Kishanganj, Bihar Assembly constituency

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For former constituency with the same name in Kosi division, see Kishanganj, Madhepura Assembly constituency.

Kishanganj, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 54 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictKishanganj
Established1951
Total electors283,172
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  INC
AllianceMGB
Elected year2025

Kishanganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 54 Kishanganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kishanganj municipality; Motihara Toluka, Singhia Kulamani, Halamala, Taisa gram panchayats of Kishnaganj community development block; and Pothia CD Block.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Kishanganj will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

Kishanganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Following is the list of Members of Legislative Assembly from Kishanganj Assembly Constituency.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Year Name[21] Party
1952 Rawatmal Agrwal Indian National Congress
Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav
1955^ Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav
1957 Abdul Hayat
1962 Mohammad Hussain Azad Swatantra Party
Yashoda Devi Indian National Congress
1967 Shushila Kapoor Praja Socialist Party
1969 Rafique Alam Indian National Congress
1972
1977
1980 Mohammad Mushtaque Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Lok Dal
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Rafique Alam Indian National Congress
2000 Taslimuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Akhtarul Iman
2005
2010 Mohammad Jawed Indian National Congress
2015
2019^ Qamrul Hoda All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
2020 Ijaharul Hussain Indian National Congress
2025 Qamrul Hoda

^by-election

Election results

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2025

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2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Qamrul Hoda 89,669 39.49
BJP Sweety Singh 76,875 33.86
AIMIM Shams Aghaz 51,370 22.63
JJD Md. Tariq Anwar 749 0.33
NOTA None of the Above 1,498 0.66
Majority 12,794
Turnout 227,042
INC hold Swing

2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kishanganj[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ijaharul Hussain 61,078 34.2 −4.63
BJP Sweety Singh 59,697 33.42 −0.38
AIMIM Qamrul Hoda 41,904 23.46 +13.86
Independent Tasir Uddin 2,069 1.16
NOTA None of the above 1,037 0.58 −0.06
Majority 1,381 0.78 −4.25
Turnout 178,610 60.84 −5.76
INC gain from AIMIM Swing

2019

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As per the voter list of 2019, there were 286,240 electorates and 271 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 64.81% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.[22]

2019 Bihar Legislative Assembly By election; Kishanganj[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIMIM Qamrul Hoda 70,469 41.46
BJP Sweety Singh 60,265 35.46
INC Sayeeda Banu 25,285 14.88
AITC Jannat Nasreen Khan 6,772 3.2
Independent Md Imran 5,093 3.0
Majority 10,204 6.0
Turnout
AIMIM gain from INC Swing

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2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kishanganj[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Dr Mohammad Jawaid 66,522 38.83
BJP Sweety Singh 57,913 33.8
AIMIM Tasiruddin 16,440 9.6
NCP Qamrul Hoda 8,025 4.68
JMM Trilok Chandra Jain 4,915 2.87
CPI(M) Shyam Nand Gupta 2,038 1.19
Independent Prahlad Kumar Sarkar 1,855 1.08
Independent Dhyani Paswan 1,639 0.96
JAP(L) M.K.Rizvi Alias Nanha Mushtaq 1,547 0.9
NOTA None of the above 1,100 0.64
Majority 8,609 5.03
Turnout 171,327 66.6

2010

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In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Mohammad Jawed of Congress won the Kishanganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sweety Singh of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Akhtarul Iman of RJD defeated Sanjeev Kumar Yadav of BJP in October 2005 and February 2005. Taslimuddin of RJD defeated Rajeswar Baid of BJP in 2000. Rafique Alam of Congress defeated Md. Mustaque Munna of JD in 1995. Md. Mustaque Munna of JD defeated Khalilur Rahman of Congress in 1990. Md. Mustaque Munna of LD defeated Md. Usman of Congress in 1985. Md. Mustaque Munna of Janata Party (Secular – Chanara Singh) defeated Rafique Alam of Congress in 1980. Rafique Alam of Congress defeated Badri Narayan Mandal of JP in 1977.[24][25][26]

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