Katoria Assembly constituency

Katoria
Constituency No. 162 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBanka
LS constituencyBanka (Lok Sabha constituency)
Established1951
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
AllianceNDA
Elected year2020

Katoria is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Amarpur, Banka, Belhar and Dhoraiya. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes.[1]

Overview

Katoria comprises CD Blocks Katoria & Bounsi.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member Party
1957 Piroo Manjhi Indian National Congress
Raghvendra Narain Singh
1961^ Munsa Murmu
1962 Kampa Murmu Swatantra Party
1967 K. Sitaram Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Jay Prakash Singh Independent politician
1977 Guneshwar Prasad Singh Janata Party
1980 Suresh Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
1985 Indian Congress
1990 Indian National Congress
1995 Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal
1996^ Bhola Prasad Yadav
2000 Giridhari Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Rajkishore Prasad Lok Janshakti Party
2005 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Sonelal Hembram Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Sweety Sima Hembram Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Nikki Hembram Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020: Katoria[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nikki Hembrom 74,785 47.01 +12.17
RJD Sweety Sima Hembram 68,364 42.98 +0.03
Turnout 153,260 60.99 +4.14
Registered electors 2,51,287
BJP gain from RJD Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Katoria[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Sweety Sima Hembram 54,760 42.95
BJP Nikki Hembram 44,423 34.84
Turnout 132,426 56.85
Registered electors 232,942
RJD gain from BJP Swing

See also

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Banka Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  4. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015