Katehari Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Katehari Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Katehari in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Katehari is one of five assembly constituencies in the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
| Katehari | |
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| Constituency No. 277 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ambedkar Nagar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ambedkar Nagar |
| Total electors | 3,94,267 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Lalji Verma |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Loknath Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Raghunath Singh | Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | Ramnarayan Tripathi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Bhagwati Prasad Shukla | ||
| 1974 | |||
| 1977 | Ravindra Nath Tewari | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jiya Ram Shukla | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Ravindranath Tewari | Janata Party | |
| 1989 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1991 | Anil Kumar Tewari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Ram Dev Verma | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 1996 | Dharamraj Nishad | ||
| 2002 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Shankhlal Majhi | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Lalji Verma | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2022 | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 2024^ | Dharmraj Nishad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
^ denotes by-election
Election results
Bahujan Samaj Party is the most successful political party in Katehari Assembly elections.
2024 bypoll
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dharmraj Nishad | 104,091 | 45.57 | New | |
| SP | Shobhawati Verma | 69,577 | 30.46 |  7.32 | |
| BSP | Amit Verma | 41,647 | 18.23 | 5.39 | |
| ASP(KR) | Rajesh Kumar | 5,152 | 2.26 |  1.87 | |
| Independent | Govind Kumar | 1,650 | 0.72 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,530 | 0.67 | 0.07 | |
| Majority | 34,514 | 15.11 | 12 | ||
| Turnout | 2,28,434 | ||||
| BJP gain from SP | Swing | ||||
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Lalji Verma | 93,524 | 37.78 | +18.36 | |
| NISHAD | Avadhesh Kumar | 85,828 | 34.67 | +26.68 | |
| BSP | Prateek Pandey | 58,482 | 23.62 | −12.37 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,492 | 0.6 | −0.36 | |
| Majority | 7,696 | 3.11 | +0.43 | ||
| Turnout | 247,560 | 62.79 | −0.54 | ||
| SP gain from BSP | Swing | ||||
2017
Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Lal ji Verma won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Awadhesh Kumar Dwiwedi by a margin of 6,287 votes.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Lal Ji Verma | 84,358 | 35.99 | ||
| BJP | Awdhesh Kumar Dwivedi | 78,071 | 33.31 | ||
| SP | Jaishankar Pandey | 45,532 | 19.42 | ||
| NISHAD | Ajay Pratap Singh | 18,721 | 7.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,235 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 6,287 | 2.68 | |||
| Turnout | 234,407 | 63.33 | |||