Banka Lok Sabha constituency

Banka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This comprises the Banka district.^[1]

Banka
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Giridhari Yadav
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2024

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Banka Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
157	Sultanganj	Bhagalpur	Lalit Narayan Mandal		JDU		JDU
159	Amarpur	Banka	Jayant Raj Kushwaha		JDU		JDU
160	Dhoraiya (SC)		Bhudeo Choudhary		RJD		JDU
161	Banka		Ramnarayan Mandal		BJP		JDU
162	Katoria (ST)		Nikki Hembrom		BJP		RJD
163	Belhar		Manoj Yadav		JDU		JDU

Members of Lok Sabha

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency.^[2][3]

Year	Name	Party
1957	Shakuntala Devi		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Beni Shanker Sharma		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Shiv Chandrika Prasad		Indian National Congress
1973^	Madhu Limaye		Socialist Party
1977			Janata Party
1980	Chandrashekhar Singh		Indian National Congress
1984	Manorama Singh
1985^	Chandrashekhar Singh
1986^	Manorama Singh
1989	Pratap Singh		Janata Dal
1991
1996	Giridhari Yadav
1998	Digvijay Singh		Samata Party
1999			Janata Dal (United)
2004	Giridhari Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009	Digvijay Singh		Independent
2010^	Putul Kumari
2014	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2019	Giridhari Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2024

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Banka^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Giridhari Yadav	506,678	49.96
	RJD	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	4,02,834	39.72
	NOTA	None of the Above	34,889	3.44
Majority
Turnout			10,14,931	54.57
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Banka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Giridhari Yadav	477,788	47.98
	RJD	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	2,77,256	27.84
	Independent	Putul Kumari	1,03,729	10.42
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Sah	44,398	4.46
Majority			2,00,532	20.14
Turnout			9,95,860	58.60	+0.56
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Banka^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	285,150	31.71
	BJP	Putul Kumari	2,75,006	30.58
	CPI	Sanjay Kumar	2,20,708	24.54
	IND.	Naresh Kumar Priyadarshi	30,814	3.43
	IND.	Alimuddin Ansari	12,871	1.43
Majority			10,144	1.13
Turnout			8,99,360	58.04	+9.21
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

2010 By-poll

By-elections, 2010: Banka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Putul Kumari	2,88,958	43.48
	RJD	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	2,19,839	33.08
	BSP	I. R. S. Saini	57,702	8.68
Majority
Turnout			6,64,572	48.83
	Independent hold		Swing

2009 Lok Sabha

• Digvijay Singh (IND) : 185,762 votes
• Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (RJD) : 157,046

2004 Lok Sabha

• Giridhari Yadav (RJD) : 339,880 votes
• Digvijay Singh (JD(U)) : 335,211

1986 by-election

The 1986 by-election was held for the Banka seat. The election was won by the INC candidate Manorama Singh with 186237 votes, against George Fernandes of Janata Party with 156853 votes.^[7]

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