Constituency
82. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-KISHANGANJ
RJD 32.5%won by 0.9%SP 31.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which now leads by 0.9%.
- RJD vote shareRJD went from 0.0% to 32.5% of the vote here (+32.5%).
- New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1996.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.0% between them, down from 87.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 4.0% to 64.6%.
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Electorate
11,29,066
Turnout
64.6%
Valid votes
7,29,132
Margin
6,488
0.89%
Candidates
4 contested · winner RJD- 1TASLIM UDDINRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD2,36,74432.5%
- 2ASRARUL HAQUESamajwadi Party · SP2,30,25631.6%
- 3SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAINBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,30,21031.6%
- 4MUSHTAOUE MUNNAJanata Dal · JD31,9224.4%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- RJDflipped
- RJD–SP swing
- +0.9%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- SP share
- 0.0% → 31.6%
- Turnout
- 60.5% → 64.6%