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
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Tarkishore Prasad
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2025

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.^[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		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
2025

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Katihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tar Kishore Prasad	100,255	50.52
	VIP	Saurabh Agarwal	78,101	39.36
	PPoI(D)	Manisha Kumari	3,253	1.64
	JSP	Dr Ghazi Sharique	2,853	1.44
	NOTA	None of the above	2,178	1.10
Majority			22,154	11.16
Turnout			198,448
	BJP hold		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Katihar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tar Kishore Prasad	82,669	48.47	+5.49
	RJD	Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto	72,150	42.30
	Independent	Md Kalamuddin Ansari	2,533	1.49
	NCP	Rajesh Gurnani	2,173	1.27	−11.00
	NOTA	None of the above	787	0.46	−0.28
Majority			10,519	6.17	−3.52
Turnout			170,554	62.29	−0.99
	BJP hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Katihar^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tarkishore Prasad	66,048	42.98
	JD(U)	Bijay Singh	51,154	33.29
	NCP	Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto	18,856	12.27
	Independent	Jaynandan Paswan	1,801	1.17
	Independent	Samrendra Kunal	1,777	1.16
	NOTA	None of the above	1,139	0.74
Majority			14,894	9.69
Turnout			153,667	63.28

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