Election
Constituency

54. Kishanganj

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Bihar · Bihar Assembly Election, 2015

BR-KISHANGANJ

INC 38.8%won by 5.0%BJP 33.8%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 5.0%.

  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.6% of the vote between them, up from 62.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 8.1% to 66.6%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,57,258
Turnout
66.6%
Valid votes
1,71,327
Margin
8,609
5.02%

Candidates

20 contested · winner INC
  1. 1DR MOHAMMAD JAWAIDIndian National Congress · INC66,52238.8%
  2. 2SWEETY SINGHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP57,91333.8%
  3. 3TASIRUDDINAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen · AIMIM16,4409.6%
  4. 4QAMRUL HODANationalist Congress Party · NCP8,0254.7%
  5. 5TRILOK CHANDRA JAINJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM4,9152.9%
  6. 6SHYAM NAND GUPTACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM2,0381.2%
  7. 7PRAHLAD KUMAR SARKARIndependent · IND1,8551.1%
  8. 8DHYANI PASWANIndependent · IND1,6391.0%
  9. 9M.K.RIZVI ALIAS NANHA MUSHTAQJAPL · JAPL1,5470.9%
  10. 10AJAY KUMAR SAHBahujan Samaj Party · BSP1,3220.8%
  11. 11FIROZ AHMADAll India Forward Bloc · AIFB1,3060.8%
  12. 12SHIV SHANKAR MAHTOIndependent · IND1,2640.7%
  13. 13CHOTE LAL MAHTOIndependent · IND1,1450.7%
  14. 14None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA1,1000.6%
  15. 15YUNUS ALAMIndependent · IND9930.6%
  16. 16ATIHAR RAHMANNATP · NATP9350.5%
  17. 17ABID ALAMGJDS · GJDS6790.4%
  18. 18RAHUL KUMARIndependent · IND6310.4%
  19. 19MOINUDDINSamajwadi Party · SP5520.3%
  20. 20SAJJAD HUSSAIN AKHTERIndian Union Muslim League · IUML5060.3%

Since 2010

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–BJP swing
+4.8%
INC share
31.4% → 38.8%
BJP share
31.2% → 33.8%
Turnout
58.5% → 66.6%
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