Katihar Assembly constituency
| Katihar Assembly constituency | |
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| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Katihar | |
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Assembly constituency | |
 Badi Durga Mandir of Katihar
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  Katihar Location in Bihar
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| Coordinates: 25°32′N 87°35′E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Katihar |
| Constituency No | 63 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 11. Katihar |
| Electoral system | First past the post 854105 |
| Website | www.katihar.bih.nic.in |
Katihar Assembly constituency 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. 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 Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
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| 1957 | Babulal Manjhi | Indian National Congress | |
| Sukhdeo Narain Singh | |||
| 1962 | Sukhdeo Narain Singh | ||
| 1967 | Jagbandhu Adhikari | Bharatiya 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
| 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 Vidhan Sabha Elections
- Tar Kishore Prasad (BJP) : 66,048 votes
- Bijay Singh (JD-U) : 51,154
- Ram Prakash Mahato (NCP) : 18,856
1977 Vidhan Sabha Elections
- Jagbandhu Adhikari (JNP) : 27,588 votes
- Raj Kishare Prasad Singh (CPI) : 6684
1972 Vidhan Sabha Elections
- Rajkishor Prasad Singh (CPI) : 18,315 votes
- Satya Narayan Biswas (IND) : 13,127
- Jagdish Prasad Mandal (Jana Sangh) : 10,945