Katihar is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 63. Katihar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Katihar community development block including Katihar nagar nigam; and Hasanganj CD Block. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Katihar will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.

Katihar Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1957Babulal ManjhiIndian National Congress
Sukhdeo Narain Singh
1962Sukhdeo Narain Singh
1967Jagbandhu AdhikariBharatiya Jana Sangh
1969Satya Narain BiswasLok Tantrik Congress
1972Raj Kishore Prasad SinghCommunist Party of India
1977Jagbandhu AdhikariJanata Party
1980Sitaram ChamariaIndian National Congress
1985Satya Narayan Prasad
1990Ram Prakash MahtoJanata Dal
1995Jagbandhu AdhikariBharatiya Janata Party
2000Ram Prakash MahtoRashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005Tarkishore PrasadBharatiya Janata Party
2010
2015
2020
2025

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Katihar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPTar Kishore Prasad100,25550.52+2.05
VIPSaurabh Agarwal78,10139.36
IndependentDr. Ram Prakash Mahto7,4113.73
Peoples Party of India (Democratic)Manisha Kumari3,2531.64
JSPDr Ghazi Sharique2,8531.44
NOTANone of the above2,1781.1+0.64
Majority22,15411.16+4.99
Turnout198,44875.74+13.45
BJP holdSwing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Katihar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPTar Kishore Prasad82,66948.47+5.49
RJDDr. Ram Prakash Mahto72,15042.3
IndependentMd Kalamuddin Ansari2,5331.49
NCPRajesh Gurnani2,1731.27−11.0
NOTANone of the above7870.46−0.28
Majority10,5196.17−3.52
Turnout170,55462.29−0.99
BJP holdSwing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Katihar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPTarkishore Prasad66,04842.98
JD(U)Bijay Singh51,15433.29
NCPDr. Ram Prakash Mahto18,85612.27
IndependentJaynandan Paswan1,8011.17
IndependentSamrendra Kunal1,7771.16
NOTANone of the above1,1390.74
Majority14,8949.69
Turnout153,66763.28

1977

  • Jagbandhu Adhikari (JNP): 27,588 votes
  • Raj Kishare Prasad Singh (CPI): 6684 votes

1972

  • Rajkishor Prasad Singh (CPI): 18,315 votes
  • Satya Narayan Biswas (IND): 13,127 votes
  • Jagdish Prasad Mandal (Jana Sangh): 10,945 votes

External links

  • . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.

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