Kishanganj, Bihar Assembly constituency

For former constituency with the same name in Kosi division, see Kishanganj, Madhepura Assembly constituency.

Kishanganj, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 54 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ijaharul Hussain
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2020

Kishanganj is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 54 Kishanganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kishanganj municipality; Motihara Toluka, Singhia Kulamani, Halamala, Taisa gram panchayats of Kishnaganj community development block; and Pothia CD Block. ^[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Kishanganj will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines. ^{[2] [3]}

Kishanganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of Members of Legislative Assembly from Kishanganj Assembly Constituency. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]}

Year	Name [21]	Party
1952	Rawatmal Agrwal		Indian National Congress
	Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav
1955^	Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav [22]
1957	Abdul Hayat
1962	Mohammad Hussain Azad		Swatantra Party
	Yashoda Devi		Indian National Congress
1967	Shushila Kapoor		Praja Socialist Party
1969	Rafique Alam		Indian National Congress
1972
1977
1980	Mohammad Mushtaque		Janata Party (Secular)
1985			Lok Dal
1990			Janata Dal
1995	Rafique Alam		Indian National Congress
2000	Taslimuddin		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Akhtarul Iman
2005
2010	Mohammad Jawed		Indian National Congress
2015
2019^	Qamrul Hoda		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
2020	Ijaharul Hussain		Indian National Congress

^by-election

Election results

1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Mohammad Jawed of Congress won the Kishanganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sweety Singh of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Akhtarul Iman of RJD defeated Sanjeev Kumar Yadav of BJP in October 2005 and February 2005. Taslimuddin of RJD defeated Rajeswar Baid of BJP in 2000. Rafique Alam of Congress defeated Md. Mustaque Munna of JD in 1995. Md. Mustaque Munna of JD defeated Khalilur Rahman of Congress in 1990. Md. Mustaque Munna of LD defeated Md. Usman of Congress in 1985. Md. Mustaque Munna of Janata Party (Secular – Chanara Singh) defeated Rafique Alam of Congress in 1980. Rafique Alam of Congress defeated Badri Narayan Mandal of JP in 1977. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

2019

As per the voter list of 2019, there were 286,240 electorates and 271 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 64.81% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. ^[26]

2019 Bihar Legislative Assembly By election; Kishanganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIMIM	Qamrul Hoda	70,469	41.46
	BJP	Sweety Singh	60,265	35.46
	INC	Sayeeda Banu	25,285	14.88
	AITC	Jannat Nasreen Khan	6,772	3.2
	Independent	Md Imran	5,093	3.0
Majority			10,204	6.0
Turnout
	AIMIM gain from INC		Swing

^[27]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kishanganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ijaharul Hussain	61078	34.20
	BJP	Sweety Singh	59697	33.42
	AIMIM	Qamrul Hoda	41904	23.46
Majority			1378	0.78
Turnout			178610	60.84
	INC gain from AIMIM		Swing

References

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20. "विधानसभा उपचुनाव 2019: ओवैसी की पार्टी AIMIM ने बिहार में पहली बार खोला खाता, किशनगंज सीट पर जमाया कब्जा". NDTVIndia. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
21. "Kishanganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
22. "Bihar state assembly election results in 1955". www.bengalinformation.org.
23. "Kishanganj election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
24. "Bihar - Kishanganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
25. "135 - Kishanganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
26. Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
27. Bye Election to assembly constituency oct-2019

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.