Katoria Election Result 2025
Katoria Election Result 2025: With the results now declared, Puran Lal Tudu of the BJP has secured a decisive victory in Kataria, winning 94,260 votes and leading by an impressive margin of 10,986 votes.
Katoria falls under Constituency No. 162 of in Banka district of Bihar and the result declared on the 14th of November. Renowned for the shifting of loyalty and close contests, Katoria had Dr. Nikki Hembram of the BJP winning the 2020 elections. Now that the 2025 elections are over, the result will be a key indicator of the prevailing political temper in the region.
As of now, the 2025 election schedule has concluded and results were declared on November 14, 2025. The officially verified winner for Kataria is BJP’s Puran Lal Tudu.
Puran Lal Tudu of the BJP is the New MLA of Katoria seat.
The Katoria Vidhan Sabha constituency will go to polls in the second phase on November 11, 2025, and the results are to be declared on November 14, 2025.
Dr. Nikki Hembram of the BJP is the sitting MLA of Katoria seat.
In the 2010 elections, Sonelal Hembram of BJP won the seat defeating Suklal Besara of RJD by a margin of 8,763 votes to set a precedence for the later contests between BJP and RJD.
In the 2015 elections, Sweety Sima Hembram of the RJD won the seat, defeating Nikki Hembrom of the BJP by 10,337 votes and her victory marked a shift towards RJD dominance in the constituency.
In 2020, the BJP recaptured the seat when its candidate Dr. Nikki Hembrom defeated RJD’s Sweety Sima Hembram by a margin of 6,421 votes. The BJP candidate received 74,785 votes while the RJD candidate received 68,364 votes.
Katoria has active voter participation with a turnout of 61.25% in 2020, reflecting consistent engagement in recent election cycles and 69.27% with voter turnout in 2025.
| Year | Winner | Party | Runner-Up | Party | Victory Margin |
| 2020 | Dr. Nikki Hembrom | BJP | Sweety Sima Hembram | RJD | 6,421 |
| 2015 | Sweety Sima Hembram | RJD | Nikki Hembrom | BJP | 10,337 |
| 2010 | Sonelal Hembram | BJP | Suklal Besara | RJD | 8,763 |
Katoria constituency encompasses the Katoria and Bounsi blocks and is a part of the Banka Lok Sabha constituency. It is a Scheduled Tribes reserved constituency since the delimitation of 2008.
In 2020, Katoria had 259,713 registered voters and by the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the number increased to 278,169.
The Katoria assembly constituency was established in 1951 as a general seat and became ST-reserved after the 2008 delimitation.
| Party | Candidate Name |
| BJP | Puran Lal Tudu |
| Jan Suraaj Party | Salomi Murmu |
| Janshakti Vikas Party (Democratic) | Sushilla Hembrom |
| RJD | Sweety Sima Hembrom |
| Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party | Shiv Lal Hansda |
| SUCI(C) | Dhena Soren |
| INDEPENDENT | Adhik Lal Marandi, Baliram Murmu, Rekha Soren, Soban Murmoo |
The PIN code of Katoria, Bihar, is 813103.
