BANKA
Constituency no. 27 in Bihar · Lok Sabha seat contested 16 times since 1962.
Bihar also has an assembly constituency called BANKA. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 16 results.
Winner, 1999
Digvijay Singh
JD(U)
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 3 of 16
Margin, 1999
21,408
3.42% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
INDGiridhari Yadav
- Votes
- 2,12,045
- Vote share
- 33.86%
- Behind by
- 21,408
Electors
10,64,049
Total votes polled
6,26,293
Valid votes
6,26,293
NOTA votes
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Turnout
58.9%
Full result, 1999
8 candidates · 6,26,293 valid votes
Digvijay SinghJD(U)won
2,33,453
37.3%
Giridhari YadavIND
2,12,045
33.9%
Shakuni ChoudharyRJD
1,60,678
25.7%
Shailendra SinghAJBP
5,821
0.9%
Sadanand JhaIND
5,770
0.9%
Manoj Kumar SinghIND
3,681
0.6%
Shrelam ManjhiIND
3,655
0.6%
Sikandar PaswanIND
1,190
0.2%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 16 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | GIRIDHARI YADAV | JD(U) | 5,06,678 | 49.96% | JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV | 1,03,844 |
| 2019 | GIRIDHARI YADAV | JD(U) | 4,77,788 | 47.98% | JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV | 2,00,532 |
| 2014 | JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV | RJD | 2,85,150 | 31.71% | PUTUL KUMARI | 10,144 |
| 2009 | DIGVIJAY SINGH | IND | 1,85,762 | 28.48% | JAI PRAKESH NARAIN YADAV | 28,716 |
| 2004 | GIRIDHARI YADAV | RJD | 3,39,880 | 47.61% | DIGVIJAY SINGH | 4,669 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
