Katihar Lok Sabha constituency
| Katihar | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Assembly constituencies | Katihar Kadwa Balrampur Pranpur Manihari Barari |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Dulal Chandra Goswami |
Katihar is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.
Vidhan Sabha segments
Presently, Katihar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | Katihar | Katihar | Tarkishore Prasad | BJP | JDU | ||
| 64 | Kadwa | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | INC | JDU | |||
| 65 | Balrampur | Mahbub Alam | CPIML | INC | |||
| 66 | Pranpur | Nisha Singh | BJP | INC | |||
| 67 | Manihari (ST) | Manohar Prasad Singh | INC | INC | |||
| 68 | Barari | Bijay Singh | JDU | JDU | |||
Members of Lok Sabha
The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:[1][2]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Avadhesh Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1958^ | Bhola Nath Biswas | ||
| 1962 | Priya Gupta | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | Sitaram Kesri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1971 | Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Yuvraj | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1984 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Yuvraj | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Yunus Saleem | ||
| 1996 | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1998 | |||
| 1999 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Tariq Anwar | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2019 | Dulal Chandra Goswami | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2024 | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress | |
^ by-poll
Election results
2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Tariq Anwar | 567,092 | 48.42 | ||
| JD(U) | Dulal Chandra Goswami | 517,229 | 44.16 | ||
| Margin of victory | 49,863 | 4.26 | |||
| Turnout | 1,171,546 | ||||
| INC gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2019 general elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Dulal Chandra Goswami | 559,423 | 50.05 | ||
| INC | Shah Tariq Anwar | 5,02,220 | 44.93 | ||
| NCP | Muhammad Shakur | 9,248 | 0.83 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 20,584 | 1.84 | ||
| Majority | 57,203 | 5.12 | |||
| Turnout | 11,18,289 | 67.64 | |||
| JD(U) gain from NCP | Swing | ||||
2014 general elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Tariq Anwar [4] | 4,31,292 | 44.11 | +8.81 | |
| BJP | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | 3,16,552 | 32.37 | −4.86 | |
| JD(U) | Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto | 1,00,765 | 10.30 | +10.30 | |
| JMM | Baleshwar Marandi | 33,593 | 3.44 | +3.44 | |
| IND. | Ashok Ku. Bhagat | 15,547 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
| IND. | Kanhai Mandal | 10,516 | 1.08 | +1.08 | |
| CPI(ML)L | Mahbub Alam | 9,461 | 0.97 | −3.45 | |
| Majority | 1,14,740 | 11.74 | |||
| Turnout | 9,77,830 | 67.60 | |||
| NCP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2009 general elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | 2,69,834 | 37.23 | ||
| NCP | Shah Tariq Anwar | 2,55,819 | 35.30 | ||
| LJP | Ahmad Ashfaque Karim | 45,773 | 6.32 | ||
| IND. | Himraj Singh | 42,026 | 5.80 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Mahboob Alam | 32,035 | 4.42 | ||
| IND. | Mohammad Hamid Mubarak | 23,894 | 3.30 | ||
| Majority | 14,015 | 1.93 | |||
| Turnout | 7,24,802 | 56.95 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1971 general elections
- Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav (BJS) : 96,422 votes [5]
- Sita Ram Kesri (Congress) : 83,533
See also
References
- ^ "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Katihar". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Katihar Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
- ^ "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".