Katihar Lok Sabha constituency
Katihar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.
| Katihar Lok Sabha constituency | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Janata Dal (United) |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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
| 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 [3] | 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 [4]
- Sita Ram Kesri (Congress) : 83,533
References
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