Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency

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Kishanganj
BR-10
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Assembly constituencies Bahadurganj
Thakurganj
Kishanganj
Kochadhaman
Amour
Baisi
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Mohammad Jawed 1.jpg
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress hand logo.svg   INC
Elected year 2024

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

Contents

Assembly segments

Presently, Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: [1]

#NameDistrictMemberParty
52 Bahadurganj Kishanganj Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi RJD [lower-alpha 1]
53 Thakurganj Saud Alam RJD
54 Kishanganj Ijaharul Hussain INC
55 Kochadhaman Muhammad Izhar Asfi RJD [lower-alpha 2]
56 Amour Purnia Akhtarul Iman AIMIM
57 Baisi Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad RJD [lower-alpha 3]
  1. won as AIMIM candidate but defected to RJD
  2. won as AIMIM candidate but defected to RJD
  3. won as AIMIM candidate but defected to RJD

Members of Parliament

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

YearNameParty
1957 Mohammad Tahir 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
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kishanganj [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mohammad Jawed 402,850 35
JD(U) Mujahid Alam 343,15829.81
AIMIM Akhtarul Iman 309,26426.87
NOTA None of the above 24,9662.17
Margin of victory59,692
Turnout 1,151,09962.84
INC hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mohammad Jawed 367,017 33.32 −19.83
JD(U) Syed Mahmood Ashraf3,32,55130.19+24.18
AIMIM Akhtarul Iman 2,95,02926.78N/A
NOTA None of the above 19,7221.79−0.06
AAP Alimuddin Ansari9,8220.89−0.73
AITC Javed Akhter5,4830.5N/A
Margin of victory34,4613.13−17.83
Turnout 11,01,65666.38+1.86
INC hold Swing

2014 general elections

2014 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mohammad Asrarul Haque 493,461 53.15 +14.96
BJP Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal 2,98,84932.19+32.19
JD(U) Akhtarul Iman 55,8226.01−19.37
AAP Alimuddin Ansari15,0101.62+1.62
NOTA None of the Above 17,2061.85
Majority1,94,61220.96
Turnout 9,28,49064.52
INC hold Swing

2009 general elections

2009 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Mohammad Asrarul Haque 239,405 38.19%
JD(U) Syed Mahmood Ashraf1,59,13625.38%
RJD Taslimuddin 1,24,18219.81%
Majority80,26912.81
Turnout 6,26,691452.84
INC gain from RJD Swing

2004 general elections

2004 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Taslimuddin 420,331 51.7
BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 259,83431.9
SP Abdul Jalil Masthan 77,3569.5
Majority160,49719.7
Turnout 8,13,31563.6
RJD gain from BJP Swing

1999 Indian general elections

1999 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 258,035 35.5
RJD Taslimuddin 249,38734.3
NCP Asrarul Haq Qasmi 197,47827.1
Majority8,6481.2
Turnout 7,27,83964.4
BJP gain from RJD Swing

1998 Indian general elections

1998 Indian general election: Kishanganj
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Taslimuddin 236,744 32.47
SP Asrarul Haq Qasmi 230,25631.58
BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 230,21031.57
Majority6,4880.99
Turnout 729,13265.51
RJD gain from JD Swing

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