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Kishanganj: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Mohammad Asrarul Haque from Indian National Congress (INC) won the elections by a margin of 194612 votes. The polling / voting in Kishanganj constituency in the 2019 General elections took place in Phase 2 on 18 April. The major contest is between Janata Dal (United)#s Mahmood Ashraf and Congress Party#s Mohd. Javed

Kishanganj 2014 Lok Sabha Polls

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Bharatiya Janata Party won 22 out of the 40 parliamentary seat with 29.4 percent vote share while the Lok Janshakti Party managed to win just 6 seats with a 6.4 percent vote share.

Voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Kishanganj Lok Sabha Lok Sabha constituency. The total voter turnout was 64.52% Lok Sabha percent with 61.77% Lok Sabha percent male voters turning out to cast their votes. Meanwhile, 67.63% Lok Sabha percent of the women voters cast their votes and 17206 Lok Sabha voters pressed on the NOTA

Out of the 10 Lok Sabha candidates who contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Kishanganj, 8 had to deposit their security. The voters gave their mandate in favour of Mohammad Asrarul Haque of the Indian National Congress as he defeated Dr Dilip Kumar Jaiswal by a margin of 194612 votes.

Here are the past results of the Lok Sabha polls in Kishanganj constituency in Bihar

• 2009 Lok Sabha Elections: In 15th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated Janata Dal (United) candidate by a margin of 80269 votes INC candidate Maulana Asrarul Haque Mohammad had got 239405 while JD(U) got Syed Mahmood Ashraf votes.
• 2004 Lok Sabha Elections: In 14th Lok Sabha poll, Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate defated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate in one-sided contest. Here, RJD candidate Taslimuddin attained 420331 votes and BJP's Syed Shahnawaz Hussain bagged 259834 votes.
• 1999 Lok Sabha Elections: In 13th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Bharatiya Janta Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal here Bharatiya Janta Party candidate defeated his Rashtriya Janata Dal counterpart with a difference of 8648 votes.
• 1998 Lok Sabha Elections: In 12th Lok Sabha election, interesting battle could be seen between Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party here Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate defeated his Samajwadi Party counterpart with a difference of 6488 votes.
• 1996 Lok Sabha Elections: In 11th Lok Sabha poll, JD candidate defated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate in one-sided contest. Here, JD candidate Taslimuddin attained 381530 votes and BJP's Vishwanath Kejriwal bagged 216947 votes.
• 1991 Lok Sabha Elections: In 10th Lok Sabha election, JD candidate had defeated Bharatiya Janta Party candidate by a margin of 79628 votes JD candidate Syed Shahabuddin had got 231703 while BJP got Vishwanath Kejriwal votes.
• 1989 Lok Sabha Elections: In Ninth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated Independent candidate with a difference of 25991 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader M.J.Akbar attained 178556 votes and Independent candidate Asrarul Haque bagged 152565 votes
• 1984 Lok Sabha Elections: In 8th Lok Sabha poll, Indian National Congress candidate defated LKD candidate in one-sided contest. Here, INC candidate Jamilur Rahman attained 191754 votes and LKD's M. Mushtak bagged 75624 votes.
• 1980 Lok Sabha Elections: In 7th Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated JNP candidate by a margin of 99049 votes INC(I) candidate Zamilur Rahman had got 170662 while JNP got Halimuddin Ahmad votes.
• 1977 Lok Sabha Elections: In Sixth Lok Sabha election, BLD candidate had defeated INC candidate by a margin of 80130 votes BLD candidate Halimuddin Ahmed had got 168175 while INC got Jamilur Rahman votes.
• 1971 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fifth Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate had defeated BJS candidate by a margin of 80914 votes INC candidate Jamilur Rahman had got 122619 while BJS got Bal Krishna Jha votes.
• 1967 Lok Sabha Elections: In Fourth Lok Sabha election, PSP candidate defeated INC candidate with a difference of 34283 votes. Here, PSP leader L. L. Kapoor attained 84834 votes and INC candidate M. Tahir bagged 50551 votes
• 1962 Lok Sabha Elections: In Third Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated SWA candidate with a difference of 14555 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Mohammad Tahir attained 64522 votes and SWA candidate Bokai Mandal bagged 49967 votes
• 1957 Lok Sabha Elections: In Second Lok Sabha election, Indian National Congress candidate defeated IND candidate with a difference of 31284 votes. Here, Indian National Congress leader Md. Tahir attained 68949 votes and IND candidate Bokai Mandal bagged 37665 votes