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.
Every election in this seat
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin % | Candidates | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BJPRam Narayan Mandal | CPISanjay Kumar | 23,764 | 12.32% | 14 | 74.1% |
| 2020 | BJPRam Narayan Mandal | RJDJaved Iqbal Ansari | 16,828 | 10.57% | 19 | 62.6% |
| 2015 | BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL | RJDZAFRUL HODA | 3,730 | 2.73% | 11 | 57.9% |
| 2010 | RJDJAVED IQBAL ANSARI | BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL | 2,410 | 2.26% | 15 | 52.3% |
| Nov 20051973 boundaries | BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL | RJDJAWED IQBAL ANSARI | 9,270 | 9.78% | 7 | 47.2% |
| Feb 20051973 boundaries | RJDJAWED IQBAL ANSARI | BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL | 1,904 | 1.82% | 16 | 51.5% |
| 20001973 boundaries | BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL | RJDIQBAL HUSSAIN ANSARAI | 20,222 | 18.47% | 8 | 66.5% |
| 19951973 boundaries | JDJAVED IQBAL ANSARI | BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL | 8,792 | 8.93% | 32 | 61.0% |
| 19901973 boundaries | BJPRAM NARAYAN MANDAL | INDBEDANAND SINGH | 3,751 | 4.25% | 25 | 55.8% |
| 19851973 boundaries | INCCHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH | INDBEDA NAND SINGH | 38,317 | 43.98% | 7 | 67.0% |
| 19801973 boundaries | INC(I)THAKUR KAMAKHAYS PRASAD SINGH | JNPJPSIDESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | 19,863 | 34.02% | 9 | 53.5% |
| 19771973 boundaries | JNPSINDHESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | INCTHAKUR KAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGH | 7,017 | 15.09% | 6 | 47.5% |
| 19721966 boundaries | INCTHAKUR KAMAKHYA PD. SINGH | NCOBRAJ MOHAN SINGH | 8,373 | 18.33% | 5 | 49.3% |
| 19691966 boundaries | INCTHAKUR KAMAKHYA PD. SINGH | BJSBABU LAL MANDAL | 9,224 | 20.72% | 7 | 55.0% |
| 19671966 boundaries | BJSB.L. MANDAL | INCB.B. DEVI | 5,367 | 13.17% | 4 | 51.3% |
| 19621961 boundaries | SWABRAJ MOHAN SINGH | INCVINDHAYABASANI DEVI | 1,956 | 7.17% | 3 | 40.5% |
Rows are matched by assembly constituency name within the state, so a seat that survived a delimitation keeps one continuous page. Where a year’s boundaries differ from the present ones the row says so — the name is the same, the territory is not.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the BANKA assembly constituency in 2025?
Ram Narayan Mandal (BJP) won BANKA in 2025, by a margin of 23,764 votes.
Which party has won BANKA the most times?
BJP, with 6 of the 16 wins recorded since 1962.
How many times has BANKA gone to the polls?
16 times, from 1962 to 2025.
Who has won BANKA the most times?
RAM NARAYAN MANDAL, with 4 wins between 1990 and 2015.
