Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Kishanganj

Syed Shahabuddin (JD) won by 79,628 votes (15.2%).

Electors
9,63,577
Votes polled
5,34,541
Valid votes
Turnout
55.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1991 national median: 15.2% (median 10.9%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1991 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

19571962196719711977198019841989199119961998199939%

Candidates

Candidates · Kishanganj 1991
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Syed ShahabuddinWinnerJD2,31,70344.1%
2Vishwanath KejriwalBJP1,52,07528.9%
3M.J. AkbarINC80,17515.3%
4Taslim UddinIND42,7948.1%
5Tara ChandIND4,9870.9%
6Abadh DasIND3,3620.6%
7Vishwakarma PrasadIND2,9950.6%
8M.A. HannanJP1,4430.3%
9Shivnath PrasadIND1,3090.2%
10Lal Chand JalanIND1,1190.2%
11Farooque AzamIND6410.1%
12Santosh Kr. GhoshIND6150.1%
13Mohan YadavDDP5900.1%
14Zahir UddinIND5130.1%
15Gahan Lal MajhiIND4010.1%
16Balak DasIND3680.1%
17Vankat Lal AgarwalIND2930.1%

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