GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Kishanganj
Jamilur Rahman (INC) won by 80,914 votes (38.6%).
- Electors
- 5,13,860
- Votes polled
- 2,14,771
- Valid votes
- 2,09,499
- Turnout
- 41.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1971-01-03
Margin vs 1971 national median: 38.6% (median 21.5%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1971 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 | Jamilur RahmanWinner | INC | 1,22,619 | 58.5% |
| 2 | Bal Krishna Jha | BJS | 41,705 | 19.9% |
| 3 | Lakhan Lal Kapur | IND | 20,182 | 9.6% |
| 4 | Gulam Sarwar | IND | 9,596 | 4.6% |
| 5 | Nurul Hoda | PSP | 6,462 | 3.1% |
| 6 | Md. Ismail | NCO | 3,610 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Zakir Ali Iraqui | IND | 2,753 | 1.3% |
| 8 | Shyamdeo Jha | IND | 1,727 | 0.8% |
| 9 | Roshan Jahan | IND | 845 | 0.4% |
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