KATIHAR
Assembly seat no. 63 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called KATIHAR. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2020
Tarkishore Prasad
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
BJP
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2020
10,519
6.17% of valid votes
Result, 2020
Runner-up
RJDDr. Ram Prakash Mahto
- Votes
- 72,150
- Vote share
- 42.30%
- Behind by
- 10,519
Electors
2,73,824
Total votes polled
1,70,554
Valid votes
1,70,554
NOTA votes
787
0.46% of votes polled
Turnout
62.3%
Full result, 2020
19 candidates · 1,70,554 valid votes
Tarkishore PrasadBJPwon
82,669
48.5%
Dr. Ram Prakash MahtoRJD
72,150
42.3%
Mohammad Kalamuddin Ansari Alies KalamIND
2,533
1.5%
Rajesh GurnaniNCP
2,173
1.3%
Sanjay SinghIND
1,493
0.9%
Chandan KishoreIND
1,488
0.9%
Bibhaker Jha Alies Victor JhaIND
1,192
0.7%
Samir Kumar JhaIND
1,092
0.6%
Md ZameedSDPI
964
0.6%
Ajay Kumar SahSBSP
755
0.4%
Kamal SharmaIND
615
0.4%
Kundan KumarJP
515
0.3%
Showing the top 12 of 19. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tarkishore Prasad | BJP | 1,00,255 | 50.52% | Saurav Kumar Agarwal | 22,154 |
| 2020 | Tarkishore Prasad | BJP | 82,669 | 48.47% | Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto | 10,519 |
| 2015 | TARKISHORE PRASAD | BJP | 66,048 | 42.98% | BIJAY SINGH | 14,894 |
| 2010 | TAR KISHORE PRASAD | BJP | 58,718 | 46.87% | DR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTO | 20,607 |
| Nov 2005 | TAR KISHOR PRASAD | BJP | 47,777 | 40.28% | DR. RAM PRAKASH MAHTO | 116 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
