Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)

Banka Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This comprises the Banka district.

Assembly segments

Presently, Banka Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

1. Sultanganj
2. Amarpur
3. Dhoraiya
4. Banka
5. Katoria
6. Belhar

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this constituency^[1]

^[2]

• 1957: Shakuntala Devi, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Madhu Limaye
• 1967: Shiva Chandika, Indian National Congress
• 1971: Shiva Chandika, Indian National Congress
• 1977: Madhu Limaye, Janata Party
• 1980: Chandrashekhar Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1984: Manorama Singh, Indian National Congress
• 1989: Pratap Singh, Janata Dal
• 1991: Pratap Singh, Janata Dal
• 1996: Giridhari Yadav, Janata Dal
• 1998: Digvijay Singh, Samata Party
• 1999: Digvijay Singh, Janata Dal (United)
• 2004: Giridhari Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal
• 2009: Digvijay Singh, Independent
• 2010 (Bye Election): Putul Kumari, Independent
• 2014: Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election Results

Indian general elections, 2014: Banka [3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Putul Kumari	275006	30.58
	RJD	Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav	285150	31.711
	NOTA	None of the Above	9753	1.08%
Majority
Turnout			899353	58.04
	RJD gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "Election Commission of India"
2. "Lok Sabha Former Members"
3. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 71. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
4. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-23.