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Constituency

63. Katihar

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-KATIHAR

BJP 43.0%won by 9.7%JDU 33.3%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 9.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 33.3% — it did not contest here in 2010.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.1% to 63.3%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,42,829
Turnout
63.3%
Valid votes
1,53,667
Margin
14,894
9.69%

Candidates

23 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1TARKISHORE PRASADBharatiya Janata Party · BJP66,04843.0%
  2. 2BIJAY SINGHJanata Dal (United) · JDU51,15433.3%
  3. 3DR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTONationalist Congress Party · NCP18,85612.3%
  4. 4JAYNANDAN PASWANIndependent · IND1,8011.2%
  5. 5SAMRENDRA KUNALIndependent · IND1,7771.2%
  6. 6ASHOK KUMAR BHAGATIndependent · IND1,2740.8%
  7. 7ASGHAR ALICpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL1,2470.8%
  8. 8None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,1390.7%
  9. 9RAM LAKHAN SAHIndependent · IND1,0690.7%
  10. 10NASIMSDPI · SDPI1,0620.7%
  11. 11JANARDAN SINGHIndependent · IND9980.6%
  12. 12BINOD SINGHIndependent · IND9510.6%
  13. 13ARVIND KHWABBahujan Samaj Party · BSP8420.5%
  14. 14AMARENDRA KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND8240.5%
  15. 15ZAHOOR ALAMIndependent · IND7990.5%
  16. 16PANKAJ JHAIndependent · IND7570.5%
  17. 17KANHAI MANDALIndependent · IND7480.5%
  18. 18ASHISH KUMAR'''''''' BALIDANI''''''''JDR · JDR5970.4%
  19. 19SHAILESH KUMAR SINGHIndian Union Muslim League · IUML4040.3%
  20. 20SAMIR KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND4020.3%
  21. 21MANOJ KUMAR SAHBMUP · BMUP3260.2%
  22. 22MD RUSTAMAAHPTY · AAHPTY3150.2%
  23. 23SHIVESH KUMARRSWD · RSWD2770.2%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–JDU swing
−37.2%
BJP share
46.9% → 43.0%
JDU share
0.0% → 33.3%
Turnout
60.1% → 63.3%
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