Constituency
84. Katihar
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KATIHAR
INC 47.9%won by 2.9%BJP 45.0%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.9% to 2.9%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 70.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 3.9% to 67.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,38,547
Turnout
67.9%
Valid votes
7,04,809
Margin
20,437
2.90%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1TARIQ ANAWARIndian National Congress · INC3,37,36047.9%
- 2NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARYBharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,16,92345.0%
- 3SAKIL AHAMAD KHAJanata Dal · JD25,1443.6%
- 4FAZLUR RAHAMANBJC · BJC6,5520.9%
- 5S.M.ASIFSamajwadi Party · SP3,4750.5%
- 6BAL MUKUND URAONIndependent · IND2,5130.4%
- 7BISHNUDEO RABIDASIndependent · IND2,5080.4%
- 8YUVRAJAIRJP · AIRJP2,0660.3%
- 9RAJ KUMAR SINGHAJBP · AJBP1,6380.2%
- 10SURESH PRASAD DESRIIndependent · IND1,5010.2%
- 11RAJESH KUMAR SINGHIndependent · IND1,4950.2%
- 12ZAFAR AADILIndependent · IND1,1920.2%
- 13ARVIND PASWANIndependent · IND1,1360.2%
- 14GIRINDRA KUMAR SINHAIndependent · IND7890.1%
- 15PRADIP KUMAR SAHIndependent · IND5170.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −11.0%
- INC share
- 42.1% → 47.9%
- BJP share
- 28.2% → 45.0%
- Turnout
- 63.9% → 67.9%