# Kishanganj, Bihar Assembly constituency

Kishanganj is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

## Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 54 Kishanganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kishanganj municipality; Motihara Toluka, Singhia Kulamani, Halamala, Taisa gram panchayats of Kishnaganj community development block; and Pothia CD Block. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Kishanganj will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Kishanganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of Members of Legislative Assembly from Kishanganj Assembly Constituency.
| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Rawatmal Agrwal | Indian National Congress |
| 1952 | Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav | Indian National Congress |
| 1955^ | Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Abdul Hayat | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Mohammad Hussain Azad | Swatantra Party |
| 1962 | Yashoda Devi | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Shushila Kapoor | Praja Socialist Party |
| 1969 | Rafique Alam | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Rafique Alam | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Rafique Alam | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Mohammad Mushtaque | Janata Party (Secular) |
| 1985 | Mohammad Mushtaque | Lok Dal |
| 1990 | Mohammad Mushtaque | Janata Dal |
| 1995 | Rafique Alam | Indian National Congress |
| 2000 | Taslimuddin | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2005 | Akhtarul Iman | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2005 | Akhtarul Iman | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2010 | Mohammad Jawed | Indian National Congress |
| 2015 | Mohammad Jawed | Indian National Congress |
| 2019^ | Qamrul Hoda | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen |
| 2020 | Ijaharul Hussain | Indian National Congress |
^by-election

## Election results
### 1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Mohammad Jawed of Congress won the Kishanganj seat defeating his nearest rival Sweety Singh of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Akhtarul Iman of RJD defeated Sanjeev Kumar Yadav of BJP in October 2005 and February 2005. Taslimuddin of RJD defeated Rajeswar Baid of BJP in 2000. Rafique Alam of Congress defeated Md. Mustaque Munna of JD in 1995. Md. Mustaque Munna of JD defeated Khalilur Rahman of Congress in 1990. Md. Mustaque Munna of LD defeated Md. Usman of Congress in 1985. Md. Mustaque Munna of Janata Party (Secular – Chanara Singh) defeated Rafique Alam of Congress in 1980. Rafique Alam of Congress defeated Badri Narayan Mandal of JP in 1977.

### 2019

As per the voter list of 2019, there were 286,240 electorates and 271 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 64.81% in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
2019 Bihar Legislative Assembly By election; Kishanganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | AIMIM | Qamrul Hoda | 70,469 | 41.46 |
| | BJP | Sweety Singh | 60,265 | 35.46 |
| | INC | Sayeeda Banu | 25,285 | 14.88 |
| | AITC | Jannat Nasreen Khan | 6,772 | 3.2 |
| | Independent | Md Imran | 5,093 | 3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,204 | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | AIMIM gain from INC | AIMIM gain from INC | Swing | |

### 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kishanganj :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ijaharul Hussain | 61,078 | 34.20 |
| | BJP | Sweety Singh | 59,697 | 33.42 |
| | AIMIM | Qamrul Hoda | 41,904 | 23.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,378 | 0.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,78,610 | 60.84 |
| | INC gain from AIMIM | INC gain from AIMIM | Swing | |