2024
Rank 1 (archive winner): TARIQ ANWAR — 567,092 votes
Rank 2: DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI — 517,229 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 49,863
ELECTION HISTORY COMPARISON
Compare constituency results over time
Year-wise recorded votes of first- and second-ranked candidates. Vote levels across different years can be affected by turnout and boundary changes.
KATIHAR — year-by-year comparison
BIHAR · Lok Sabha · 9 archived elections. View complete seat history.
2019
Rank 1 (archive winner): DULAL CHANDRA GOSWAMI — 559,423 votes
Rank 2: TARIQ ANWAR — 502,220 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 57,203
2014
Rank 1 (archive winner): TARIQ ANWAR — 431,292 votes
Rank 2: NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY — 316,552 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 114,740
2009
Rank 1 (archive winner): NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY — 269,834 votes
Rank 2: SHAH TARIQ ANWAR — 255,819 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 14,015
2004
Rank 1 (archive winner): NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY — 288,922 votes
Rank 2: SHAH TARIQ ANWAR — 286,357 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 2,565
1999
Rank 1 (archive winner): NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY — 280,911 votes
Rank 2: TARIQ ANWAR — 144,059 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 136,852
1998
Rank 1 (archive winner): TARIQ ANAWAR — 337,360 votes
Rank 2: NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY — 316,923 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 20,437
1996
Rank 1 (archive winner): TARIQ ANWAR — 267,927 votes
Rank 2: NIKHIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY — 179,641 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 88,286
1991
Rank 1 (archive winner): MD. YUNUS SALIM — 174,430 votes
Rank 2: TARIQUE ANWER — 150,808 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 23,622
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