Katihar is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in East Bihar of Bihar and is located in East India. Katihar Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 54.92%. There are 14,46,478 voters of which 7,69,044 are male and 6,77,392 are female and 42 voters of the third gender.
Tarik Anwar of NCP (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating BJP. NCP polled 4,31,292 of the total of 9,77,830 votes polled. BJP won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Katihar goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 67.60%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 11 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,46,478 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,69,044 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,77,392 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | NCP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 67.60% | 56.95% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,14,740 | 14,015 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.73% | 1.93% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | NCP | BJP |
| Turnout % | 67.60% | 56.95% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,14,740 | 14,015 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.73% | 1.93% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | 559423 | 50.05% | Dulal Chandra GoswamiWinner |
| INC | 502220 | 44.93% | Shah Tariq Anwar |
| NOTA | 20584 | 1.84% | Nota |
| NCP | 9248 | 0.83% | Muhammad Shakur |
| IND | 8119 | 0.73% | Samir Kumar Jha |
| BMP | 6247 | 0.56% | Marang Hansda |
| BSP | 4014 | 0.36% | Shivnandan Mandal |
| RJSP | 2937 | 0.26% | Ganga Kebat |
| BBC | 2633 | 0.24% | Basukinath Sah |
| PPI(D) | 2309 | 0.21% | Abdur Rahman |
