Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Kishanganj | |
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Lok Sabha Constituency | |
Incumbent | Mohammad Jawed |
Parliamentary Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected Year | 2019 |
Constituency Details | |
Established | 1957–present |
Reservation | None |
State | Bihar |
Assembly Constituencies | Bahadurganj Thakurganj Kishanganj Kochadhaman Amour Baisi |
Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in India
Assembly segments[edit]
Presently, Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:[1]
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | MLA | Party | Party Leading (in 2019) |
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52 | Bahadurganj | None | Kishanganj | Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi | AIMIM | AIMIM |
53 | Thakurganj | None | Kishanganj | Saud Alam | RJD | JD(U) |
54 | Kishanganj | None | Kishanganj | Ijharul Hussain | INC | INC |
55 | Kochadhaman | None | Kishanganj | Muhammad Izhar Asfi | AIMIM | AIMIM |
56 | Amour | None | Purnia | Aktarul Iman | AIMIM | INC |
57 | Baisi | None | Purnia | Sayed Ruknuddin Ahmed | AIMIM | INC |
Members of Parliament[edit]
Following is the list of the Members of Parliament from Kishanganj constituency[2] [3][4]
Lok Sabha | Duration | Member of Parliament | Party | |
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First | 1952-57 | constituency does not exist | n/a | |
Second | 1957-62 | Mohammad Tahir | Congress | |
Third | 1962-67 | Mohammad Tahir | Congress | |
Fourth | 1967-70 | Lakhan Lal Kapoor | Praja Socialist Party | |
Fifth | 1971-77 | Jamilur Rahman | Congress | |
Sixth | 1977-77 | Halimuddin Ahmad | Janata Party | |
Seventh | 1980-84 | Jamilur Rahman | Congress(I) | |
Eighth | 1984-89 | Jamilur Rahman | Congress(I) | |
Ninth | 1989-91 | M.J. Akbar | Congress(I) | |
Tenth | 1991-96 | Syed Sahabuddin | JD | |
Eleventh | 1996-97 | Mohammad Taslimuddin | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Twelfth | 1998-99 | Mohammad Taslimuddin | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Thirteenth | 1999–2004 | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Fourteenth | 2004–09 | Mohammed Taslimuddin | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Fifteenth | 2009–14 | Mohammad Asrarul Haque | Indian National Congress | |
Sixteenth | 2014-18a | Mohammad Asrarul Haque | Indian National Congress | |
2018-19 | vacant | n/a | ||
Seventeenth | 2019–Incumbent | Mohammad Jawed | Indian National Congress |
Election results[edit]
2019 general elections[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Mohammad Jawed | 3,67,017 | 33.32 | -19.83 | |
JD(U) | Syed Mahmood Ashraf | 3,32,551 | 30.19 | +24.18 | |
[[All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|Template:All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen/meta/shortname]] | Akhtarul Iman | 2,95,029 | 26.78 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 19,722 | 1.79 | -0.06 | |
AAP | Alimuddin Ansari | 9,822 | 0.89 | -0.73 | |
Margin of victory | 34,461 | 3.13 | -17.83 | ||
Turnout | 11,01,656 | 66.38 | +1.86 | ||
INC hold | Swing |
2014 general elections[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Mohammad Asrarul Haque | 4,93,461 | 53.15 | +14.96 | |
BJP | Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal | 2,98,849 | 32.19 | +32.19 | |
JD(U) | Akhtarul Iman | 55,822 | 6.01 | -19.37 | |
AAP | Alimuddin Ansari | 15,010 | 1.62 | +1.62 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 17,206 | 1.85 | ||
Majority | 1,94,612 | 20.96 | |||
Turnout | 9,28,490 | 64.52 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sule, Babayo (17 May 2019). "Civil Society Organisations And Election Monitoring In Nigeria: The 2015 General Election". The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Cognitive-Crcs: 405–412. doi:10.15405/epsbs.2019.05.02.40.
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(help) - ↑ "Election Commission of India" Archived 2009-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ↑ "Kishanganj Congress MP Maulana Asrar-ul-Haque Qasmi passes away at 76". 7 December 2018.
External links[edit]
Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar