Banmankhi Assembly constituency

Banmankhi is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Banmankhi Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1962
Reservation	SC
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 59 Banmankhi Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Banmankhi community development block; Aurahi, Barhara Kothi, Dibara Dhani, Gouripur, Latraha, Mulkiya, Nipania, Rustampur, Sukhsena East, Sukhsena West and Matihani gram panchayats of Barhara Kothi CD Block.^[1]

Banmankhi Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1962	Bhola Paswan Shastri		Indian National Congress
1967	Baldeo Saraf
1969	Rasiklal Rishideo
1972
1977	Balbodh Paswan		Janata Party
1980	Jaikant Paswan		Indian National Congress
1985	Rasiklal Rishideo		Indian National Congress
1990	Chunni Lal Raj Banshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995			Janata Dal
2000	Deo Narayan Rajak		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Krishna Kumar Rishi
2005
2010
2015
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Banmankhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Upendra Sharma	65,851	36.41%
	BJP	Krishna Kumar Rishi	93,594	51.47%
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,384	2.31%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	gain from		Swing