Constituency
69. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-KISHANGANJ
INC 38.2%won by 12.8%JDU 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 12.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 38.2% of the vote here (+38.2%).
- New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.6% between them, down from 83.6% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 10.8% to 52.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,86,369
Turnout
52.8%
Valid votes
6,26,914
Margin
80,269
12.80%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1MOHAMMAD ASRARUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC2,39,40538.2%
- 2SYED MAHMOOD ASHRAFJanata Dal (United) · JDU1,59,13625.4%
- 3TASLEEM UDDINRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,24,18219.8%
- 4MOHAMMAD NISSAR ALAMJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM27,0724.3%
- 5SIKANDER SINGHIndependent · IND21,9523.5%
- 6ZUBAIR ALAMBahujan Samaj Party · BSP13,5752.2%
- 7MOHAMMAD KHASHIUR RAHMANSJPR · SJPR8,0211.3%
- 8MD. TASLIMUDDINIndependent · IND5,7620.9%
- 9CHOTAY LAL MAHTOIndependent · IND5,5630.9%
- 10VISHWANATH KEJRIWALIndependent · IND5,0530.8%
- 11TAMAJUL ALIBJJD · BJJD4,1010.7%
- 12RAJIT PODARABAS · ABAS3,8650.6%
- 13ASGAR MALIKIndependent · IND3,3080.5%
- 14ABHINAV MODIIndependent · IND2,9810.5%
- 15ABDUL RAJJAK URF KALIndependent · IND2,9380.5%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–JDU swing
- +12.8%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 38.2%
- JDU share
- 0.0% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- 63.6% → 52.8%