Kishanganj is assembly constituency number 54 in Bihar, in Kishanganj district, and one of the segments of the Kishanganj Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Md. Qamrul Hoda of the Indian National Congress won with 39.5% of the vote, 12,794 votes ahead of Sweety Singh (BJP).
- 01Md. Qamrul HodaINC89,66939.49%
- 02Sweety SinghBJP76,87533.86%
- 03Shams AghazAIMIM51,37022.63%
- 04Md. Ishaque AlamJNSRJP1,9040.84%
- 05Pradeep RavidasBSP1,3690.60%
- 5 other candidates · 4,357 votesNOTA · 1,498 (0.66%)
Margin 12,794 votes · 5.64% of valid votes
All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,27,042 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Md. Qamrul HodaMale · 62 yrs | INC | 89,669 | 39.49% |
| 2 | Sweety SinghFemale · 46 yrs | BJP | 76,875 | 33.86% |
| 3 | Shams AghazMale · 30 yrs | AIMIM | 51,370 | 22.63% |
| 4 | Md. Ishaque AlamMale · 52 yrs | JNSRJP | 1,904 | 0.84% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,498 | 0.66% |
| 5 | Pradeep RavidasMale · 39 yrs · SC | BSP | 1,369 | 0.60% |
| 6 | Asraf AlamMale · 43 yrs | AAP | 1,111 | 0.49% |
| 7 | Abdur RahmanMale · 44 yrs | Independent | 926 | 0.41% |
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| 8 | Md WasimMale · 33 yrs | Independent | 906 | 0.40% |
| 9 | Md Tariq AnwarMale · 45 yrs | JNSKJNDL | 749 | 0.33% |
| 10 | Perwez AlamMale · 35 yrs | Independent | 665 | 0.29% |
INC held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Kishanganj bye-election, 21 Oct 2019
Turnout 59.8% · 1,69,971 of 2,84,335 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qamrul Hoda | AIMIM | 70,469 | 41.46% |
| 2 | Sweety Singh | BJP | 60,265 | 35.46% |
| 3 | Sayeeda Banu | INC | 25,285 | 14.88% |
| 4 | Md Imran | Independent | 5,093 | 3.00% |
| 5 | Firoz Alam | CPI | 2,711 | 1.59% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,635 | 1.55% |
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| 6 | Chote Lal Mahto | Independent | 1,345 | 0.79% |
| 7 | Hesham Nazir | Independent | 1,103 | 0.65% |
| 8 | Tasiruddin | Independent | 1,063 | 0.63% |
Kishanganj result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ijaharul Husain | INC | 61,078 | 34.20% |
| 2 | Sweety Singh | BJP | 59,697 | 33.42% |
| 3 | Md. Qamrul Hoda | AIMIM | 41,904 | 23.46% |
| 4 | Tasir Uddin | Independent | 2,069 | 1.16% |
| 5 | Taila Kishku | Independent | 1,552 | 0.87% |
| 6 | Mohan Singh | Independent | 1,419 | 0.79% |
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| 7 | Anil Singh | BPL | 1,372 | 0.77% |
| 8 | Ramnath Sharma | Independent | 1,260 | 0.71% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,037 | 0.58% |
| 9 | Chhote Lal Mahto | Independent | 998 | 0.56% |
| 10 | Ijekal Hasada | Independent | 993 | 0.56% |
| 11 | Abdul Ghafoor | Independent | 978 | 0.55% |
| 12 | Shilpi Kumari | Independent | 707 | 0.40% |
| 13 | Shivnath Malik | Shiv Sena | 625 | 0.35% |
| 14 | Firoz Alam | AIFB | 479 | 0.27% |
| 15 | Perwez Alam | RUC | 461 | 0.26% |
| 16 | Tajamuddin | BHJJP | 461 | 0.26% |
| 17 | Mohammad Zahid Alam | LJD | 427 | 0.24% |
| 18 | Mohammad Mehboobur Rahman | SDPI | 420 | 0.24% |
| 19 | Shambhu Kumar Yadav | RAUNTP | 404 | 0.23% |
| 20 | Maksood Alam | VSIP | 269 | 0.15% |
Kishanganj result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Mohammad Jawaid | INC | 66,522 | 38.83% |
| 2 | Sweety Singh | BJP | 57,913 | 33.80% |
| 3 | Tasiruddin | AIMIM | 16,440 | 9.60% |
| 4 | Qamrul Hoda | NCP | 8,025 | 4.68% |
| 5 | Trilok Chandra Jain | JMM | 4,915 | 2.87% |
| 6 | Shyam Nand Gupta | CPI(M) | 2,038 | 1.19% |
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| 7 | Prahlad Kumar Sarkar | Independent | 1,855 | 1.08% |
| 8 | Dhyani Paswan | Independent | 1,639 | 0.96% |
| 9 | M.k.rizvi Alias Nanha Mushtaq | JAPL | 1,547 | 0.90% |
| 10 | Ajay Kumar Sah | BSP | 1,322 | 0.77% |
| 11 | Firoz Ahmad | AIFB | 1,306 | 0.76% |
| 12 | Shiv Shankar Mahto | Independent | 1,264 | 0.74% |
| 13 | Chote Lal Mahto | Independent | 1,145 | 0.67% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,100 | 0.64% |
| 14 | Yunus Alam | Independent | 993 | 0.58% |
| 15 | Atihar Rahman | NATP | 935 | 0.55% |
| 16 | Abid Alam | GJDS | 679 | 0.40% |
| 17 | Rahul Kumar | Independent | 631 | 0.37% |
| 18 | Moinuddin | SP | 552 | 0.32% |
| 19 | Sajjad Hussain Akhter | IUML | 506 | 0.30% |
Kishanganj result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr Mohammad Jawaid | INC | 38,867 | 31.38% |
| 2 | Sweety Singh | BJP | 38,603 | 31.16% |
| 3 | Tasir Uddin | RJD | 22,074 | 17.82% |
| 4 | Mohammad Kalim Uddin | NCP | 8,291 | 6.69% |
| 5 | Mohammad Nissar Alam | JMM | 3,687 | 2.98% |
| 6 | Abul Kalam Azad | CPI(M) | 3,626 | 2.93% |
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| 7 | Raju Ranjan | Independent | 1,800 | 1.45% |
| 8 | Mohammad Noorul Haque | Independent | 1,498 | 1.21% |
| 9 | Sanjay Kumar Srivastwa | SJP(R) | 1,299 | 1.05% |
| 10 | Mahabir Chauhan | JPS | 1,198 | 0.97% |
| 11 | Dilip Kumar Ram | BSP | 1,159 | 0.94% |
| 12 | Chote Lal Mahto | Independent | 1,121 | 0.90% |
| 13 | Sayed Asad Hasnain | SP | 652 | 0.53% |
Kishanganj outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Kishanganj district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Kishanganj is one of the assembly segments of Kishanganj. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Kishanganj candidates.
- Mohammad JawedINC82,218 42.6%
- Mujahid AlamJD(U)62,610 32.4%
- Akhtarul ImanAIMIM38,139 19.8%
- Vishwanath TuduIndependent1,918 1.0%
- Bideshi RishidevIndependent1,461 0.8%
In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 19,608 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kishanganj.
Who won the Kishanganj assembly seat in 2025?
Md. Qamrul Hoda of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Kishanganj in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 89,669 votes, which was 39.49% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Kishanganj?
The margin was 12,794 votes (5.64% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sweety Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party with 76,875 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Kishanganj in 2025?
Turnout was 80.18%: 2,27,050 of 2,83,172 registered electors voted, across 347 polling stations. That is 19.3 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kishanganj part of?
Kishanganj is an assembly segment of the Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Mohammad Jawed got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Has Kishanganj had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Oct 2019, Qamrul Hoda (All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen) won by 10,204 votes.
Is Kishanganj a reserved constituency?
No. Kishanganj is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Kishanganj?
The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
Each page below is built from an official source and credited on the page.
- Kishanganj population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, KishanganjEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Bihar state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Bihar Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Bihar districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, BiharBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in BiharCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
- Urban local bodies in BiharMunicipal corporations, councils, wards