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Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Tariq Anwar

Male electors
  
769,044

State
  
Bihar

Female electors
  
677,434

Party
  
Nationalist Congress Party

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Balrampur, Kadwa, Katihar, Manihari, Pranpur, Barari

Katihar Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: कटिहार लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Contents

Map of Katihar, Bihar 854337

Assembly segments

Presently, Katihar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

  1. Katihar
  2. Kadwa
  3. Balrampur
  4. Pranpur
  5. Manihari
  6. Barari

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:

  • 1957: Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Indian National Congress
  • 1958: Bhola Nath Biswas, Indian National Congress
  • 1962: Priya Gupta, Praja Socialist Party
  • 1967: Sitaram Kesri, Indian National Congress
  • 1977: Yuvraj, Janata Party
  • 1980: Tariq Anwar, Indian National Congress
  • 1984: Tariq Anwar, Indian National Congress
  • 1989: Yuvraj, Janata Dal
  • 1991: Mohammad Yunus Saleem, Janata Dal
  • 1996: Tariq Anwar, Indian National Congress
  • 1998: Tariq Anwar, Indian National Congress
  • 1999: Nikhil Kumar Choudhary, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2004: Nikhil Kumar Choudhary, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2009: Nikhil Kumar Choudhary, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2014: Tariq Anwar, Nationalist Congress Party

    • References

    Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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