Katihar Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Katihar
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Established	1957
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

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 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]
1957	Babulal Manjhi	Indian National Congress
1957	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	Indian National Congress
1990	Ram Prakash Mahto	Janata Dal
1995	Jagbandhu Adhikari	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Ram Prakash Mahto	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Ram Prakash Mahto	Rashtriya Janata Dal
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

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility". 5 August 2015.
^ "Katihar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election, 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977".
^ "Katihar Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".