Katihar Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesKatihar
Kadwa
Balrampur
Pranpur
Manihari
Barari
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected year2019

Katihar Lok Sabha constituency 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 2019 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 JDU
67 Manihari (ST) Manohar Prasad Singh INC JDU
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)

^ by-poll

Election results

2019 general elections

2019 Indian general elections: Katihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal (United) 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
Janata Dal (United) gain from NCP Swing

2014 general elections

2014 Indian general elections: Katihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NCP Tariq Anwar [3] 4,31,292 44.11 +8.81
BJP Nikhil Kumar Choudhary 3,16,552 32.37 -4.86
Janata Dal (United) 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

2009 Indian general elections: Katihar
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 [4]
  • Sita Ram Kesri (Congress) : 83,533

See also

References

  1. "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Katihar Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
  4. "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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