Janata Dal (United) on Katihar

State 10 · Lok Sabha · 5 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 1 OF 4 contested

JDU runner-up 2 times

Strike rate

25%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 4 published candidatures

Best vote share50.00%in 2019

Worst vote share10.30%in 2014

Average vote share34.35% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested2004

Last contested2024

Votes polled here14.06 Lacross all 4 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Janata Dal (United) vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 2009 — the seat went to the polls in that year and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

4 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2024	Dulal Chandra Goswami	5,17,229	44.10%	2	Lost · 2nd
2019	Dulal Chandra Goswami	5,59,423	50.00%	1	Won
2014	Dr. Ram Prakash Mahto	1,00,765	10.30%	3	Lost · 3rd
2004	Naval Kishore Rai	2,28,160	33.00%	2	Lost · 2nd

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Nationalist Congress Party Bharatiya Janta Party Indian National Congress Rashtriya Janata Dal Bahujan Samaj Party Lok Jan Shakti Party Samajwadi Party Independent Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Samata Party Communist Party Of India (MARXIST-LENINIST) (LIBERATION)Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party Bharat Jago Janta Party Peoples Party Of India (Democratic)Bharatiya Bahujan Congress All India Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Jantantrik Janta Dal Samaj Shakti Party Loktantrik Samata Dal Rashtravadi Janata Party Aam Aadmi Party Bharat Vikas Morcha Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh Proutist Sarva Samaj Bharatiya Momin Front Bahujan Mukti Party Samajwadi Janata Party (RASHTRIYA)