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Katihar, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Katihar (Bihar) was won by Dulal Chandra Goswami (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 57,203 votes over Tariq Anwar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Katihar, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Awadhesh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress 78,289 51.9% Safiqul Haque (Independent) 54,006 (35.8 pts)
1962 Priya Gupta Praja Socialist Party 82,531 45.4% Bhola Nath Biswas (Indian National Congress) 17,537 (9.7 pts)
1967 S. Keshari Indian National Congress 58,776 22.5% P. Gupta (Praja Socialist Party) 973 (0.4 pts)
1971 Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Jana Sangh 96,422 35.1% Sita Ram Keshri (Indian National Congress) 12,889 (4.7 pts)
1977 Yuvraj Bharatiya Lok Dal 215,074 69.4% Shah Mohammad Tarique 'Anwar' (Indian National Congress) 129,789 (41.9 pts)
1980 Shah Tarique Anwar Congress (I) 138,099 44.2% Yuvraj (Janata Party) 38,156 (12.2 pts)
1984 Tariq Anwar Indian National Congress 229,883 50.1% Juvraj (Janata Party) 45,943 (10.0 pts)
1989 Yuvarj Janata Dal 338,782 54.7% Tarique Anwar (Indian National Congress) 103,178 (16.7 pts)
1991 Md. Yunus Salim Janata Dal 174,430 35.0% Tarique Anwer (Indian National Congress) 23,622 (4.8 pts)
1996 Tariq Anwar Indian National Congress 267,927 42.1% Nikhil Kumar Choudhary (Bharatiya Janata Party) 88,286 (13.9 pts)
1998 Tariq Anawar Indian National Congress 337,360 47.9% Nikhil Kumar Choudhary (Bharatiya Janata Party) 20,437 (2.9 pts)
1999 Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 280,911 43.9% Tariq Anwar (Nationalist Congress Party) 136,852 (21.4 pts)
2004 Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 288,922 41.0% Shah Tariq Anwar (Nationalist Congress Party) 2,565 (0.4 pts)
2009 Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 269,834 37.2% Shah Tariq Anwar (Nationalist Congress Party) 14,015 (1.9 pts)
2014 Tariq Anwar Nationalist Congress Party 431,292 44.1% Nikhil Kumar Choudhary (Bharatiya Janata Party) 114,740 (11.7 pts)
2019 Dulal Chandra Goswami Janata Dal (United) 559,423 51.0% Tariq Anwar (Indian National Congress) 57,203 (5.2 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Awadhesh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress 78,289 51.9%
Safiqul Haque Independent 24,283 16.1%
Arun Chandra Singh Praja Socialist Party 21,160 14.0%
Sheikh Usman Gani Independent 13,628 9.0%
Rajkishore Singh Communist Party of India 13,534 9.0%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Priya Gupta Praja Socialist Party 82,531 45.4%
Bhola Nath Biswas Indian National Congress 64,994 35.8%
Nidhi Nath Jha Jharkhand Party 12,980 7.1%
Nazir Ahmad Communist Party of India 10,961 6.0%
Punyanand Jha Swatantra Party 10,143 5.6%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. Keshari Indian National Congress 58,776 22.5%
P. Gupta Praja Socialist Party 57,803 22.2%
Y. P. Mandal Bharatiya Jana Sangh 53,882 20.7%
A. Ahmed Communist Party of India 53,464 20.5%
C. M. Z. Haque Independent 22,086 8.5%
S. K. Jha Swatantra Party 14,809 5.7%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav Bharatiya Jana Sangh 96,422 35.1%
Sita Ram Keshri Indian National Congress 83,533 30.4%
Ramanand Singh CPI (Marxist) 31,993 11.6%
Ibrahim Indian Union Muslim League 29,008 10.5%
Gupta Priya Praja Socialist Party 19,040 6.9%
Sita Ram Singh HSD 6,214 2.3%
Bhola Prasad Agarwal Independent 2,284 0.8%
Satya Narayan Poddar Saurav Independent 2,280 0.8%
Surya Narayan Yadav SHD 1,559 0.6%
Ram Lagan Rai Socialist Party 1,537 0.6%
Lakshmi Narayan Singh RCI 1,193 0.4%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Yuvraj Bharatiya Lok Dal 215,074 69.4%
Shah Mohammad Tarique 'Anwar' Indian National Congress 85,285 27.5%
Kamrul Ahsan Independent 7,901 2.5%
Abdur Satar Independent 1,590 0.5%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shah Tarique Anwar Congress (I) 138,099 44.2%
Yuvraj Janata Party 99,943 32.0%
Sayed Zabir Hussain Janata Party (Secular) 29,351 9.4%
Subodh Rai CPI (Marxist) 18,170 5.8%
Satya Narain Biswas Congress (U) 11,218 3.6%
Suryadeo Singh Independent 8,970 2.9%
Comrade Kumar Independent 3,796 1.2%
Mangan Insan Independent 2,437 0.8%
Ibrahim Independent 421 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tariq Anwar Indian National Congress 229,883 50.1%
Juvraj Janata Party 183,940 40.1%
Uma Shankar Choudhary Independent 25,559 5.6%
Indra Deo Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party 8,763 1.9%
Raghunath Hemram Independent 2,010 0.4%
Lal Bahadur Sastri Independent 1,750 0.4%
Mohammad Ibrahim Independent 1,434 0.3%
Bhagwan Choudhary Independent 1,365 0.3%
Utam Lal Sharma Independent 1,242 0.3%
Nand Keeshor Singh Independent 1,020 0.2%
Dharam Nath Roy Independent 965 0.2%
Dina Nath Nirbhay Independent 788 0.2%
Abu Naeem Chand Independent 455 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Yuvarj Janata Dal 338,782 54.7%
Tarique Anwar Indian National Congress 235,604 38.0%
Parameshwar Pd. Yadav Independent 26,785 4.3%
Sheo Pd. Tanti Independent 3,479 0.6%
Jabed Eqbal Independent 2,659 0.4%
Abdus Sattar Independent 1,944 0.3%
Qauzi Jamaluddin Ahmed Independent 1,745 0.3%
Rajendra Ram Independent 1,394 0.2%
Yogendera Pd. Rajak Independent 1,248 0.2%
Raj Kumar Gupta Independent 1,035 0.2%
Ajaj Akhtar Independent 942 0.2%
Zahoor Alam Independent 899 0.1%
Santantanu Sanyal Independent 896 0.1%
Bhubneshwar Singh Independent 625 0.1%
Surekh Singh Independent 586 0.1%
Saiyed Emtiyazuddin Independent 387 0.1%
Abhay Kumar Singh Independent 218 0.0%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Md. Yunus Salim Janata Dal 174,430 35.0%
Tarique Anwer Indian National Congress 150,808 30.3%
Nikhil Kumar Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 139,894 28.1%
Ram Sipahi Yadav JF 5,521 1.1%
Mahboob Alam IPF 4,671 0.9%
Jakir Hussain Independent 3,544 0.7%
Jawaher Lal Independent 3,287 0.7%
Suresh Kr. Srivastava Independent 2,612 0.5%
Radha Mohan Das Independent 1,556 0.3%
Sobran Rajak Independent 1,458 0.3%
Nafish Ahmed Independent 1,039 0.2%
Bideshi Rabidas Bahujan Samaj Party 982 0.2%
Kant Lal Mandal Independent 923 0.2%
Aruna Jha Independent 722 0.1%
Jitendra Kr. Yadav Independent 666 0.1%
Sharda Devi (W) Independent 655 0.1%
Jai Bharat Sinha Independent 602 0.1%
Mangan Insan Independent 598 0.1%
Sadhan Das Independent 514 0.1%
Uttam Lal Sharma Independent 445 0.1%
Suresh Kumar Sharma Independent 412 0.1%
Shyam Sunder Dadhichi Independent 406 0.1%
Makiruddin Independent 397 0.1%
Ram Sewak Das Independent 354 0.1%
Kamal Agrawal Independent 287 0.1%
Madhneshwar Sharma Independent 282 0.1%
Iftkhar Alam Independent 257 0.1%
Uma Shankar Singh Independent 207 0.0%
Abhey Kumar Singh Independent 200 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tariq Anwar Indian National Congress 267,927 42.1%
Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 179,641 28.2%
Mufti Mohd Sayeed Janata Dal 154,573 24.3%
Mahboob Alam CPI (Marxist) 9,934 1.6%
Yamuna Bhagat Independent 3,843 0.6%
Ramanand Yadav Independent 3,307 0.5%
Yugal Kishor Verma Shiv Sena 3,071 0.5%
Satya Narayan Singh Independent 2,976 0.5%
Rajendra Ram Independent 2,268 0.4%
Mithilesh Kumar Jha Independent 1,609 0.3%
Zahoor Alam Independent 945 0.1%
Shree Dhar Poddar Independent 797 0.1%
Rama Shankar Singh Independent 630 0.1%
Arun Yadav Independent 585 0.1%
Nirmala Rani Das Independent 534 0.1%
Shyam Nandan Choudhary Independent 500 0.1%
Arun Kumar Mandal Independent 483 0.1%
Sadhan Kumar Das Bahujan Samaj Party 478 0.1%
Shree Krishna Choudary Independent 463 0.1%
Rajesh Kumar Singh Independent 421 0.1%
Sarfraj Ahmad Independent 399 0.1%
Akshay Rai Independent 399 0.1%
Syed Sohail Ahmad Nomani AIIC(T) 376 0.1%
Pradeep Kumar Sah Independent 131 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tariq Anawar Indian National Congress 337,360 47.9%
Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 316,923 45.0%
Sakil Ahamad Kha Janata Dal 25,144 3.6%
Fazlur Rahaman BJC 6,552 0.9%
S.M.Asif Samajwadi Party 3,475 0.5%
Bal Mukund Uraon Independent 2,513 0.4%
Bishnudeo Rabidas Independent 2,508 0.4%
Yuvraj AIRJP 2,066 0.3%
Raj Kumar Singh AJBP 1,638 0.2%
Suresh Prasad Desri Independent 1,501 0.2%
Rajesh Kumar Singh Independent 1,495 0.2%
Zafar Aadil Independent 1,192 0.2%
Arvind Paswan Independent 1,136 0.2%
Girindra Kumar Sinha Independent 789 0.1%
Pradip Kumar Sah Independent 517 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 280,911 43.9%
Tariq Anwar Nationalist Congress Party 144,059 22.5%
Mubarak Hussain Indian National Congress 141,575 22.1%
Ram Prakash Mahto Independent 48,900 7.6%
Madan Mohan Singh Nishad Bahujan Samaj Party 5,960 0.9%
Sowaran Rajak Independent 4,566 0.7%
Balmukund Uraon Independent 2,759 0.4%
Zafar Aadil Independent 2,619 0.4%
Yogendra Paswan Independent 2,304 0.4%
Shakil Ahmed Khan Independent 1,600 0.3%
Rajesh Kumar Singh Independent 1,577 0.2%
Naresh Kumar Rajak Independent 1,139 0.2%
Ashok Kumar Paswan Independent 891 0.1%
Pradeep Kumar Sah Independent 698 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 288,922 41.0%
Shah Tariq Anwar Nationalist Congress Party 286,357 40.6%
Mubarak Hussain Samajwadi Party 37,584 5.3%
Radha Uraon JDP 23,602 3.4%
Quddus Ali CPI (ML) Liberation 19,569 2.8%
Shiv Nandan Mandal Bahujan Samaj Party 14,663 2.1%
Sovran Rajak Independent 13,780 2.0%
Pradeep Kumar Sharma Independent 5,265 0.7%
Sushil Kumar Paswan Independent 3,594 0.5%
Prem Kumar Shiv Sena 3,540 0.5%
Binod Kumar Thakur Independent 1,997 0.3%
Sunil Kumar Choudhary Independent 1,905 0.3%
Pradeep Kumar Sah Independent 1,851 0.3%
Mahmad Iqbal Qureshi Independent 1,820 0.3%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 269,834 37.2%
Shah Tariq Anwar Nationalist Congress Party 255,819 35.3%
Ahmad Ashfaque Karim LJP 45,773 6.3%
Himraj Singh Independent 42,026 5.8%
Mahboob Alam CPI (ML) Liberation 32,035 4.4%
Mohammad Hamid Mubarak Independent 23,894 3.3%
Madan Mohan Nishad Bahujan Samaj Party 15,760 2.2%
Sunil Kumar Choudhary Independent 7,998 1.1%
Om Prakash Poddar BJJD 5,107 0.7%
Chandu Murmu Independent 4,871 0.7%
Manoj Parashar Independent 4,166 0.6%
Rajesh Gurnani LTSD 4,020 0.6%
Babu Lal Marandi Independent 3,507 0.5%
Rajgiri Singh Independent 3,399 0.5%
Munni Devi ABJS 3,343 0.5%
Phoolo Devi Independent 3,250 0.4%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tariq Anwar Nationalist Congress Party 431,292 44.1%
Nikhil Kumar Choudhary Bharatiya Janata Party 316,552 32.4%
Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto Janata Dal (United) 100,765 10.3%
Baleshwar Marandi JMM 33,593 3.4%
Ashok Ku Bhagat Independent 15,547 1.6%
Kanhai Mandal Independent 10,516 1.1%
Mahbub Alam CPI (ML) Liberation 9,461 1.0%
Ashok Kumar Independent 9,000 0.9%
Mahammad Hamid Mobarak All India Trinamool Congress 8,392 0.9%
Nalini Mandal Independent 7,969 0.8%
Md. Tariq Anwar Independent 4,514 0.5%
Suresh Ray RJP 4,450 0.5%
Bibhaker Jha @ Victor Jha Aam Aadmi Party 4,323 0.4%
None Of The Above Independent 3,287 0.3%
Fulmani Hembram BVM 3,096 0.3%
Shivendra Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 2,685 0.3%
Satyanarayan Bhagat PSS 2,550 0.3%
Abdur Rahman BMF 2,489 0.3%
Raj Kumar Mandal Independent 2,141 0.2%
Mahesh Mandal BMP 1,980 0.2%
Sanjay Singh Independent 1,675 0.2%
Md. Iqbal Ahmad SJP(R) 1,553 0.2%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dulal Chandra Goswami Janata Dal (United) 559,423 51.0%
Tariq Anwar Indian National Congress 502,220 45.8%
Muhammad Shakur Nationalist Congress Party 9,248 0.8%
Samir Kumar Jha Independent 8,119 0.7%
Marang Hansda Independent 6,247 0.6%
Shivnandan Mandal Bahujan Samaj Party 4,014 0.4%
Ganga Kebat RJP 2,937 0.3%
Basukinath Sah BBC 2,633 0.2%
Abdur Rahman PPI(D) 2,309 0.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 35.8 pts 1962: Praja Socialist Party margin 9.7 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 0.4 pts 1971: Bharatiya Jana Sangh margin 4.7 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 41.9 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 12.2 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 10.0 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 16.7 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 4.8 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 13.9 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 2.9 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 21.4 pts 2004: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 0.4 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.9 pts 2014: Nationalist Congress Party margin 11.7 pts 2019: Janata Dal (United) margin 5.2 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Katihar has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Janata Dal (United).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Katihar in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Dulal Chandra Goswami (Janata Dal (United)) won Katihar, Bihar, in 2019 with 559,423 votes (51.0%), a margin of 57,203 votes over Tariq Anwar.

Which parties have won Katihar since 1957?

Since 1957, Katihar has been won by: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Nationalist Congress Party, Praja Socialist Party.

What was the closest result in Katihar?

The closest result on record for Katihar was 1967, when Indian National Congress beat Praja Socialist Party by just 973 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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