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]

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

  1. (157) Sultanganj
  2. (159) Amarpur
  3. (160) Dhoraiya
  4. (161) Banka
  5. (162) Katoria
  6. (163) Belhar

Sultanganj assembly seat is in Bhagalpur district, while the remaining 5 seats are in Banka district of Bihar.

Members of Lok Sabha

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

Year Winner Party
1957 Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress
1962 Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress
1967 B. S. Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Shiv Chandrika Prasad Indian National Congress
1973^ Madhu Limaye, in bypoll Socialist Party
1977 Madhu Limaye Janata Party, with Bharatiya Lok Dal's symbol
1980 Chandrashekhar Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Manorama Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1985^ Chandrashekhar Singh Indian National Congress
1986^ Manorama Singh Indian National Congress
1989 Pratap Singh Janata Dal
1991 Pratap Singh Janata Dal
1996 Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal
1998 Digvijay Singh Samata Party
1999 Digvijay Singh Janata Dal (United)
2004 Giridhari Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009 Digvijay Singh (Died in 2010) Independent
2010^ Putul Kumari Singh (bye-poll) Independent
2014 Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2019 Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2019 Lok Sabha
2019 Indian general elections: Banka
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Giridhari Yadav 4,77,788 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 Indian general elections: Banka [4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav 2,85,150 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 Independent Swing

2009 Lok Sabha
  • Digvijay Singh (IND) : 185,762 votes
  • Jai Prakash Narayan (RJD) : 157,046

2010 Bye-poll
Bye-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 gain from Independent Swing

2004 Lok Sabha
  • Giridhari Yadav (RJD) : 339,880 votes
  • Digvijay Singh (JD-U) : 335,211

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. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 71. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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