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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dilip Varma
| office = Member of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikta]]
| term_start = 1991
| term_end = Feb 2005
| prior_term =
| term_start1 = 2010
| term_end1 = 2015
| constituency1 = [[Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikta]]
| other_party = * [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[Indian National Congress]]
* [[Samajwadi Party]]
* Champaran Vikas Party
| birth_name = Dilip Kumar Varma
| alma_mater = [[Mumbai University]]
| education = Degree from [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]], Mumbai University (graduated 1974)<ref name="affid 2020"/>
| parents = Amresh Prasad Varma (father)
}}
'''Dilip Varma''' is an Indian politician from [[Bihar]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dilip Varma - Bihar Vidhan Sabha|url=https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/Assets_2012/Dilip_varma.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230161015/https://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/Assets_2012/Dilip_varma.pdf |archive-date=2021-12-30 }}</ref> He represented [[Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikta]] in [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] for 5 terms as an Independent,<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 September 2010|first=Pranava Kumar|last=Chaudhary|title=The former MLA BJP leader Dilip Verma is likely to contest as an independent from Sikta assembly consttuency.|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-former-mla-bjp-leader-dilip-verma-is-likelyn-to-constest-as-an-independent-from-sikta-assembly-consttuency-khurshid-alam-alias-firoz-likely-to-contest-on-jd-u-from-sikta-in-west-champaran-district-jd-u-sntaches-sikta-seat-from-bj-according-to-party-sources-/articleshow/6632650.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-30|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230161455/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/the-former-mla-bjp-leader-dilip-verma-is-likelyn-to-constest-as-an-independent-from-sikta-assembly-consttuency-khurshid-alam-alias-firoz-likely-to-contest-on-jd-u-from-sikta-in-west-champaran-district-jd-u-sntaches-sikta-seat-from-bj-according-to-party-sources-/articleshow/6632650.cms |archive-date=2021-12-30 }}</ref><ref name="affid 2020">{{Cite web|title=Dilip Varma (Independent (IND)): Constituency - Sikta (Paschim Champaran) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/Bihar2020/candidate.php?candidate_id=12692|access-date=2021-12-30|website=myneta.info}}</ref> [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) candidate,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dilip Varma (Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)):Constituency- Sikta (West Champaran) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/bihar2015/candidate.php?candidate_id=2630|access-date=2021-12-30|website=myneta.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title= Dilip Kr Varma, Sikta Assembly Elections 2000: Bharatiya Janata Party|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/2000/sikta/dilip-kr-varma/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=LatestLY|language=en}}</ref> [[Samajwadi Party]] candidate,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dilip Verma (Samajwadi Party (SP)):Constituency- Sikta (West Champaran) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/bih2005/candidate.php?candidate_id=478|access-date=2021-12-30|website=myneta.info}}</ref> [[bharatiya janta party|Congress]] candidate and Camparan Vikas Party<ref>{{Cite web|title= Deelip Varma winner in Sikta, Bihar Assembly Elections 1995: Champaran Vikas Party|url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/1995/sikta/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=LatestLY|language=en}}</ref> candidate.

== Political career ==
Varma fought in 1991 by-polls of [[Sikta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sikta]], Bihar as an Independent candidate and won. He won again in [[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], and the [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]] and [[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|February 2005]] elections, being elected continuously in successive elections. His [[Political party|party]] allegiance varied over his time as a member of the [[Vidhan Sabha]], and Varma won reelection standing as a candidate for different parties. He lost the [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|October 2005]] election and won [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] as an independent candidate.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

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Mrav at 07:29, 23 April 2026