Katihar Assembly constituency

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

Katihar
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictKatihar
Established1957
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

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 parishad; and Hasanganj CD Block.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Katihar will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

Katihar Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year Name[4] Party
1957 Babulal Manjhi Indian National Congress
Sukhdeo Narain Singh
1962 Sukhdeo Narain Singh
1967 Jagbandhu Adhikari Jana Sangh
1969 Satya Narain Biswas Lok Tantrik Congress
1972 Raj Kishore Prasad Singh Communist Party of India
1977 Jagbandhu Adhikari Janata Party
1980 Sitaram Chamaria Indian National Congress
1985 Satya Narayan Prasad
1990 Ram Prakash Mahto Janata Dal
1995 Jagbandhu Adhikari Bharatiya Janata Party
2000 Ram Prakash Mahto Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005 Tarkishore Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
2010
2015
2020

Election results

2020
Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Katihar[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Tar Kishore Prasad 82669 48.47
RJD Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto 72150 42.3
NCP Rajesh Gurnani 2173 1.27
RRP Janardan Singh 229 0.13 N/A
NOTA None of the above 787 0.46
Majority 10519
Turnout 170554
BJP hold Swing

2015
  • Tar Kishore Prasad (BJP): 66,048 votes
  • Bijay Singh (JD-U): 51,154 votes
  • Ram Prakash Mahato (NCP): 18,856 votes

1977
  • Jagbandhu Adhikari (JNP): 27,588 votes[6]
  • Raj Kishare Prasad Singh (CPI): 6684 votes

1972
  • Rajkishor Prasad Singh (CPI): 18,315 votes[7]
  • Satya Narayan Biswas (IND): 13,127 votes
  • Jagdish Prasad Mandal (Jana Sangh): 10,945 votes

References
  1. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility". 5 August 2015.
  4. "Katihar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  5. "Bihar Legislative Election, 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  6. "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977".
  7. "Katihar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".

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