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
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syed ShahabuddinWinner | JD | 2,31,703 | 44.1% |
| 2 | Vishwanath Kejriwal | BJP | 1,52,075 | 28.9% |
| 3 | M.J. Akbar | INC | 80,175 | 15.3% |
| 4 | Taslim Uddin | IND | 42,794 | 8.1% |
| 5 | Tara Chand | IND | 4,987 | 0.9% |
| 6 | Abadh Das | IND | 3,362 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Vishwakarma Prasad | IND | 2,995 | 0.6% |
| 8 | M.A. Hannan | JP | 1,443 | 0.3% |
| 9 | Shivnath Prasad | IND | 1,309 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Lal Chand Jalan | IND | 1,119 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Farooque Azam | IND | 641 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Santosh Kr. Ghosh | IND | 615 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Mohan Yadav | DDP | 590 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Zahir Uddin | IND | 513 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Gahan Lal Majhi | IND | 401 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Balak Das | IND | 368 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Vankat Lal Agarwal | IND | 293 | 0.1% |
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