Katehari Assembly constituency

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Katehari
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 electors3,94,267
ReservationNone
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

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]

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMember [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

Election results

2024 bypoll

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election, 2024: Katehari [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Dharmraj Nishad 104,091 45.57 New
SP Shobhawati Verma69,57730.46Decrease2.svg7.32
BSP Amit Verma41,64718.23Decrease2.svg5.39
Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) Rajesh Kumar5,1522.26Increase2.svg1.87
Independent Govind Kumar1,6500.72New
NOTA None of the Above 1,5300.67Increase2.svg0.07
Majority 34,51415.11Increase2.svg12
Turnout 2,28,434
BJP gain from SP Swing

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Katehari [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Lalji Verma 93,524 37.78 +18.36
NISHAD Avadhesh Kumar85,82834.67+26.68
BSP Prateek Pandey58,48223.62−12.37
NOTA None of the above 1,4920.6−0.36
Majority 7,6963.11+0.43
Turnout 247,56062.79−0.54
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]

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election: Katehar [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BSP Lal Ji Verma 84,358 35.99
BJP Awdhesh Kumar Dwivedi78,07133.31
SP Jaishankar Pandey45,53219.42
NISHAD Ajay Pratap Singh18,7217.99
NOTA None of the above 2,2350.96
Majority 6,2872.68
Turnout 234,40763.33


References

  1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. "Katehari Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. "Katehari By election Result 2024". Election Commission of India. 23 November 2024. Archived from the original on 23 August 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  4. "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. "State Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 20 April 2023.

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