Banka Lok Sabha constituency

Banka
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
State Bihar
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected year2024

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

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 54.48
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

2004 Lok Sabha

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]

Notes

References

  1. ^ Ahmed, Soroor (30 September 1999). "Voters want the return of the native". Rediff.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Election Commission of India" Archived January 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Banka". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  5. ^ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 71. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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