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Bihar · PC 25 · 1996

Katihar

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

TARIQ ANWAR
INC· Congress
INC 41.4%BJP 27.8%22 others 30.8%
Votes
2,67,927
42.1% share
Winning margin
88,286
13.9% of votes
Total votes cast
6,46,733
Candidates
24
Seat history

All Candidates

24 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TARIQ ANWAR
2,67,92742.1%
2
NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY
1,79,64128.2%
3
MUFTI MOHD SAYEED
1,54,57324.3%
4
MAHBOOB ALAM
9,9341.6%
5
YAMUNA BHAGAT
IND
3,8430.6%
6
RAMANAND YADAV
IND
3,3070.5%
7
YUGAL KISHOR VERMA
3,0710.5%
8
SATYA NARAYAN SINGH
IND
2,9760.5%
9
RAJENDRA RAM
IND
2,2680.4%
10
MITHILESH KUMAR JHA
IND
1,6090.3%
11
ZAHOOR ALAM
IND
9450.1%
12
SHREE DHAR PODDAR
IND
7970.1%
13
RAMA SHANKAR SINGH
IND
6300.1%
14
ARUN YADAV
IND
5850.1%
15
NIRMALA RANI DAS
IND
5340.1%
16
SHYAM NANDAN CHOUDHARY
IND
5000.1%
17
ARUN KUMAR MANDAL
IND
4830.1%
18
SADHAN KUMAR DAS
4780.1%
19
SHREE KRISHNA CHOUDARY
IND
4630.1%
20
RAJESH KUMAR SINGH
IND
4210.1%
21
AKSHAY RAI
IND
3990.1%
22
SARFRAJ AHMAD
IND
3990.1%
23
SYED SOHAIL AHMAD NOMANI
AIIC(T)
3760.1%
24
PRADEEP KUMAR SAH
IND
1310.0%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (17th), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
13.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.6% · min 0.4% · max 41.9%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
58%
lowerhigher
17th of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
2.9%
lowerhigher
8th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 42.1%BJP 28.2%JD 24.3%OTH 5.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
16,66,886
Density
1122 / km²
Sex ratio
886 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,486 km²
SC population14.8%
ST population0.0%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

Figures are for Khagaria, this seat's primary district — it spans 3 districts.

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
89%HINDU
Hindu 89.2%Muslim 10.5%Other 0.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water3.0%
Electricity12.4%
Sanitation23.8%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births74.2%
Children fully vaccinated64.7%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.8%
Children underweight (under 5)36.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.5%
Women literate51.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER44.9%
Clean cooking fuel33.2%
Health insurance15.6%

What's nearby?

1 location
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Known forDISTRICT
🏺Bamboo Art🏺Banana🏺Maize🏺Makhana (Foxnut)

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