Kishanganj is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in East Bihar of Bihar and is located in East India. Kishanganj Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 51.39%. There are 14,38,990 voters of which 7,62,874 are male and 6,76,103 are female and 13 voters of the third gender.
Moh Asrarul Huq of INC (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating BJP. INC polled 4,93,461 of the total of 9,28,490 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Kishanganj goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 64.52%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 10 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,38,990 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,62,874 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,76,103 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | INC |
| Turnout % | 64.52% | 52.84% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,94,612 | 80,269 |
| Margin of Victory % | 20.96% | 12.8% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | INC | INC |
| Turnout % | 64.52% | 52.84% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,94,612 | 80,269 |
| Margin of Victory % | 20.96% | 12.8% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| INC | 367017 | 33.32% | Dr. Mohammad JawedWinner |
| JD(U) | 332551 | 30.19% | Syed Mahmood Ashraf |
| AIMIM | 295029 | 26.78% | Akhtarul Iman |
| NOTA | 19722 | 1.79% | Nota |
| IND | 15184 | 1.38% | Rajesh Kumar Dubey |
| IND | 10860 | 0.99% | Haserul |
| JMM | 10275 | 0.93% | Shukal Murmu |
| AAAP | 9822 | 0.89% | Alimuddin Ansari |
| IND | 8700 | 0.79% | Chhote Lal Mahto |
| IND | 8133 | 0.74% | Asad Alam |
| BSP | 6793 | 0.62% | Indra Deo Paswan |
| AITC | 5483 | 0.50% | Javed Akhter |
| IND | 4755 | 0.43% | Azimuddin |
| BMP | 4013 | 0.36% | Rajendra Paswan |
| SHS | 3266 | 0.30% | Pradip Kumar Singh |
