Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar
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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
- INC (10 times) (58.8%)
- RJD (2 times) (11.8%)
- JD (2 times) (11.8%)
- PSP (1 time) (5.88%)
- JP (1 time) (5.88%)
- BJP (1 time) (5.88%)
CountryIndia
Assembly constituenciesBahadurganj
Thakurganj
Kishanganj
Kochadhaman
Amour
Baisi
Thakurganj
Kishanganj
Kochadhaman
Amour
Baisi
| 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 | |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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
General Elections 2029
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Mohammad Jawed | 402,850 | 35.00 | ||
| JD(U) | Mujahid Alam | 343,158 | 29.81 | ||
| AIMIM | Akhtarul Iman | 309,264 | 26.87 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 24,966 | 2.17 | ||
| Margin of victory | 59,692 | 5.19 | |||
| Turnout | 11,51,296 | 62.91 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
1957
| 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) | |||||