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Constituency

52. Kishanganj

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 2019

IN-KISHANGANJ

INC 33.3%won by 3.1%JDU 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.0% to 3.1%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Dal (United) (JDU).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 85.3% — the field split more ways.

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

Electorate
16,59,651
Turnout
66.4%
Valid votes
11,01,603
Margin
34,466
3.13%

Since 2014

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCJDU swing
−44.0%
INC share
53.1% 33.3%
JDU share
6.0% 30.2%
Turnout
64.5% 66.4%