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
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

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

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Katihar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tar Kishore Prasad	82,669	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