Constituency
84. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-KATIHAR
INC 42.1%won by 13.9%BJP 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 13.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 30.3% to 42.1% of the vote here (+11.8%).
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.4% to 63.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,95,649
Turnout
63.9%
Valid votes
6,36,290
Margin
88,286
13.88%
Candidates
24 contested · winner INC- 1TARIQ ANWARIndian National Congress · INC2,67,92742.1%
- 2NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,79,64128.2%
- 3MUFTI MOHD SAYEEDJanata Dal · JD1,54,57324.3%
- 4MAHBOOB ALAMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM9,9341.6%
- 5YAMUNA BHAGATIndependent · IND3,8430.6%
- 6RAMANAND YADAVIndependent · IND3,3070.5%
- 7YUGAL KISHOR VERMAShiv Sena · SHS3,0710.5%
- 8SATYA NARAYAN SINGHIndependent · IND2,9760.5%
- 9RAJENDRA RAMIndependent · IND2,2680.4%
- 10MITHILESH KUMAR JHAIndependent · IND1,6090.3%
- 11ZAHOOR ALAMIndependent · IND9450.1%
- 12SHREE DHAR PODDARIndependent · IND7970.1%
- 13RAMA SHANKAR SINGHIndependent · IND6300.1%
- 14ARUN YADAVIndependent · IND5850.1%
- 15NIRMALA RANI DASIndependent · IND5340.1%
- 16SHYAM NANDAN CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND5000.1%
- 17ARUN KUMAR MANDALIndependent · IND4830.1%
- 18SADHAN KUMAR DASBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4780.1%
- 19SHREE KRISHNA CHOUDARYIndependent · IND4630.1%
- 20RAJESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND4210.1%
- 21SARFRAJ AHMADIndependent · IND3990.1%
- 22AKSHAY RAIIndependent · IND3990.1%
- 23SYED SOHAIL AHMAD NOMANIAIICT · AIICT3760.1%
- 24PRADEEP KUMAR SAHIndependent · IND1310.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +11.7%
- INC share
- 30.3% → 42.1%
- BJP share
- 28.1% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- 57.5% → 63.9%