Katoria Assembly constituency

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]

Katoria
Constituency No. 162 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Banka
LS constituency	Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nikki Hembram
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020

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

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar

Sources

• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010

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

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.