Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency

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Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency
Bahadurganj

Baisi
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2019

Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in India

Assembly segments

Presently, Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six

Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]

# Name District Member Party
52
Bahadurganj
Kishanganj Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi RJD[a]
53
Thakurganj
Saud Alam RJD
54 Kishanganj Ijaharul Hussain INC
55
Kochadhaman
Muhammad Izhar Asfi RJD[b]
56
Amour
Purnia Akhtarul Iman AIMIM
57
Baisi
Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad RJD[c]
  1. RJD
  2. RJD
  3. RJD

Members of Parliament

Following is the list of the Members of Parliament from Kishanganj constituency[2][3][4]

Year Name Party
1957 Mohammad_Tahir_(politician) Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Lakhan Lal Kapoor Praja Socialist Party
1971
Jamilur Rahman Indian National Congress
1977
Halimuddin Ahmed Janata Party
1980
Jamilur Rahman
Indian National Congress (I)
1984
Indian National Congress
1989
M. J. Akbar
1991
Syed Shahabuddin Janata Dal
1996
Taslimuddin
1998
Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999
Shahnawaz Hussain
Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
Taslimuddin
Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009
Asrarul Haq Qasmi Indian National Congress
2014
2019
Mohammad Jawed

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIMIM
Akhtarul Iman
INC Mohammad Jawed
JD(U) Mujahid Alam
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohammad Jawed 367,017 33.32 -19.83
JD(U) Syed Mahmood Ashraf 3,32,551 30.19 +24.18
AIMIM
Akhtarul Iman 2,95,029 26.78 N/A
NOTA None of the above 19,722 1.79 -0.06
AAP Alimuddin Ansari 9,822 0.89 -0.73
AITC
Javed Akhter 5,483 0.5 N/A
Margin of victory 34,461 3.13 -17.83
Turnout 11,01,656 66.38 +1.86
INC hold Swing

2014 general elections

2014 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC
Mohammad Asrarul Haque
493,461 53.15 +14.96
BJP Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 2,98,849 32.19 +32.19
JD(U) Akhtarul Iman 55,822 6.01 -19.37
AAP Alimuddin Ansari 15,010 1.62 +1.62
NOTA
None of the Above
17,206 1.85
Majority 1,94,612 20.96
Turnout 9,28,490 64.52
INC hold Swing

2009 general elections

2009 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC
Mohammad Asrarul Haque
239,405 38.19%
JD(U) Syed Mahmood Ashraf 1,59,136 25.38%
RJD
Taslimuddin
1,24,182 19.81%
Majority 80,269 12.81
Turnout 6,26,6914 52.84
INC gain from RJD Swing

2004 general elections

2004 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD
Taslimuddin
420,331 51.7
BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 259,834 31.9
SP Abdul Jalil Masthan 77,356 9.5
Majority 160,497 19.7
Turnout 8,13,315 63.6
RJD gain from BJP Swing

1999 Indian general elections

1999 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 258,035 35.5
RJD
Taslimuddin
249,387 34.3
NCP Asrarul Haq Qasmi 197,478 27.1
Majority 8,648 1.2
Turnout 7,27,839 64.4
BJP gain from RJD Swing

1998 Indian general elections

1998 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD
Taslimuddin
236,744 32.47
SP Asrarul Haq Qasmi 230,256 31.58
BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 230,210 31.57
Majority 6,488 0.99
Turnout 729,132 65.51
RJD gain from JD Swing

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