Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency

Kishanganj
BR-10
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Assembly constituenciesBahadurganj
Thakurganj
Kishanganj
Kochadhaman
Amour
Baisi
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party   INC
Elected year2024

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

Most successful parties from Kishanganj Lok Sabha
  1. INC (10 times) (58.8%)
  2. RJD (2 times) (11.8%)
  3. JD (2 times) (11.8%)
  4. PSP (1 time) (5.88%)
  5. JP (1 time) (5.88%)
  6. BJP (1 time) (5.88%)

Assembly segments

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

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
52 Bahadurganj Kishanganj Tauseef Alam AIMIM AIMIM
53 Thakurganj Gopal Agarwal JD(U) JD(U)
54 Kishanganj Qamrul Hoda INC INC
55 Kochadhaman Sarwar Alam AIMIM AIMIM
56 Amour Purnia Akhtarul Iman INC
57 Baisi Ghulam Sarwar

Members of Parliament

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 Mohammed Taslimuddin
1998 Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999 Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Mohammed Taslimuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Asrarul Haq Qasmi Indian National Congress
2014
2019 Mohammad Jawed
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
 35.00%
2019
 
 33.32%
2014
 
 53.15%
2009
 
 38.19%
2004
 
 51.70%
1999
 
 35.50%
1998
 
 32.47%
1996
 
 55.74%
1991
 
 44.10%
1989
 
 32.53%
1984
 
 44.19%
1980
 
 54.22%
1977
 
 58.58%
1971
 
 58.53%
1967
 
 42.97%
1962
 
 35.65%
1957
 
 47.94%

General Elections 2029

2029 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohammad Jawed
BJP Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal
AIMIM Akhtarul Iman
Independent
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kishanganj[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohammad Jawed 402,850 35.00 Increase1.62
JD(U) Mujahid Alam 343,158 29.81 Decrease0.38
AIMIM Akhtarul Iman 309,264 26.87 Increase0.09
NOTA None of the above 24,966 2.17 Increase0.38
Margin of victory 59,692 5.19 Increase2.06
Turnout 11,51,296 62.91 Decrease3.77
INC hold 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

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

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 Mohammed Taslimuddin 1,24,182 19.81
Majority 80,269 12.81
Turnout 6,26,6914 52.84
INC gain from RJD Swing

2004

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

1999

1999 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain 258,035 35.5
RJD Mohammed 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

1998 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Mohammed 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

1996

1996 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Taslimuddin 381,530 55.74
BJP Vishwanath Kejriwal 216,947 31.69
IND Md. Mustaque Munna 45,571 6.66
INC Md. Zahidur Rahman 15,895 2.32
JP Syed Shahabuddin 9,095 1.33
IND Md Juber Alam 8,882 1.30
IND Parveen Kr. Paswan 1,909 0.28
IND Satyenderanath Verma 1,458 0.21
IND Laxami Rishideo 933 0.14
IND Dilip Kumar Ghosh 621 0.09
IND Hari Mohan Singh 510 0.07
BSP Laxmi Prasad Singh 428 0.06
IND Atahar Hussain 317 0.05
IND Hari Ram Agarwal 272 0.04
IND Azimuddin 125 0.02
Majority 164,583 24.05
Turnout 694,288 61.39
JD hold Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Syed Shahabuddin 231,703 44.10
BJP Vishwanath Kejriwal 152,075 28.95
INC M. J. Akbar 80,175 15.26
IND Taslim Uddin 42,794 8.15
IND Tara Chand 4,987 0.95
IND Abadh Das 3,362 0.64
IND Vishwakarma Prasad 2,995 0.57
JP M. A. Hannan 1,443 0.27
IND Shivnath Prasad 1,309 0.25
IND Lal Chand Jalan 1,119 0.21
IND Farooque Azam 641 0.12
IND Santosh Kr. Ghosh 615 0.12
DDP Mohan Yadav 590 0.11
IND Zahir Uddin 513 0.10
IND Gahan Lal Majhi 401 0.08
IND Balak Das 368 0.07
IND Vankat Lal Agarwal 293 0.06
Majority 79,628 15.15
Turnout 534,541 55.47
Swing to JD from INC Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. J. Akbar 178,556 32.53
IND Asrarul Haque 152,565 27.80
JD Mustaque Munna 139,992 25.51
JP Lakhanlal Kapur 55,682 10.15
IND Balak Dass 13,758 2.51
IND Jamil Akhitar 3,169 0.58
DDP Mohan Yadav 2,497 0.45
IND Nasimudin 1,802 0.33
IND M. A. Hanan 805 0.15
Majority 25,991 4.73
Turnout 559,966 58.55
INC hold Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jamilur Rahman 191,754 44.19
LKD M. Mushtak 75,624 17.43
BJP Tara Chand 75,241 17.34
JP Taslim Uddin 72,215 16.64
IND Jwala Prasad Gupta 9,941 2.29
IND Balak Das 3,926 0.90
IND Santosh Kumar Ghosh 1,417 0.33
IND Ramadhar Sharma 1,250 0.29
IND Ataur Rahman 1,077 0.25
IND Devendra Na. Singh 899 0.21
IND Nurool Hoda 570 0.13
Majority 116,130 26.76
Turnout 444,904 55.75
INC hold Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Zamilur Rahman 170,662 54.22
JP Halimuddin Ahmad 71,613 22.75
JP(S) Khalilur Rahaman 60,039 19.07
IND Jogeshwar Dome 4,324 1.37
IND Zakir Ali Iraqui 3,481 1.11
IND Santosh Kumar Ghosh 1,865 0.59
IND Ku. Udai Bhanu Roy 1,719 0.55
IND Firoz Hasan 1,071 0.34
Majority 99,049 31.47
Turnout 320,666 45.63
Swing to INC(I) from JP Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Halimuddin Ahmed 168,175 58.58
INC Jamilur Rahman 88,045 30.67
IND Shyamdeo Jha 13,802 4.81
IND Ali Mogni 9,634 3.36
IND Md. Muslim 6,314 2.20
IUML Gulam Haider Aulia 1,114 0.39
Majority 80,130 27.91
Turnout 292,961 48.91
Swing to JP from INC Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jamilur Rahman 122,619 58.53
ABJS Bal Krishna Jha 41,705 19.91
IND Lakhan Lal Kapur 20,182 9.63
IND Gulam Sarwar 9,596 4.58
PSP Nurul Hoda 6,462 3.08
INC(O) Md. Ismail 3,610 1.72
IND Zakir Ali Iraqui 2,753 1.31
IND Shyamdeo Jha 1,727 0.82
IND Roshan Jahan 845 0.40
Majority 80,914 38.62
Turnout 214,771 41.80
Swing to INC from PSP Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PSP L. L. Kapoor 84,834 42.97
INC M. Tahir 50,551 25.61
IND M. Ehsan 26,634 13.49
IND Zahiruddin 15,765 7.99
ABJS S. Sanatan 11,159 5.65
SWA S. A. M. Kaji 8,464 4.29
Majority 34,283 17.36
Turnout 208,354 44.85
Swing to PSP from INC Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohammad Tahir 64,522 35.65
SWA Bokai Mandal 49,967 27.61
PSP Lakhan Lall Kapoor 44,649 24.67
ABJS Bishwanath Mishra 13,385 7.40
IND Mahboor Rahman 8,440 4.66
Majority 14,555 8.04
Turnout 193,111 39.72
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mohammad Tahir 68,949 47.94
IND Bokai Mandal 37,665 26.19
PSP Khalilur Rahman 37,221 25.88
Majority 31,284 21.75
Turnout 143,835 37.01
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

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  5. ↑ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kishanganj". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
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