# Katigorah Assembly constituency

Katigorah Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies in Cachar district in the North-East Indian state of Assam. Kalain is main town of Katigorah. Katigorah Assembly constituency is part of No. 2 Silchar Lok Sabha constituency and also the Subdivision of Cachar District.

## Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 15 Katigorah Assembly constituency is composed of Katigorah Police Station in Katigorah Subdivision.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

Key
BJP INC AIUDF IC(S) Independent
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1951 | Namwar Ali Barbhuiya | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Hem Chandra Chakravarty | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Tarapada Bhattacharjee | Independent (politician) |
| 1967 | A.K.N. Hoque | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Abdul Hamid Mazumder | Indian National Congress |
| 1978 | Abdul Kiyum Choudhury | Indian National Congress |
| 1983 | Nepal Chandra Das | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Abdul Hamid Mazumder | Indian Congress (Socialist) |
| 1991 | Kali Ranjan Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Kali Ranjan Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2001 | Kali Ranjan Deb | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2006 | Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya | All India United Democratic Front |
| 2011 | Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya | All India United Democratic Front |
| 2016 | Amar Chand Jain | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2021 | Khalil Uddin Mazumder | Indian National Congress |

## Election results
### 2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Katigorah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Amar Chand Jain | 59,764 | 44.03 | +25.37 |
| | AIUDF | Khalil Uddin Mazumder | 50,956 | 37.54 | +5.11 |
| | INC | Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya | 16,418 | 12.09 | −14.33 |
| | Independent | Trayabashi Das | 1,949 | 1.43 | N/A |
| | CPI | Moinul Hoque | 1,372 | 1.01 | N/A |
| | Independent | Samujjal Das | 906 | 0.66 | N/A |
| | Independent | Hanif Alom Mazarbhuiya | 826 | 0.60 | N/A |
| | SP | Alauddin Choudhury | 552 | 0.40 | −0.44 |
| | Independent | Saleh Ahmad Talukdar | 541 | 0.39 | N/A |
| | Independent | Arun Karmakar | 425 | 0.31 | N/A |
| | Independent | Rafique Uzzaman Laskar | 356 | 0.26 | N/A |
| | Independent | Mahendra Sinha | 284 | 0.20 | N/A |
| | JCP | Sujata Sinha | 273 | 0.20 | N/A |
| | Independent | Dipak Lal Das | 184 | 0.13 | N/A |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 906 | 0.66 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,808 | 6.49 | +0.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,712 | 84.50 | +9.46 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,60,603 | | |
| | BJP gain from AIUDF | BJP gain from AIUDF | Swing | | |

### 2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Katigorah :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AIUDF | Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya | 33,226 | 32.41 |
| | INC | Anwarul Haque | 27,084 | 26.42 |
| | BJP | Anil Chandra Dey | 19,133 | 18.66 |
| | Independent | Amar Chand Jain | 12,808 | 12.49 |
| | AGP | Anup Kumar Dutta | 3,892 | 3.80 |
| | AITC | Kumarjit Deb | 2,148 | 2.10 |
| | Independent | Sahab Uddin | 1,880 | 1.83 |
| | Independent | Ashit Chandra Dey | 1,501 | 1.46 |
| | SP | Alak Sen | 857 | 0.84 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,142 | 5.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,02,529 | 75.04 |
| | AIUDF hold | AIUDF hold | Swing | |