{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox Indian constituency |name = Banka |type= SLA | map_image = 161-Banka constituency.svg | map_caption = | map_alt = |region = |state = Bihar |district = Banka |division = | loksabha_cons = |constituency_no = - |established = 1951 |reservation = None |abolished = <!-- year abolished --> |mla = Ramnarayan Mandal <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies--> |party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |alliance = NDA | latest_election_year = 2025 | electors = 260,299 }} '''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.<ref name="election2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/banka.html | title=Banka Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014 | archive-date=5 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305012838/http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/banka.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Banka was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com:8080/1151013/jsp/bihar/story_47643.jsp |title=Women power voter growth |access-date=26 October 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110828/http://www.telegraphindia.com:8080/1151013/jsp/bihar/story_47643.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="election1993">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs|website=The Times of India|access-date=9 October 2015|archive-date=21 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821015215/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="election2015-1">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015– Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.|access-date=9 October 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025925/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Overview== Banka comprises CD Blocks Barahat & Banka.<ref name=commission>{{cite web |url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India |work = Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 20 December 2013 |archive-date = 5 October 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005180821/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |url-status = live }}</ref>
== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|title=Banka Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/banka.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India|archive-date=12 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212044235/https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/banka.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |Party |- |1952 |Raghavendra Narain Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1957 |Bindhyabasini Devi |- |1962 |Braj Mohan Singh |{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}} |- |1963^ |Bindhyabasini Devi |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1967 |Babulal Mandal |{{Full party name with color|Jana Sangh}} |- |1969 | rowspan="2" |Kamakhya Prasad Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1972 |- |1977 |Sindheshwar Prasad Singh |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |1980 |Kamakhya Prasad Singh | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}} |- |1985 |Chandrashekhar Singh |- |1986^ |Janardan Yadav | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}} |- |1990 |Ramnarayan Mandal |- |1995 |Javed Iqbal Ansari |{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}} |- |2000 |Ramnarayan Mandal |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |2005 |Javed Iqbal Ansari |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} |- |2005 |Ramnarayan Mandal |{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |2010 |Javed Iqbal Ansari |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} |- |2014^ | rowspan="4" |Ramnarayan Mandal | {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}} |- |2015 |- |2020 |- |2025 |}
==Election results== === 2025 === {{Election box begin | title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Banka<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Banka">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Banka |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04161.htm |access-date=15 December 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251215052006/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04161.htm |archive-date=15 December 2025}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Ramnarayan Mandal |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:95588}} |percentage = 49.58 |change = +5.78 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Sanjay Kumar |party = Communist Party of India |votes = {{formatnum:71824}} |percentage = 37.25 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jan Suraaj Party |candidate = Kaushal Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:6649}} |percentage = 3.45 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Jawahar Kumar Jha |votes = {{formatnum:4145}} |percentage = 2.15 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Vikram Anand |votes = {{formatnum:2241}} |percentage = 1.16 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Vinod Pandit |votes = {{formatnum:1784}} |percentage = 0.93 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1552}} |percentage = 0.8 |change = +0.12 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:23764}} |percentage = 12.33 |change = +1.77 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:192811}} |percentage = 74.07 |change = +11.48 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = |swing = NDA }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2020 === {{Election box begin |title=2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Banka<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Ramnarayan Mandal |votes = {{formatnum:69762}} |percentage = 43.8 |change = +5.44 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |candidate = Javed Iqbal Ansari |votes = {{formatnum:52934}} |percentage = 33.24 |change = -2.39 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party |candidate = Kaushal Kishore Singh |votes = {{formatnum:10996}} |percentage = 6.9 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Shridhar Mandal |votes = {{formatnum:5107}} |percentage = 3.21 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Naresh Kumar Priyadarshi |votes = {{formatnum:2748}} |percentage = 1.73 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Pramod Singh Weldone |votes = {{formatnum:2155}} |percentage = 1.35 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Pawan Kumar Thakur |votes = {{formatnum:2072}} |percentage = 1.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Patric Murmu |votes = {{formatnum:2042}} |percentage = 1.28 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Manoj Singh, S/0-Janardan Singh |votes = {{formatnum:2040}} |percentage = 1.28 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Chandra Prakash |votes = {{formatnum:1792}} |percentage = 1.13 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Manav Sewa Party |candidate = Rahul Roushan |votes = {{formatnum:1579}} |percentage = 0.99 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:1084}} |percentage = 0.68 |change = -1.52 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:16828}} |percentage = 10.56 |change = +7.83 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:159271}} |percentage = 62.59 |change = +4.66 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2015 === {{Election box begin | title=Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Banka<ref name="election2015"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Ramnarayan Mandal |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:52379}} |percentage = 38.36 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Zafrul Hoda |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes = {{formatnum:48649}} |percentage = 35.63 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Ajit Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:16548}} |percentage = 12.12 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Manoj Singh |votes = {{formatnum:5191}} |percentage = 3.8 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Digambar Mandal |votes = {{formatnum:4071}} |percentage = 2.98 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Makhan Yadav |votes = {{formatnum:2018}} |percentage = 1.48 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Rajendra Ray |votes = {{formatnum:1579}} |percentage = 1.16 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bhartiya Dalit Party |candidate = Umakant Yadav |votes = {{formatnum:1240}} |percentage = 0.91 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:3004}} |percentage = 2.2 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:3730}} |percentage = 2.73 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:136529}} |percentage = 57.93 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}} {{coords|24.89|86.92|display=title}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Politics of Banka district Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951 Category:1951 establishments in Bihar