Katehari Assembly constituency explained

Katehari
Mla:Dharmraj Nishad
Alliance:NDA
Latest Election Year:2024
Preceded By:Lalji Verma
State:Uttar Pradesh
District:Ambedkar Nagar
Reservation:None
Incumbent Image:BJP election symbol.png
Type:SLA
Loksabha Cons:Ambedkar Nagar
Electors:3,94,267
Constituency No:277

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMember[2] Party
1957Loknath SinghIndian National Congress
1962Raghunath SinghSocialist Party
1967Ramnarayan TripathiIndian National Congress
1969Bhagwati Prasad Shukla
1974
1977Ravindra Nath Tewari Janata Party
1980Jiya Ram ShuklaIndian National Congress (I)
1985Ravindranath TewariJanata Party
1989Janata Dal
1991Anil Kumar Tewari Bharatiya Janata Party
1993Ram Dev VermaBahujan Samaj Party
1996Dharamraj Nishad
2002
2007
2012Shankhlal MajhiSamajwadi Party
2017Lalji VermaBahujan Samaj Party
2022Samajwadi Party
2024^Dharmraj NishadBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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.[3] [4]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 . 26 November 2008 . 24 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Katehari Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India.
  3. Web site: Assembly result 2017. Elections.in. 2017-08-25.
  4. Web site: State Election, 2012 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh . 20 April 2023 . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India.