GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Kishanganj
Jamilur Rahman (INC) won by 1,16,130 votes (26.8%).
- Electors
- 7,98,096
- Votes polled
- 4,44,904
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 55.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 26.8% (median 17.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1984 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 | 1,91,754 | 44.2% |
| 2 | M. Mushtak | LKD | 75,624 | 17.4% |
| 3 | Tara Chand | BJP | 75,241 | 17.3% |
| 4 | Taslim Uddin | JNP | 72,215 | 16.6% |
| 5 | Jwala Prasad Gupta | IND | 9,941 | 2.3% |
| 6 | Balak Das | IND | 3,926 | 0.9% |
| 7 | Santosh Kumar Ghosh | IND | 1,417 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Ramadhar Sharma | IND | 1,250 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Ataur Rahman | IND | 1,077 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Devendra Na. Singh | IND | 899 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Nurool Hoda | IND | 570 | 0.1% |
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