandan SinghIND
17,270
1.7%
Ramesh Kumar MishraIND
11,056
1.1%
Amit Chaudhary urf Madhav ChaudharyIND
9,837
0.9%
Raghunath KumarAAAP
9,009
0.9%
Thakur Chandan Kumar SinghIND
7,287
0.7%
Jasem AhamadBSP
7,112
0.7%
Nand Kishore GuptaIND
6,588
0.6%
Braj KishorAIFB
6,307
0.6%
Showing the top 12 of 20. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | DEVESH CHANDRA THAKUR | JD(U) | 5,15,719 | 47.14% | ARJUN RAY | 51,356 |
| 2019 | Sunil Kumar Pintu | JD(U) | 5,67,745 | 54.65% | Arjun Ray | 2,50,539 |
| 2014 | RAM KUMAR SHARMA | BLSP | 4,11,265 | 45.67% | SITARAM YADAV | 1,47,965 |
| 2009 | ARJUN ROY | JD(U) | 2,32,782 | 40.36% | SAMIR KUMAR MAHASETH | 1,10,566 |
| 2004 | SITARAM YADAV | RJD | 3,26,165 | 47.21% | NAVAL KISHORE RAI | 98,005 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
