Constituency
69. Kishanganj
Community mirrorBihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2014
IN-KISHANGANJ
INC 53.1%won by 21.0%BJP 32.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.8% to 21.0%.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 2009.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.3% of the vote between them, up from 63.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.7% to 64.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,38,990
Turnout
64.5%
Valid votes
9,28,490
Margin
1,94,612
20.96%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1MOHAMMAD ASRARUL HAQUEIndian National Congress · INC4,93,46153.1%
- 2DR DILIP KUMAR JAISWALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,98,84932.2%
- 3AKHTARUL IMANJanata Dal (United) · JDU55,8226.0%
- 4None of the AboveNOTA · NOTA17,2061.9%
- 5ALIMUDDIN ANSARIAam Aadmi Party · AAP15,0101.6%
- 6MD.NAUSHADBahujan Samaj Party · BSP14,9031.6%
- 7CHHOTE LAL MAHTOIndependent · IND11,3921.2%
- 8MANUWER ALAMJDR · JDR5,7140.6%
- 9MD. GULAB SIDDIKILKJP · LKJP5,5590.6%
- 10MOHAMMAD WASIQUR RAHMANIndian Union Muslim League · IUML5,4220.6%
- 11CHITRANJAN SINGHIndependent · IND5,1520.6%
Since 2009
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BJP swing
- −17.2%
- INC share
- 38.2% → 53.1%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 32.2%
- Turnout
- 52.8% → 64.5%