Kateya (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Kateya was an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

It was part of Gopalganj.
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India, Kateya ceased to exist in 2010.

Election results

In the October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Amarendra Kumar Pandey of BSP won the Kateya assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Kiran Devi of RJD. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Kiran Devi of RJD defeated Man Deo Tiwari of BJP in 2000. Sinheswar Shahi of JD defeated Bachcha Choubey of Congress in 1995. Bachcha Choubey of Congress defeated Nagina Rai of JD. Bachcha Choubey representing Janata Party defeated Manoj Kumar Mishra of Congress in 1985. Sihaswar Sahi of Congress defeated Bachcha Choubey representing BJP in 1980. Nagina Rai representing Congress defeated Rajmangal Mishra of Janata Party in 1977.