Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency

Kishanganj
BR-10
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 Mohammad Jawed
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
52	Bahadurganj	Kishanganj	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi	RJD^[a]
53	Thakurganj		Saud Alam	RJD
54	Kishanganj		Ijaharul Hussain	INC
55	Kochadhaman		Muhammad Izhar Asfi	RJD^[b]
56	Amour	Purnia	Akhtarul Iman	AIMIM
57	Baisi	Purnia	Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad	RJD^[c]

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

2024 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Mohammad Jawed	402,850	35
	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
Turnout			1,151,099	62.84
	INC hold		Swing

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

2004 Indian general elections: Kishanganj
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: Kishanganj
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 election: Kishanganj
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

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