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Katihar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Katihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Bihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year	2020

Katihar
Assembly constituency
Badi Durga Mandir of Katihar
Katihar Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°32′N 87°35′E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Constituency No	63
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	11. Katihar
Electoral system	First past the post 854105
Website	www.katihar.bih.nic.in

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 Legislative Assembly

Election	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 Mahato	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Feb 2005
Oct 2005	Tarkishore Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party
2010
2015
2020

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Katihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Tar Kishore Prasad	82669	48.47
	RJD	Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto	72150	42.3
	NCP	Rajesh Gurnani	2173	1.27
	NOTA	None of the above	787	0.46
Majority			10519
Turnout			170554
	BJP hold		Swing

2015 Vidhan Sabha Elections

• Tar Kishore Prasad (BJP) : 66,048 votes
• Bijay Singh (JD-U) : 51,154
• Ram Prakash Mahato (NCP) : 18,856

1977 Vidhan Sabha Elections

• Jagbandhu Adhikari (JNP) : 27,588 votes [5]
• Raj Kishare Prasad Singh (CPI) : 6684

1972 Vidhan Sabha Elections

• Rajkishor Prasad Singh (CPI) : 18,315 votes [6]
• Satya Narayan Biswas (IND) : 13,127
• Jagdish Prasad Mandal (Jana Sangh) : 10,945

References

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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