GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Kishanganj
Mohammad Tahir (INC) won by 14,555 votes (8.0%).
- Electors
- 4,86,140
- Votes polled
- 1,93,111
- Valid votes
- 1,80,963
- Turnout
- 39.7%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 8.0% (median 12.2%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)Flipped vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 1.2%(+0.3%)
- Turnout
- 64.4%(-1.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 70.7%
Winning margin over time · Kishanganj
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad TahirWinner | INC | 64,522 | 35.7% |
| 2 | Bokai Mandal | SWA | 49,967 | 27.6% |
| 3 | Lakhan Lall Kapoor | PSP | 44,649 | 24.7% |
| 4 | Bishwanath Mishra | JS | 13,385 | 7.4% |
| 5 | Mahboor Rahman | IND | 8,440 | 4.7% |
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