GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Kishanganj
Zamilur Rahman (INC(I)) won by 99,049 votes (31.5%).
- Electors
- 7,02,809
- Votes polled
- 3,20,666
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 45.6%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 31.5% (median 16.7%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1980 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 | Zamilur RahmanWinner | INC(I) | 1,70,662 | 54.2% |
| 2 | Halimuddin Ahmad | JNP | 71,613 | 22.8% |
| 3 | Khalilur Rahaman | JNP(S) | 60,039 | 19.1% |
| 4 | Jogeshwar Dome | IND | 4,324 | 1.4% |
| 5 | Zakir Ali Iraqui | IND | 3,481 | 1.1% |
| 6 | Santosh Kumar Ghosh | IND | 1,865 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Ku. Udai Bhanu Roy | IND | 1,719 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Firoz Hasan | IND | 1,071 | 0.3% |
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