Banka is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in East Bihar of Bihar and is located in East India. Banka Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 59.41%. There are 15,49,456 voters of which 8,24,924 are male and 7,24,490 are female and 42 voters of the third gender.
Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav of RJD (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating BJP. RJD polled 2,85,150 of the total of 8,98,723 votes polled. IND won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Banka goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 58.04%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 27 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 15,49,456 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,24,924 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,24,490 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | RJD | IND |
| Turnout % | 58.04% | 48.74% |
| Margin of Victory | 10,144 | 28,716 |
| Margin of Victory % | 1.13% | 4.4% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | RJD | IND |
| Turnout % | 58.04% | 48.74% |
| Margin of Victory | 10,144 | 28,716 |
| Margin of Victory % | 1.13% | 4.4% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | 477788 | 47.98% | Giridhari YadavWinner |
| RJD | 277256 | 27.84% | Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav |
| IND | 103729 | 10.42% | Putul Kumari |
| IND | 44398 | 4.46% | Manoj Kumar Sah |
| IND | 17025 | 1.71% | Pravin Kumar Jha |
| IND | 14229 | 1.43% | Mritiunjay Roy |
| BSP | 11960 | 1.20% | Md. Rafique Alam |
| IND | 7362 | 0.74% | Pramod Singh Weldone |
| NOTA | 6625 | 0.67% | Nota |
| IND | 5786 | 0.58% | Md. Mukhtar Alam |
| IND | 4084 | 0.41% | Pawan Thakur |
| JMM | 3938 | 0.40% | Rajkishore Prasad Alias Pappu Yadav |
| IND | 3673 | 0.37% | Amarjeet Kumar |
| IND | 2761 | 0.28% | Naresh Yadav |
| PSP(L) | 2582 | 0.26% | Kailash Prasad Singh |
| IND | 2382 | 0.24% | Sanjiv Kumar Kunal |
| BHDP | 2331 | 0.23% | Neelu Devi |
| BMF | 2131 | 0.21% | Phesal Ansari |
| IND | 1999 | 0.20% | Syed Alamdar Hussain |
| IND | 1889 | 0.19% | Umakant Yadav |
| IND | 1878 | 0.19% | Mp Yadav |
