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, 2019
GIRIDHARI YADAV
JD(U)
Elections held
16
1962–2024
Most successful party
JD(U)
won 3 of 16
Margin, 2019
2,00,532
20.14% of valid votes
Result, 2019
Runner-up
RJDJAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV
- Votes
- 2,77,256
- Vote share
- 27.84%
- Behind by
- 2,00,532
Electors
16,99,394
Total votes polled
9,95,806
Valid votes
9,95,806
NOTA votes
6,625
0.67% of votes polled
Turnout
58.6%
Full result, 2019
20 candidates · 9,95,806 valid votes
GIRIDHARI YADAVJD(U)won
4,77,788
48.0%
JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAVRJD
2,77,256
27.8%
PUTUL KUMARIIND
1,03,729
10.4%
MANOJ KUMAR SAHIND
44,398
4.5%
PRAVIN KUMAR JHAIND
17,025
1.7%
MRITUNJAY ROYIND
14,229
1.4%
MD RAFIQUE ALAMBSP
11,960
1.2%
PRAMOD SINGH WELDONEIND
7,362
0.7%
MOHAMMAD MUKHTAR ALAMIND
5,786
0.6%
PAWAN THAKURIND
4,084
0.4%
RAJKISHORE PRASAD ALIAS PAPPU YADAVJMM
3,938
0.4%
AMARJEET KUMARIND
3,673
0.4%
Showing the top 12 of 20. The full list is in the API.
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
