Constituency
63. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2010
BR-KATIHAR
BJP 46.9%won by 16.4%RJD 30.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 16.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2000 and 2010 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 34.0% to 46.9% of the vote here (+12.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.3% between them, down from 91.8% — the field split more ways.
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Electorate
2,08,316
Turnout
60.1%
Valid votes
1,25,284
Margin
20,607
16.45%
Candidates
10 contested · winner BJP- 1TAR KISHORE PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP58,71846.9%
- 2DR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTORashtriya Janata Dal · RJD38,11130.4%
- 3BHAI SHAMSUDDINNationalist Congress Party · NCP17,01513.6%
- 4RAJESH GURNANIIndependent · IND2,6472.1%
- 5PROF. BINOD KUMAR YADAVIndian National Congress · INC2,5702.1%
- 6MD. SHAHID AKHTARIndependent · IND1,9651.6%
- 7SANJAY SINGHIndependent · IND1,9541.6%
- 8VIJAY KR. SAHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,0510.8%
- 9PRAMOD KUMAR THAKURABJS · ABJS6540.5%
- 10KISHAN LAL AGARWALBSA · BSA5990.5%
Since 2000
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2000 and 2010. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–RJD swing
- +40.2%
- BJP share
- 34.0% → 46.9%
- RJD share
- 57.8% → 30.4%
- Turnout
- — → 60.1%