Kishanganj, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 54 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictKishanganj
LS constituencyKishanganj
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2020

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

Overview

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

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[22]
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
1985 Lok Dal
1990 Rashtriya 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

^-bypoll

Election results

1977-2010

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.[23][24][25]

2019 result

As per the voter list of 2019, there are 286240 electorates and 271 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 64.81% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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

[26]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kishanganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ijaharul Hussain 61078 34.20
BJP Sweety Singh 59697 33.42
AIMIM Qamrul Hoda 41904 23.46
Majority 1378 0.78
Turnout 178610
INC gain from AIMIM Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility". 5 August 2015.
  4. ^ "BIHAR VIDHAN SABHA/Former MLA". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  5. ^ "15th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  6. ^ "14th(2010-2015) Bihar Vidhan Sabha Member List" (PDF).
  7. ^ "13th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Member List" (PDF).
  8. ^ "12th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  9. ^ "11th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  10. ^ "10th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  11. ^ "9th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  12. ^ "8th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  13. ^ "7th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  14. ^ "6th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  15. ^ "5th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  16. ^ "4th Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  17. ^ "3rd Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  18. ^ "2nd Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  19. ^ "1st Bihar Vidhan Sabha Members" (PDF).
  20. ^ "विधानसभा उपचुनाव 2019: ओवैसी की पार्टी AIMIM ने बिहार में पहली बार खोला खाता, किशनगंज सीट पर जमाया कब्जा". NDTVIndia. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  21. ^ "Kishanganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  22. ^ "Bihar state assembly election results in 1955". www.bengalinformation.org.
  23. ^ "Kishanganj election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  24. ^ "Bihar - Kishanganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  25. ^ "135 - Kishanganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  26. ^ Bye Election to assembly constituency oct-2019

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