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Lok Sabha constituency 11· General seat

Katihar Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Katihar? — Tariq Anwar (INC), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 49,863 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.

MP · 2024

Tariq Anwar

INC
Margin: 49,863Comfortable win

Election history — every MP of Katihar

2 elections · newest first

Wins by party

  • INC 1
  • JD(U) 1
  1. 2024Jun 2024Tariq AnwarINCCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Dulal Chandra Goswami (JD(U))Margin49,863
  2. 2019May 2019Dulal Chandra GoswamiJD(U)Lok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Tariq Anwar (INC)Margin57,203

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Tariq Anwar

INCComfortable win

votes

5,67,092

Margin

49,863(4.3%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Tariq Anwar · INCDulal Chandra Goswami · JD(U)
5,67,0925,17,229
Candidate (10)votes
  1. 1Tariq Anwar✓ WinnerINC5,67,09248.41%
  2. 2Dulal Chandra GoswamiJD(U)5,17,22944.15%
  3. 3NOTA22,9391.96%
  4. 4Gopal Kumar MahtoBSPDeposit lost14,4981.24%
  5. 5Gyaneshwar SorenINDDeposit lost12,3171.05%
  6. 6Khalid MobarakINDDeposit lost10,8710.93%
See all candidates (+4)
  1. 7Raj Kumar MandalRashtriya Jansambhavna PartyDeposit lost8,4870.72%
  2. 8Vishnu SinghBharat Jago Janta PartyDeposit lost6,3400.54%
  3. 9Marang HansadaPeoples Party of India (Democratic)Deposit lost5,8890.5%
  4. 10Bindu KumariSamaj Shakti PartyDeposit lost5,8840.5%
Total votes11,71,546

Deposit lost: 7 of 9 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
18,34,512

incl. service voters

Votes cast
11,72,533

incl. 3,823 postal

Turnout
63.92%
Polling stations
1,854

Turnout of men and women

Women69.1%

6,06,768 of 8,78,511 voted on EVMs

Men58.8%

5,61,942 of 9,55,971 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 30; 0 voted.

  • Candidates9 (1 women)
  • Lost deposit7
  • NOTA22,939
  • Valid votes11,48,607

Women candidates: Bindu Kumari

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Dulal Chandra Goswami (JD(U))Full result ▾
Candidate (10)votes
  1. 1Dulal Chandra Goswami✓ WinnerJD(U)5,59,42350.05%
  2. 2Tariq AnwarINC5,02,22044.93%
  3. 3NOTA20,5841.84%
See all candidates (+7)
  1. 4Muhammad ShakurNCPDeposit lost9,2480.83%
  2. 5Samir Kumar JhaINDDeposit lost8,1190.73%
  3. 6Marang HansdaINDDeposit lost6,2470.56%
  4. 7Shivnandan MandalBSPDeposit lost4,0140.36%
  5. 8Ganga KebatRashtriya Jansambhavna PartyDeposit lost2,9370.26%
  6. 9Basukinath SahBharatiya Bahujan CongressDeposit lost2,6330.24%
  7. 10Abdur RahmanPeoples Party of India (Democratic)Deposit lost2,3090.21%
Total votes11,17,734

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Katihar?

Tariq Anwar (INC) won Katihar in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 5,67,092 votes.

What was the winning margin in Katihar?

Tariq Anwar defeated Dulal Chandra Goswami (JD(U)) by 49,863 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Katihar?

2019: Dulal Chandra Goswami (JD(U))

What was the turnout in Katihar in 2024?

63.92% — 11,72,533 of 18,34,512 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 69.1%, men's 58.8%.

How many voters does Katihar have?

18,34,512 electors at the 2024 election — 9,55,971 men, 8,78,511 women, 30 third gender (service voters included), and 1,854 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer