Banka Lok Sabha constituency

{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

| name = Banka

| map_image =

| state =Bihar

| established = 1957

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = File:Giridhari Yadav.jpg

| mp = Giridhari Yadav

| party = Janata Dal (United)

| latest_election_year = 2024

}}

Banka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This comprises the Banka district.{{cite web|last1=Ahmed|first1=Soroor|title=Voters want the return of the native|url=https://m.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/30bihar1.htm|publisher=Rediff.com|access-date=5 October 2017|date=30 September 1999}}

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

class="wikitable"

!#

!Name

!District

!Member

!colspan="2"| Party

!colspan="2"| 2024 lead

157

|Sultanganj

|Bhagalpur

|Lalit Narayan Mandal

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

159

|Amarpur

|rowspan="5"| Banka

|Jayant Raj Kushwaha

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

160

|Dhoraiya (SC)

|Bhudeo Choudhary

|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |

|RJD

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

161

|Banka

|Ramnarayan Mandal

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

162

|Katoria (ST)

|Nikki Hembrom

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|BJP

|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |

|RJD

163

|Belhar

|Manoj Yadav

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|JDU

Members of Lok Sabha

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency.[http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm "Election Commission of India"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131061850/http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/States/index_fs.htm |date=January 31, 2009 }}[http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx "Lok Sabha Former Members"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616190202/http://164.100.47.134/newls/lokprev.aspx |date=2008-06-16 }}

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Name

! colspan="2" |Party

1957

| rowspan="2" |Shakuntala Devi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1962
1967

|Beni Shanker Sharma

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}

1971

|Shiv Chandrika Prasad

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1973^

| rowspan="2" |Madhu Limaye

|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}

1977

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980

|Chandrashekhar Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}

1984

|Manorama Singh

1985^

|Chandrashekhar Singh

1986^

|Manorama Singh

1989

| rowspan="2" |Pratap Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=3}}

1991
1996

|Giridhari Yadav

1998

| rowspan="2" |Digvijay Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Samata Party}}

1999

|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|Janata Dal (United)

2004

|Giridhari Yadav

|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}

2009

|Digvijay Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)|rowspan=2}}

2010^

|Putul Kumari

2014

|Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav

|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}

2019

|rowspan="2"|Giridhari Yadav

|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|rowspan="2" |Janata Dal (United)

2024

^ by-poll

Election results

=2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general elections: Banka{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Banka |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0427.htm |access-date=31 July 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731181857/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S0427.htm |archive-date=31 July 2024}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Giridhari Yadav

|votes = 506678

|percentage = 49.96

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav

|votes = 4,02,834

|percentage = 39.72

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=None of the Above|party=None of the above|votes=34,889|percentage=3.44|change=}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 10,14,931

|percentage =54.57

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Janata Dal (United)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general elections: Banka}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Giridhari Yadav

|votes = 4,77,788

|percentage = 47.98

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav

|votes = 2,77,256

|percentage = 27.84

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Putul Kumari

|votes = 1,03,729

|percentage=10.42

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Manoj Kumar Sah

|votes = 44,398

|percentage=4.46

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =2,00,532

|percentage =20.14

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 9,95,860

|percentage =58.60

|change =+0.56

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Janata Dal (United)

|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general elections: Banka{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf | title=General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result|publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2015-09-23 |page=71}}{{cite web|title=Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |publisher=ECI New Delhi |access-date=2015-09-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214134/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GE2014/PC_WISE_TURNOUT.htm |archive-date=May 25, 2014 }} }}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav

|votes = 2,85,150

|percentage = 31.71

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Putul Kumari

|votes = 2,75,006

|percentage = 30.58

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Communist Party of India

|candidate = Sanjay Kumar

|votes = 2,20,708

|percentage = 24.54

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate |

|party = IND.

|candidate = Naresh Kumar Priyadarshi

|votes = 30,814

|percentage=3.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate |

|party = IND.

|candidate = Alimuddin Ansari

|votes = 12,871

|percentage=1.43

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =10,144

|percentage =1.13

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 8,99,360

|percentage = 58.04

|change =+9.21

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

==2010 By-poll==

{{Election box begin | title=By-elections, 2010: Banka}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Putul Kumari

|votes = 2,88,958

|percentage=43.48

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav

|votes = 2,19,839

|percentage =33.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = I. R. S. Saini

|votes =57,702

|percentage = 8.68

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes =

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,64,572

|percentage = 48.83

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Independent (politician)

|loser = Independent (politician)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=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.{{cite web|title=Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results52-95.xlsx |publisher=ECI, New Delhi |access-date=13 September 2017}}

Notes

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References

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