Kishanganj: The Hyderabad based party, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s (AIMIM) candidate Qamrul Hoda on Thursday won the Kishanganj Assembly seat of Bihar, where by-polls were held on Monday.
The Kishanganj Assembly seat that fell vacant following the resignation of Congress MLA Javed Alam after winning the Kishanganj Lok Sabha seat in 2019 general election
According to trends available on the Election Commission of India website, AIMIM’s Hoda has taken a lead by a margin with 70, 469 votes over his nearest rival, BJP’s Sweety Singh (60,258 votes).
Kishanganj, widely seen as a stronghold of Congress, witnessed a triangular contest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and AIMIM.
AIMIM however, has spread its network in the last five years and manage to make dents into the Congress’ vote bank.
