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{{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 district|Banka]]
|division =
| loksabha_cons =
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]
|established = 1951
|reservation = None
|abolished = 
|mla = [[Ramnarayan Mandal]] 
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| electors = 260,299
}}
'''Banka''' is one of 243 constituencies of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It is part of [[Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Raghavendra Narain Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Bindhyabasini Devi
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Braj Mohan Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
|1963^
|Bindhyabasini Devi
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Babulal Mandal
|{{Full party name with color|Jana Sangh}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="2" |Kamakhya Prasad Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Sindheshwar Prasad Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Kamakhya Prasad Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|[[Chandrashekhar Singh]]
|-
|1986^
|[[Janardan Yadav]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|[[Ramnarayan Mandal]]
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Javed Iqbal Ansari
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|[[Ramnarayan Mandal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|Javed Iqbal Ansari
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|[[Ramnarayan Mandal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|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 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|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 (India)|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 (India)|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=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|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 (India)|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}}

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