Kishanganj Assembly constituency 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. YearNameParty 1952Rawatmal Agrawal Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav1955^Kamleshwari Prasad Yadav1957Abdul Hayat1962Mohammad Hussain AzadYashoda Devi1967Shushila Kapoor1969Rafique AlamIndian National Congress197219771980Mohammad Mushtaque198519901995Rafique Alam2000Mohammed Taslimuddin Rashtriya Janata Dal2005Akhtarul Iman20052010Mohammad JawedIndian National Congress20152019^Qamrul Hoda All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen2020Ijaharul Hussain2025Qamrul Hoda ^by-election
Election results 2025
2020
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.
Bye Election to assembly constituency oct-2019
2015
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.
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