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Katihar Lok Sabha constituency

Coordinates: 25°30′N 87°36′E / 25.5°N 87.6°E / 25.5; 87.6
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Katihar
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesKatihar
Kadwa
Balrampur
Pranpur
Manihari
Barari
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party   INC
AllianceI.N.D.I.A.
Elected year2024
Preceded byDulal Chandra Goswami

Katihar is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Vidhan Sabha segments

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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

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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

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2024

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2024 Indian general elections:Katihar[3]
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

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2019 Indian general elections: Katihar
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

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2014 Indian general elections: Katihar
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

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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

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  • Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav (BJS) : 96,422 votes [5]
  • Sita Ram Kesri (Congress) : 83,533

See also

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References

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  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. ^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Katihar". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Katihar Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency".
  5. ^ "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
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