Katoria (ST) Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: BJP's Dr Nikki Hembrom Wins, Elected as MLA

Patna, November 11: Dr. Nikki Hembrom of the Baratiya Janata Party (BJP) has won from the Katoria (ST) Vidhan Sabha Sea. Hembrom won the Katoria seat after defating Sweety Sima Hembram of the RJD. The seat is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency and falls in the Banka district of Bihar. The voting in the Katoria (ST) elections was held on October 28 in the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The counting of votes was held on November 10 and the result will also be declared on the same day. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 1 Dates And Schedule: Voting on October 28, Results to be Declared on November 10.

The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Polling for Bihar assembly elections was held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 First Phase Complete Schedule 

The candidates for the Katoria (ST) Assembly Election 2020 included Dr. Nikki Hembrom of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while Sweety Hebram of the  Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is contesting from this seat while Anjela Hansda of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will be contesting the polls. In the 2015 Bihar elections, Ram Narayan Mandal Sweety Sima Hembram of the RJD had won the polls by defeating BJP candidate Nikki Hembram.

The voting for the first phase will be held on October 28 which will cover 71 assembly constituencies, while the second-phase voting on November 3 will cover 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 will cover 78 assembly seats. In Bihar, the ruling NDA will face a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left). Meanwhile, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has said it would contest alone this time with Chirag Paswan at the helm.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 are the first major polls amid COVID-19 pandemic. While most are looking at it as a two-way fight between the NDA (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left), the LJP this time has decided to go alone with party President Chirag Paswan taking charge of the all the affairs in the party. In the outgoing assembly, the RJD has 80 members while the JD (U) has 69. The BJP has 54 seats, Congress has 25, while the remaining seats in the 243-member assembly are held by other parties.

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