Katihar Constituency Results: BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad Leads With 2683 Votes

BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad and RJD’s Ram Prakash Mahto are among the prominent candidates who are contesting from the constituency.

Author: India.com News Desk Edited by: Manmath Nayak

Updated: November 10, 2020, 9:47 PM IST

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Katihar Constituency Result LIVE Updates: In Bihar Assembly Election 2020, Katihar Assembly Constituency in Katihar district went to polls on November 07 in the third and final phase. This assembly constituency is located in Katihar district and falls under the Katihar Lok Sabha constituency as well.

During the final phase, some violence was reported in Katihar district. Men of the paramilitary forces lathicharged a crowd at booth number 86 in Kodha Assembly constituency after voters turned in large numbers to vote.

BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad and RJD’s Ram Prakash Mahto are among the prominent candidates who are contesting from the constituency.

Looking at the past record, even as Congress has won five times in this constituency, followed by BJP (four times), RJD and Janata Dal (both three times), it has failed to win since 1990.

In 2015, BJP candidate Tarkishore Prasad won Katihar constituency seat with a margin of 9.7% securing 66048 votes against JD(U) candidate Bijay Singh.

The first phase of Bihar assembly elections was held on October 28 in which 71 constituencies went to vote and 54% voter turnout was registered. In Phase 2, 94 constituencies went to vote and 53.51% voter turnout was registered.