Banka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This comprises the Banka district.
Vidhan Sabha segments
Presently, Banka Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) |
District | MLA | Party | Party Leading (in 2019) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157 | Sultanganj | None | Bhagalpur | Lalit Narayan Mandal | JD(U) | JD(U) | |
| 159 | Amarpur | None | Banka | Jayant Raj | JD(U) | JD(U) | |
| 160 | Dhoraiya | SC | Banka | Manish Kumar | JD(U) | JD(U) | |
| 161 | Banka | None | Banka | Ramnarayan Mandal | BJP | JD(U) | |
| 162 | Katoria | ST | Banka | Nikki Hembrom | BJP | JD(U) | |
| 163 | Belhar | None | Banka | Manoj Yadav | JD(U) | JD(U) | |
Members of Lok Sabha
The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Shakuntala Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Beni Shankar 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) | |
^ by-poll
Election results
2019 Lok Sabha
| 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 | ||||
| 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
| 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
1986 by-election
The 1986 bye-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.