katihar vidhan sabha chunav 2025: Katihar seat is considered the hotspot of Bihar politics. BJP was a continuous winner from 2010 to 2020, but the question in 2025 is whether the opposition will be able to stop BJP’s victory chariot here or will history be repeated?
Katihar Assembly Election 2025: Katihar Assembly Election 2025 is considered very important in the politics of Bihar. This seat remains in discussion not only because of being a border district, but also because of its caste equation and political ups and downs. In the last three elections (2010, 2015 and 2020), BJP leader Tar Kishore Prasad has registered consecutive victories and defeated the opposition parties. Now the contest of 2025 will be interesting because the Grand Alliance is preparing to break the fort of BJP.
2010 Katihar Assembly Elections- BJP’s first major victory
- BJP candidate Tar Kishore Prasad secured 58,718 votes.
- RJD candidate Dr. Ram Prakash Mahato got only 38,111 votes.
- Margin of victory: 20,607 votes.
- Note: This election gave BJP a strong base in Katihar.
2015 Katihar Assembly Elections – Even the Grand Alliance could not stop it
- BJP’s Tar Kishore Prasad won by 66,048 votes.
- JDU candidate Vijay Singh got only 51,154 votes.
- Margin of victory: 14,894 votes.
Important thing: At that time JDU-RJD were in the grand alliance, yet BJP won.
2020 Katihar Assembly Elections – Kishore’s telegram reached the Deputy Chief Minister
- BJP candidate Tar Kishore Prasad got 82,669 votes (48.47%).
- RJD candidate Ram Prakash Mahato got 72,150 votes.
- Margin of victory: 10,519 votes.
- Note: After this victory, Tar Kishore Prasad reached the post of Deputy Chief Minister.
Note: Tara Kishore Prasad is 12th pass. There is a criminal case against him. BJP leader Tar Kishore Prasad has movable and immovable assets worth Rs 1,89,40,307 and a loan of Rs 1,87,500.
Social equation of Katihar seat
- Muslims, Yadavs, Vaishyas and extremely backward classes decide the politics here.
- Being adjacent to the Bengal border, there is also an influence of Bengali culture here.
- Total voters in 2020: 2.66 lakh (1.41 lakh male, 1.25 lakh female).
- Average voting percentage: 45% to 50%.
2025 elections – will BJP’s fort be broken?
- BJP has won three times in a row.
- The influence of Tar Kishore Prasad still persists.
- The Grand Alliance (RJD, JD(U), Congress) is making a strategy this time.
- Big question: Will history change in Katihar in 2025?