Elections Archive

GEN · Bihar 1947 1999

Kishanganj

Taslim Uddin (RJD) won by 6,488 votes (0.9%).

Electors
11,29,066
Votes polled
7,39,665
Valid votes
Turnout
65.5%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 0.9% (median 7.6%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1998 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 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Taslim UddinWinnerRJD2,36,74432.5%
2Asrarul HaqueSP2,30,25631.6%
3Syed Shahnawaz HussainBJP2,30,21031.6%
4Mushtaoue MunnaJD31,9224.4%

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