GEN · Bihar 1947 1999
Kishanganj
Taslimuddin (JD) won by 1,64,583 votes (24.0%).
- Electors
- 11,30,883
- Votes polled
- 6,94,288
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 61.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 24.0% (median 9.4%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1996 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 | TaslimuddinWinner | JD | 3,81,530 | 55.7% |
| 2 | Vishwanath Kejriwal | BJP | 2,16,947 | 31.7% |
| 3 | Md. Mustaque Munna | IND | 45,571 | 6.7% |
| 4 | Md. Zahidur Rahman | INC | 15,895 | 2.3% |
| 5 | Syed Shahabuddin | JP | 9,095 | 1.3% |
| 6 | Md Juber Alam | IND | 8,882 | 1.3% |
| 7 | Parveen Kr.paswan | IND | 1,909 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Satyenderanath Verma | IND | 1,458 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Laxami Rishideo | IND | 933 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Dilip Kumar Ghosh | IND | 621 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Hari Mohan Singh | IND | 510 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Laxmi Prasad Singh | BSP | 428 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Atahar Hussain | IND | 317 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Hari Ram Agarwal | IND | 272 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Azimuddin | IND | 125 | 0.0% |
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