Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency
| Kishanganj BR-10 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Assembly constituencies | Bahadurganj Thakurganj Kishanganj Kochadhaman Amour Baisi |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in India
Assembly segments
[edit]Presently, Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Bahadurganj | Kishanganj | Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi | RJD[a] | AIMIM | ||
| 53 | Thakurganj | Saud Alam | RJD | JD(U) | |||
| 54 | Kishanganj | Ijaharul Hussain | INC | INC | |||
| 55 | Kochadhaman | Muhammad Izhar Asfi | RJD[b] | AIMIM | |||
| 56 | Amour | Purnia | Akhtarul Iman | AIMIM | INC | ||
| 57 | Baisi | Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad | RJD[c] | INC | |||
Members of Parliament
[edit]Following is the list of the Members of Parliament from Kishanganj constituency[2][3][4]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mohammad Jawed | 402,850 | 35.00 |  1.62
| |
| JD(U) | Mujahid Alam | 343,158 | 29.81 | New | |
| AIMIM | Akhtarul Iman | 309,264 | 26.87 | 0.09
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 24,966 | 2.17 | 0.38
| |
| Margin of victory | 59,692 | 5.19 | 2.06
| ||
| Turnout | 1,151,099 | 62.84 |  3.84
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2019
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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 | ||||
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kishanganj". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.