BANKA
Assembly seat no. 161 in Bihar · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Bihar also has a Lok Sabha constituency called BANKA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 2025
Ram Narayan Mandal
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
BJP
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2025
23,764
12.32% of valid votes
Result, 2025
Runner-up
CPISanjay Kumar
- Votes
- 71,824
- Vote share
- 37.25%
- Behind by
- 23,764
Electors
2,60,299
Total votes polled
1,92,811
Valid votes
1,92,811
NOTA votes
1,552
0.80% of votes polled
Turnout
74.1%
Full result, 2025
14 candidates · 1,92,811 valid votes
Ram Narayan MandalBJPwon
95,588
49.6%
Sanjay KumarCPI
71,824
37.3%
Kaushal Kumar SinghJNSRJP
6,649
3.4%
Jawahar Kumar JhaIND
4,145
2.1%
Vikram AnandIND
2,241
1.2%
Vinod PanditBSP
1,784
0.9%
Dr. Firoz AnsariIND
1,591
0.8%
Avinash KumarIND
1,375
0.7%
Kundan Kumar RoyRASLJP
1,283
0.7%
Rajnish Kumar ChoudharyAAAP
1,170
0.6%
Manoj SinghIND
1,103
0.6%
Sajan KumarIND
990
0.5%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ram Narayan Mandal | BJP | 95,588 | 49.58% | Sanjay Kumar | 23,764 |
| 2020 | Ram Narayan Mandal | BJP | 69,762 | 43.80% | Javed Iqbal Ansari | 16,828 |
| 2015 | RAM NARAYAN MANDAL | BJP | 52,379 | 38.36% | ZAFRUL HODA | 3,730 |
| 2010 | JAVED IQBAL ANSARI | RJD | 29,047 | 27.23% | RAM NARAYAN MANDAL | 2,410 |
| Nov 2005 | RAM NARAYAN MANDAL | BJP | 44,470 | 46.91% | JAWED IQBAL ANSARI | 9,270 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above