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Assembly constituency 63 · Bihar

Katihar is assembly constituency number 63 in Bihar, in Katihar district, and one of the segments of the Katihar Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 50.5% of the vote, 22,154 votes ahead of Saurav Kumar Agarwal (VSIP).

Katihar · 2025AC 63
  1. 01
    Tarkishore Prasad
    BJP
    1,00,255
    50.52%
  2. 02
    Saurav Kumar Agarwal
    VSIP
    78,101
    39.36%
  3. 03
    Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto
    Independent
    7,411
    3.73%
  4. 04
    Manisha Kumari
    PPID
    3,253
    1.64%
  5. 05
    Dr. Ghazi Sharique
    JNSRJP
    2,853
    1.44%
  6. 6 other candidates · 4,397 votesNOTA · 2,178 (1.10%)

Margin 22,154 votes · 11.16% of valid votes

2,62,016
Registered electors
2025 election
75.8%
Turnout
+13.4 pts vs 2020
22,154
Victory margin
11.2% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,98,448 valid votes, NOTA included.

Katihar 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tarkishore PrasadMale · 69 yrsBJP1,00,255
50.52%
2Saurav Kumar AgarwalMale · 39 yrsVSIP78,101
39.36%
3Dr. Ram Prakash MahtoMale · 74 yrsIndependent7,411
3.73%
4Manisha KumariFemale · 28 yrsPPID3,253
1.64%
5Dr. Ghazi ShariqueMale · 49 yrsJNSRJP2,853
1.44%
—NOTANOTA2,178
1.10%
6Ahmad RazaMale · 56 yrsAIMEIEM1,205
0.61%
7Rajesh GurnaniMale · 55 yrsAAP1,072
0.54%
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8Janardan SinghMale · 71 yrsIndependent656
0.33%
9Jhantu UraonMale · 38 yrs · STBHJJP550
0.28%
10Sanjay Singh @ Bhai SanjeevMale · 45 yrsIndependent504
0.25%
11Samir Kumar JhaMale · 47 yrsIndependent410
0.21%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.

0%20%40%60%2010201520202025BJP 50.5%VSIP 39.4%RJD 42.3%JD(U) 33.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Tarkishore PrasadBJP · 50.5% · margin 22,154Turnout75.8%
2020Tarkishore PrasadBJP · 48.5% · margin 10,519Turnout62.3%
2015Tarkishore PrasadBJP · 43.0% · margin 14,894Turnout63.3%
2010Tar Kishore PrasadBJP · 46.9% · margin 20,607Turnout60.2%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Katihar result 2020

Katihar 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tarkishore PrasadBJP82,669
48.47%
2Dr. Ram Prakash MahtoRJD72,150
42.30%
3Mohammad Kalamuddin Ansari Alies KalamIndependent2,533
1.49%
4Rajesh GurnaniNCP2,173
1.27%
5Sanjay SinghIndependent1,493
0.88%
6Chandan KishoreIndependent1,488
0.87%
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7Bibhaker Jha Alies Victor JhaIndependent1,192
0.70%
8Samir Kumar JhaIndependent1,092
0.64%
9Md ZameedSDPI964
0.57%
—NOTANOTA787
0.46%
10Ajay Kumar SahSBSP755
0.44%
11Kamal SharmaIndependent615
0.36%
12Kundan KumarJP515
0.30%
13Ashok Kumar BhagatIndependent384
0.23%
14Afaque AinulIndependent352
0.21%
15Satyanarayan AgrawalIndependent320
0.19%
16Manisha KumariPPID294
0.17%
17Poonam DeviBHJJP278
0.16%
18Dilip Kumar PoddarJD(S)271
0.16%
19Janardan SinghRTORP229
0.13%

Katihar result 2015

Katihar 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tarkishore PrasadBJP66,048
42.98%
2Bijay SinghJD(U)51,154
33.29%
3Dr. Ram Prakash MahtoNCP18,856
12.27%
4Jaynandan PaswanIndependent1,801
1.17%
5Samrendra KunalIndependent1,777
1.16%
6Ashok Kumar BhagatIndependent1,274
0.83%
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7Asghar AliCPI(ML)(L)1,247
0.81%
—NOTANOTA1,139
0.74%
8Ram Lakhan SahIndependent1,069
0.70%
9NasimSDPI1,062
0.69%
10Janardan SinghIndependent998
0.65%
11Binod SinghIndependent951
0.62%
12Arvind KhwabBSP842
0.55%
13Amarendra Kumar SinghIndependent824
0.54%
14Zahoor AlamIndependent799
0.52%
15Pankaj JhaIndependent757
0.49%
16Kanhai MandalIndependent748
0.49%
17Ashish Kumar'''''''' Balidani''''''''JDR597
0.39%
18Shailesh Kumar SinghIUML404
0.26%
19Samir Kumar JhaIndependent402
0.26%
20Manoj Kumar SahBMUP326
0.21%
21Md RustamAAHPTY315
0.20%
22Shivesh KumarRSWD277
0.18%

Katihar result 2010

Katihar 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Tar Kishore PrasadBJP58,718
46.87%
2Dr. Ram Prakash MahtoRJD38,111
30.42%
3Bhai ShamsuddinNCP17,015
13.58%
4Rajesh GurnaniIndependent2,647
2.11%
5Prof. Binod Kumar YadavINC2,570
2.05%
6Md. Shahid AkhtarIndependent1,965
1.57%
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7Sanjay SinghIndependent1,954
1.56%
8Vijay Kr. SahBSP1,051
0.84%
9Pramod Kumar ThakurABJS654
0.52%
10Kishan Lal AgarwalBSA599
0.48%
Map

Katihar outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Katihar district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPJD(U)RJDLJPRVINCAIMIMOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Katihar is one of the assembly segments of Katihar. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Katihar candidates.

  • Dulal Chandra GoswamiJD(U)89,203 53.5%
  • Tariq AnwarINC69,593 41.7%
  • Gopal Kumar MahtoBSP1,798 1.1%
  • Khalid MobarakIndependent1,342 0.8%
  • Gyaneshwar SorenIndependent1,323 0.8%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JD(U) led here by 19,610 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Katihar.

Who won the Katihar assembly seat in 2025?

Tarkishore Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Katihar in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,00,255 votes, which was 50.52% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Katihar?

The margin was 22,154 votes (11.16% of valid votes). The runner-up was Saurav Kumar Agarwal of the Vikassheel Insaan Party with 78,101 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Katihar in 2025?

Turnout was 75.77%: 1,98,520 of 2,62,016 registered electors voted, across 339 polling stations. That is 13.4 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Katihar part of?

Katihar is an assembly segment of the Katihar Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dulal Chandra Goswami got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Katihar a reserved constituency?

No. Katihar is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Katihar?

The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.