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Constituency

53. Katihar

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2019

IN-KATIHAR

JDU 50.0%won by 5.1%INC 44.9%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lost it to Janata Dal (United) (JDU), which now leads by 5.1%.

  • JDU vote shareJDU went from 10.3% to 50.0% of the vote here (+39.7%).
  • New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 44.9% — it did not contest here in 2014.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.0% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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

Electorate
16,53,353
Turnout
67.6%
Valid votes
11,17,734
Margin
57,203
5.12%

Since 2014

Derived
Winner then
NCP
Winner now
JDUflipped
JDUINC swing
−5.2%
JDU share
10.3% 50.0%
INC share
0.0% 44.9%
Turnout
67.6% 67.6%