Banka Assembly constituency

Banka
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBanka
Established1951
Total electors260,299
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2025

Banka is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Amarpur, Katoria, Belhar and Dhoraiya.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Banka was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3][4]

Overview

Banka comprises CD Blocks Barahat & Banka.[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[6]Party
1952Raghavendra Narain SinghIndian National Congress
1957Bindhyabasini Devi
1962Braj Mohan SinghSwatantra Party
1963^Bindhyabasini DeviIndian National Congress
1967Babulal MandalJana Sangh
1969Kamakhya Prasad SinghIndian National Congress
1972
1977Sindheshwar Prasad SinghJanata Party
1980Kamakhya Prasad SinghIndian National Congress
1985Chandrashekhar Singh
1986^Janardan YadavBharatiya Janata Party
1990Ramnarayan Mandal
1995Javed Iqbal AnsariJanata Dal
2000Ramnarayan MandalBharatiya Janata Party
2005Javed Iqbal AnsariRashtriya Janata Dal
2005Ramnarayan MandalBharatiya Janata Party
2010Javed Iqbal AnsariRashtriya Janata Dal
2014^Ramnarayan MandalBharatiya Janata Party
2015
2020
2025

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Banka[7][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRamnarayan Mandal 95,588 49.58
CPISanjay Kumar71,82437.25
NOTANone of the above1,5520.8
Majority23,764
Turnout192,811
BJP holdSwingNDA

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Banka[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRamnarayan Mandal 69,762 43.8 +5.44
RJDJaved Iqbal Ansari52,93433.24−2.39
RLSPKaushal Kishore Singh10,9966.9
IndependentShridhar Mandal5,1073.21
IndependentNaresh Kumar Priyadarshi2,7481.73
IndependentPramod Singh Weldone2,1551.35
IndependentPawan Kumar Thakur2,0721.3
IndependentPatric Murmu2,0421.28
IndependentManoj Singh, S/0-Janardan Singh2,0401.28
IndependentChandra Prakash1,7921.13
Rashtriya Manav Sewa PartyRahul Roushan1,5790.99
NOTANone of the above1,0840.68−1.52
Majority16,82810.56+7.83
Turnout159,27162.59+4.66
BJP holdSwing


2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Banka[2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRamnarayan Mandal 52,379 38.36
RJDZafrul Hoda48,64935.63
BSPAjit Kumar Singh16,54812.12
IndependentManoj Singh5,1913.8
IndependentDigambar Mandal4,0712.98
IndependentMakhan Yadav2,0181.48
IndependentRajendra Ray1,5791.16
Bhartiya Dalit PartyUmakant Yadav1,2400.91
NOTANone of the above3,0042.2
Majority3,7302.73
Turnout136,52957.93

References

  1. ^ "Banka Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Women power voter growth". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  4. ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015– Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Banka Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022.
  7. ^ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Banka". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  8. ^ "Banka Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 15 December 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  • "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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