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Assembly constituency 161 · Bihar

Banka is assembly constituency number 161 in Bihar, in Banka * district, and one of the segments of the Banka Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Ram Narayan Mandal of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.6% of the vote, 23,764 votes ahead of Sanjay Kumar (CPI).

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Banka · 2025AC 161
  1. 01
    Ram Narayan Mandal
    BJP
    95,588
    49.58%
  2. 02
    Sanjay Kumar
    CPI
    71,824
    37.25%
  3. 03
    Kaushal Kumar Singh
    JNSRJP
    6,649
    3.45%
  4. 04
    Jawahar Kumar Jha
    Independent
    4,145
    2.15%
  5. 05
    Vikram Anand
    Independent
    2,241
    1.16%
  6. 9 other candidates · 10,812 votesNOTA · 1,552 (0.80%)

Margin 23,764 votes · 12.33% of valid votes

2,60,299
Registered electors
2025 election
74.2%
Turnout
+11.6 pts vs 2020
23,764
Victory margin
12.3% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,92,811 valid votes, NOTA included.

Banka 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Narayan MandalMale · 72 yrsBJP95,588
49.58%
2Sanjay KumarMale · 61 yrsCPI71,824
37.25%
3Kaushal Kumar SinghMale · 63 yrsJNSRJP6,649
3.45%
4Jawahar Kumar JhaMale · 44 yrsIndependent4,145
2.15%
5Vikram AnandMale · 25 yrsIndependent2,241
1.16%
6Vinod PanditMale · 50 yrsBSP1,784
0.93%
7Dr. Firoz AnsariMale · 59 yrsIndependent1,591
0.83%
—NOTANOTA1,552
0.80%
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8Avinash KumarMale · 39 yrsIndependent1,375
0.71%
9Kundan Kumar RoyMale · 47 yrsRASLJP1,283
0.67%
10Rajnish Kumar ChoudharyMale · 41 yrsAAP1,170
0.61%
11Manoj SinghMale · 45 yrsIndependent1,103
0.57%
12Sajan KumarMale · 31 yrsIndependent990
0.51%
13Md. ZamiruddinMale · 56 yrsIndependent842
0.44%
14Umakant YadavMale · 74 yrsIndependent674
0.35%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2010201520202025BJP 49.6%CPI 37.3%JNSRJP 3.5%RJD 33.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Ram Narayan MandalBJP · 49.6% · margin 23,764Turnout74.2%
2020Ram Narayan MandalBJP · 43.8% · margin 16,828Turnout62.6%
2015Ram Narayan MandalBJP · 38.4% · margin 3,730Turnout58.0%
2014 byeRam Narayan MandalBJP · 44.5% · margin 711Turnout47.9%
2010Javed Iqbal AnsariRJD · 27.2% · margin 2,410Turnout52.3%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Banka bye-election, 21 Aug 2014

Turnout 47.9% · 1,09,308 of 2,28,025 electors voted

Banka bye-election 2014-08-21 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Narayan MandalBJP48,651
44.52%
2Iqubal Hussain AnsariRJP47,940
43.87%
3Manoj SinghIndependent5,188
4.75%
—NOTANOTA2,550
2.33%
4Aman MurmIndependent2,016
1.84%
5Pankaj KumarSP1,640
1.50%
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6Ali ImamIndependent1,285
1.18%

Banka result 2020

Banka 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Narayan MandalBJP69,762
43.80%
2Javed Iqbal AnsariRJD52,934
33.24%
3Kaushal Kumar SinghRLSP10,996
6.90%
4Shridhar MandalIndependent5,107
3.21%
5Naresh Kumar PriyadarshiIndependent2,748
1.73%
6Pramod Singh WeldoneIndependent2,155
1.35%
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7Pawan Kumar ThakurIndependent2,072
1.30%
8Patric MurmuIndependent2,042
1.28%
9Manoj Singh, S/0-Janardan SinghIndependent2,040
1.28%
10Chandra PrakashIndependent1,792
1.13%
11Rahul RoushanRTMNSWP1,579
0.99%
12Manoj Singh, S/0-Tekan SinghIndependent1,328
0.83%
—NOTANOTA1,084
0.68%
13Umakant YadavBDlP892
0.56%
14Kashinath SinghIndependent667
0.42%
15Prakash ThakurJP564
0.35%
16Kundan Kumar RayBPL462
0.29%
17Roshan Kumar SinghBHRTSBLP456
0.29%
18Rajesh YadavAJPR298
0.19%
19Mohmmad Abrar MuslimAZSP293
0.18%

Banka result 2015

Banka 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ram Narayan MandalBJP52,379
38.36%
2Zafrul HodaRJD48,649
35.63%
3Ajit Kumar SinghBSP16,548
12.12%
4Manoj SinghIndependent5,191
3.80%
5Digambar MandalIndependent4,071
2.98%
—NOTANOTA3,004
2.20%
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6Makhan YadavIndependent2,018
1.48%
7Rajendra RayIndependent1,579
1.16%
8Umakant YadavBDLP1,240
0.91%
9Renu KumariCPI(ML)(L)679
0.50%
10Abdul KadirIndependent594
0.44%
11Rakesh RanjanGJDS577
0.42%

Banka result 2010

Banka 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Javed Iqbal AnsariRJD29,047
27.23%
2Ram Narayan MandalBJP26,637
24.97%
3Ajit Kumar SinghIndependent17,902
16.78%
4Simpal DeviIndependent8,610
8.07%
5Pratibha PrakashIndependent6,762
6.34%
6Manoj SinghBSP5,169
4.84%
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7Nilufar NahidINC2,827
2.65%
8Naresh PriyadarshiIndependent2,806
2.63%
9Sita Ram PaswanIndependent1,631
1.53%
10Ghanshyam MandalJMM1,520
1.42%
11Satish Chandra SinhaIndependent921
0.86%
12Mahesh RautJVM882
0.83%
13Umakant YadavCPI(ML)(L)815
0.76%
14Zafrul HodaSP620
0.58%
15Jai Prakash ChoudharyJD(S)542
0.51%
Map

Banka outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Banka * district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Banka is one of the assembly segments of Banka. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Banka candidates.

  • Giridhari YadavJD(U)82,718 52.3%
  • Jai Prakash Narayan YadavRJD64,687 40.9%
  • Jay Prakash YadavRJBP2,236 1.4%
  • Naresh YadavIndependent2,030 1.3%
  • Amrit TantiBDlP1,358 0.9%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JD(U) led here by 18,031 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Banka.

Who won the Banka assembly seat in 2025?

Ram Narayan Mandal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Banka in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 95,588 votes, which was 49.58% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Banka?

The margin was 23,764 votes (12.33% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sanjay Kumar of the Communist Party of India with 71,824 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Banka in 2025?

Turnout was 74.19%: 1,93,126 of 2,60,299 registered electors voted, across 334 polling stations. That is 11.6 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Banka part of?

Banka is an assembly segment of the Banka Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Giridhari Yadav got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Banka had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Aug 2014, Ram Narayan Mandal (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 711 votes.

Is Banka a reserved constituency?

No. Banka is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Banka?

The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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