Banka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40

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Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...

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"Lok Sabha Former Members"
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Election results

2019 Lok Sabha

2009 Lok Sabha

* Digvijay Singh (IND) : 185,762 votes * Jai Prakash Narayan (RJD) : 157,046

2010 Bye-poll

2004 Lok Sabha

* Giridhari Yadav (RJD) : 339,880 votes * Digvijay Singh (JD-U) : 335,211

1986 by-election

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

George Fernandes George Mathew Fernandes (3 June 1930 – 29 January 2019) was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the 22nd Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. He was a member of Lok Sabha for over 30 years, starting f ...

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

with 156853 votes.

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External links

Banka lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule
{{Bihar elections Politics of Banka district Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar Politics of Bhagalpur district