Banka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40

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Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...

state in eastern

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. This comprises the

Banka district Banka is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarters of Banka is situated in Banka town. The district was established on 21 February 1991. History Banka is the homeland of the revolutionary Sat ...

Vidhan Sabha segments

Presently, Banka Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six

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(legislative assembly) segments:

Members of Lok Sabha

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency. ^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2019

2014

2010 By-poll

2009 Lok Sabha

* Digvijay Singh (IND) : 185,762 votes * Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav (

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) : 157,046

2004 Lok Sabha

* Giridhari Yadav (

) : 339,880 votes * Digvijay Singh ( JD(U)) : 335,211

1986 by-election

The 1986 by-election was held for the Banka seat. The election was won by the INC candidate Manorama Singh with 186237 votes, against

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with 156853 votes.

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References

External links

Banka lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule
{{coord, 24.9, 86.9, display=title Politics of Banka district Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar Politics of Bhagalpur district