# Katihar Lok Sabha constituency

Katihar 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 | 2024 lead |
| 63 | Katihar | Katihar | Tarkishore Prasad | BJP | JDU |
| 64 | Kadwa | Katihar | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | INC | JDU |
| 65 | Balrampur | Katihar | Mahbub Alam | CPIML | INC |
| 66 | Pranpur | Katihar | Nisha Singh | BJP | INC |
| 67 | Manihari (ST) | Katihar | Manohar Prasad Singh | INC | INC |
| 68 | Barari | Katihar | Bijay Singh | JDU | JDU |

## Members of Lok Sabha

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:
| Year | Name | Party |
| 1957 | Avadhesh Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1958^ | Bhola Nath Biswas | Indian National Congress |
| 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 | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Yuvraj | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Yunus Saleem | Janata Dal |
| 1996 | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress |
| 1998 | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress |
| 1999 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2004 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2009 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014 | Tariq Anwar | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 2019 | Dulal Chandra Goswami | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2024 | Tariq Anwar | Indian National Congress |
^ by-poll

## Election results
### 2024

2024 Indian general elections:Katihar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Tariq Anwar | 567,092 | 48.42 |
| | JD(U) | Dulal Chandra Goswami | 517,229 | 44.16 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 49,863 | 4.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,171,546 | |
| | INC gain from JD(U) | INC gain from JD(U) | Swing | |

### 2019 general elections

2019 Indian general elections: Katihar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 57,203 | 5.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,18,289 | 67.64 |
| | JD(U) gain from NCP | JD(U) gain from NCP | Swing | |

### 2014 general elections

2014 Indian general elections: Katihar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NCP | Tariq Anwar | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,14,740 | 11.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,77,830 | 67.60 | |
| | NCP gain from BJP | NCP gain from BJP | Swing | | |

### 2009 general elections

2009 Indian general elections: Katihar :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,015 | 1.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,24,802 | 56.95 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1971 general elections

* Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav (BJS) : 96,422 votes
* Sita Ram Kesri (Congress) : 83,533