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, 2020
Ram Narayan Mandal
BJP
Elections held
16
1962–2025
Most successful party
BJP
won 6 of 16
Margin, 2020
16,828
10.57% of valid votes
Result, 2020
Runner-up
RJDJaved Iqbal Ansari
- Votes
- 52,934
- Vote share
- 33.24%
- Behind by
- 16,828
Electors
2,54,480
Total votes polled
1,59,271
Valid votes
1,59,271
NOTA votes
1,084
0.68% of votes polled
Turnout
62.6%
Full result, 2020
19 candidates · 1,59,271 valid votes
Ram Narayan MandalBJPwon
69,762
43.8%
Javed Iqbal AnsariRJD
52,934
33.2%
Kaushal Kumar SinghRLSP
10,996
6.9%
Shridhar MandalIND
5,107
3.2%
Naresh Kumar PriyadarshiIND
2,748
1.7%
Pramod Singh WeldoneIND
2,155
1.4%
Pawan Kumar ThakurIND
2,072
1.3%
Patric MurmuIND
2,042
1.3%
Manoj Singh, S/-Janardan SinghIND
2,040
1.3%
Chandra PrakashIND
1,792
1.1%
Rahul RoushanRTMNSWP
1,579
1.0%
Manoj Singh, S/-Tekan SinghIND
1,328
0.8%
Showing the top 12 of 19. 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
