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Banka, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Banka (Bihar) was won by Giridhari Yadav (Janata Dal (United)) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 200,532 votes over Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Banka, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress 78,857 51.2% Rajeshwar Prasad Chaudhury (Jharkhand Party) 54,659 (35.5 pts)
1962 Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress 87,359 55.1% Kazi S.A. Matin (Swatantra Party) 37,394 (23.6 pts)
1967 B. S. Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh 81,297 32.5% S. Devi (Indian National Congress) 17,567 (7.0 pts)
1971 Shiv Chandika Prasad Indian National Congress 80,017 29.8% Vasudeo Yadav (Communist Party of India) 11,075 (4.1 pts)
1977 Limaye Madhu Bharatiya Lok Dal 239,550 71.1% Chandra Shekhar Singh (Indian National Congress) 160,684 (47.7 pts)
1980 Chandra Shekhar Singh Congress (I) 171,781 49.8% Limaye Madhu (Janata Party (Secular)) 76,423 (22.2 pts)
1984 Manorma Singh Indian National Congress 306,703 64.1% Janardan Yadav (Bharatiya Janata Party) 151,972 (31.8 pts)
1989 Pratap Singh Janata Dal 369,771 70.0% Manorman Singh (Indian National Congress) 216,615 (41.0 pts)
1991 Pratap Singh Janata Dal 241,797 50.7% Manorma Singh (W) (Indian National Congress) 110,387 (23.1 pts)
1996 Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal 276,214 43.9% Digvijay Singh (SAP) 14,715 (2.3 pts)
1998 Digvijay Singh SAP 331,660 47.1% Giridhari Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 11,291 (1.6 pts)
1999 Digvijay Singh Janata Dal (United) 233,453 37.3% Giridhari Yadav (Independent) 21,408 (3.4 pts)
2004 Giridhari Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 339,880 47.6% Digvijay Singh (Janata Dal (United)) 4,669 (0.7 pts)
2009 Digvijay Singh Independent 185,762 28.5% Jai Prakesh Narain Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 28,716 (4.4 pts)
2014 Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 285,150 31.7% Putul Kumari (Bharatiya Janata Party) 10,144 (1.1 pts)
2019 Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal (United) 477,788 48.3% Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 200,532 (20.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress 78,857 51.2%
Rajeshwar Prasad Chaudhury Jharkhand Party 24,198 15.7%
Bhubneshwar Jha Praja Socialist Party 20,002 13.0%
Sukhnarain Singh Independent 15,744 10.2%
Thakur Narsingh Prasad Singh Independent 15,217 9.9%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shakuntala Devi Indian National Congress 87,359 55.1%
Kazi S.A. Matin Swatantra Party 49,965 31.5%
Rajendra Prasad Choudhary Janata Party 21,243 13.4%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
B. S. Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh 81,297 32.5%
S. Devi Indian National Congress 63,730 25.5%
L. R. Lakshmi Independent 45,702 18.3%
R. S. Rai Swatantra Party 23,433 9.4%
Rahman Independent 22,252 8.9%
B. Singh Independent 13,708 5.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shiv Chandika Prasad Indian National Congress 80,017 29.8%
Vasudeo Yadav Communist Party of India 68,942 25.7%
Veni Shankar Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh 66,085 24.6%
Guneshwar Singh Samyukta Socialist Party 29,333 10.9%
Bhubneshwar Pandey All India Forward Bloc 7,465 2.8%
Radhey Shyam Rai Swatantra Party 5,388 2.0%
Shyam Narayan Singh HSD 4,897 1.8%
Munshi Manjhi PHJ 3,924 1.5%
Kampa Murmu JKP 2,478 0.9%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Limaye Madhu Bharatiya Lok Dal 239,550 71.1%
Chandra Shekhar Singh Indian National Congress 78,866 23.4%
Ramanand Singh Independent 16,185 4.8%
Sushil Kumar Yadav Independent 2,108 0.6%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chandra Shekhar Singh Congress (I) 171,781 49.8%
Limaye Madhu Janata Party (Secular) 95,358 27.7%
Janardan Yadav Janata Party 58,904 17.1%
Sailendra Jha Independent 5,722 1.7%
Bhubaneshwar Pande Independent 4,637 1.3%
Rama Nand Singh Independent 3,027 0.9%
Sahim Khan Independent 2,983 0.9%
Ramesar Yadav Independent 2,293 0.7%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manorma Singh Indian National Congress 306,703 64.1%
Janardan Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 154,731 32.3%
Chandramauleshwar Singh Independent 6,328 1.3%
Pyarelal Sharma Independent 3,095 0.6%
Bhagwan Poddar Independent 3,051 0.6%
Raghunandan Jha Independent 1,675 0.3%
Kameshwar Singh ICS 1,240 0.3%
Rameshwar Yadav Independent 1,099 0.2%
Vijay N. Prashani Independent 677 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pratap Singh Janata Dal 369,771 70.0%
Manorman Singh Indian National Congress 153,156 29.0%
Falguni Prasad Yadav Independent 2,898 0.5%
Jagdish Ydav SOP(L) 2,645 0.5%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pratap Singh Janata Dal 241,797 50.7%
Manorma Singh (W) Indian National Congress 131,410 27.5%
Faiguni Pra. Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party 61,275 12.8%
Digvijay Singh Janata Party 31,332 6.6%
Umakant Yadav PBI 1,503 0.3%
Mritujay Pra. Singh BKUS 1,228 0.3%
Visyhwanath Kesri Independent 1,138 0.2%
Vaudhna Ravat Independent 1,040 0.2%
Mrigendra Thakur Independent 848 0.2%
Suprakash Yadav Independent 793 0.2%
Dadhiwal Singh Independent 672 0.1%
Eqbal Independent 558 0.1%
Anil Kumar Singh Independent 463 0.1%
Shankar Ravidas Independent 448 0.1%
Valeshar Yadav Independent 446 0.1%
Krishnanandan Singh Independent 422 0.1%
Nasiruddin Independent 422 0.1%
Valdeo Ravidas Independent 264 0.1%
Prem Shanker Singh Independent 218 0.0%
Govind Ravidas Independent 209 0.0%
Bholanand Singh Independent 186 0.0%
Nageshwar Rai Independent 173 0.0%
Rama Kant Singh Independent 165 0.0%
Vishwanath Ghiraiya Independent 117 0.0%
Madhokanth Singh Independent 107 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal 276,214 43.9%
Digvijay Singh SAP 261,499 41.5%
Manorma Singh Indian National Congress 42,045 6.7%
Radhe Shyam Prasad JMM 10,768 1.7%
Kumar Sanjay Bahujan Samaj Party 8,931 1.4%
Mat Ur Rahman Independent 3,998 0.6%
Prakash Parihat Independent 3,689 0.6%
Uma Kant Yadav Independent 2,817 0.4%
Manoj Kumar Singh Independent 2,704 0.4%
Ganesh Sharma Independent 2,530 0.4%
Bal Krishna Yadav Independent 1,876 0.3%
Gopal Sharma Independent 1,468 0.2%
Arjun Turi Independent 1,343 0.2%
Yogendra Prasad Independent 1,323 0.2%
Tribhuwan Pandit Independent 1,104 0.2%
Hira Man Mandal Independent 891 0.1%
Ambuj Kishor Jha AIIC(T) 800 0.1%
Hari Kishor Yadav Independent 800 0.1%
Yudhirshtir Pd. Pande Independent 776 0.1%
Vrahamdeo Yadav Independent 771 0.1%
Rajender Singh Independent 465 0.1%
Uma Thakur Independent 461 0.1%
Gopi Krishna Raut Independent 458 0.1%
Rameshwar Chouhan Independent 351 0.1%
Samim Akhtar Independent 341 0.1%
Viveka Nand Singh Independent 330 0.1%
Ram Deo Yadav Independent 291 0.0%
Shashi Bhushan Prasad Shiv Sena 198 0.0%
Amulya Kumar Singh Independent 175 0.0%
Govind Mandal Independent 143 0.0%
Hem Chandra Yadav Independent 56 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Digvijay Singh SAP 331,660 47.1%
Giridhari Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 320,369 45.5%
Chandra Shekhar Yadav Janata Dal 27,117 3.9%
Shankar Paswan ABMSD 17,368 2.5%
Manoj Kumar Singh Independent 5,048 0.7%
Santosh Kumar Singh Independent 2,389 0.3%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Digvijay Singh Janata Dal (United) 233,453 37.3%
Giridhari Yadav Independent 212,045 33.9%
Shakuni Choudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal 160,678 25.7%
Shailendra Singh AJBP 5,821 0.9%
Sadanand Jha Independent 5,770 0.9%
Manoj Kumar Singh Independent 3,681 0.6%
Shrelam Manjhi Independent 3,655 0.6%
Sikandar Paswan Independent 1,190 0.2%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Giridhari Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 339,880 47.6%
Digvijay Singh Janata Dal (United) 335,211 47.0%
Rajendra Pandit Netajee Bahujan Samaj Party 14,506 2.0%
Mithan Yadav Independent 8,929 1.3%
Fani Lal Sah Independent 3,447 0.5%
Mahboob Alam Ansari Independent 3,143 0.4%
Ranvir Yadav Samajwadi Party 3,081 0.4%
Umakant Yadav Independent 2,016 0.3%
Pravin Kumar Jha Independent 1,332 0.2%
Uday Kumar Singh Independent 1,196 0.2%
Amp Yadav Independent 1,147 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Digvijay Singh Independent 185,762 28.5%
Jai Prakesh Narain Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 157,046 24.1%
Damodar Rawat Janata Dal (United) 111,933 17.2%
Giridhari Yadav Indian National Congress 44,588 6.8%
Sanjay Kumar Communist Party of India 37,248 5.7%
Mohd. Humayun Independent 29,413 4.5%
Rajendra Pandit Netajee JMM 26,182 4.0%
Narayan Ram Independent 21,958 3.4%
Mukesh Kumar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 12,250 1.9%
C.P. Sinha LTSD 10,902 1.7%
Viveka Nand Jha RDMP 3,750 0.6%
Anil Kumar Alias Anil Gupta JVM 2,718 0.4%
Arvind Kumar Sah RPP 2,614 0.4%
Kedar Prasad Singh SJP(R) 2,164 0.3%
Mahboob Alam Ansari BMF 1,994 0.3%
Amreshwar Kumar JGP 1,686 0.3%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 285,150 31.7%
Putul Kumari Bharatiya Janata Party 275,006 30.6%
Sanjay Kumar -I Communist Party of India 220,708 24.5%
Naresh Kumar Priyadarshi Independent 30,814 3.4%
Alimuddin Ansari Independent 12,871 1.4%
Indraraj Singh Saini Independent 11,520 1.3%
Sargun Sah Independent 11,056 1.2%
Sanjay Kumar-Ii Bahujan Samaj Party 10,558 1.2%
None Of The Above Independent 9,753 1.1%
Niraj Kumar Aam Aadmi Party 6,058 0.7%
Akhil Bhartiya Sharma Independent 4,721 0.5%
Subodh Narayan Jha All India Trinamool Congress 4,412 0.5%
Vijay Bharti RVP 4,317 0.5%
Mithlesh Kumar Singh NLP 2,977 0.3%
Deepak Kumar SUCI(C) 2,481 0.3%
Mukesh Kumar Sinha BEMP 2,405 0.3%
Mahboob Alam Ansari BMF 2,280 0.3%
Umakant Yadav BMP 2,266 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Giridhari Yadav Janata Dal (United) 477,788 48.3%
Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal 277,256 28.0%
Putul Kumari Independent 103,729 10.5%
Manoj Kumar Sah Independent 44,398 4.5%
Pravin Kumar Jha Independent 17,025 1.7%
Mritunjay Roy Independent 14,229 1.4%
Md Rafique Alam Bahujan Samaj Party 11,960 1.2%
Pramod Singh Weldone Independent 7,362 0.7%
Mohammad Mukhtar Alam Independent 5,786 0.6%
Pawan Thakur Independent 4,084 0.4%
Rajkishore Prasad Alias Pappu Yadav JMM 3,938 0.4%
Amarjeet Kumar Independent 3,673 0.4%
Naresh Yadav Independent 2,761 0.3%
Kailash Prasad Singh PSP(L) 2,582 0.3%
Sanjiv Kumar Kunal Independent 2,382 0.2%
Neelu Devi BDP 2,331 0.2%
Phesal Ansari BMF 2,131 0.2%
Syed Alamdar Hussain Independent 1,999 0.2%
Umakant Yadav Independent 1,889 0.2%
Mp Yadav Independent 1,878 0.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 35.5 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 23.6 pts 1967: Bharatiya Jana Sangh margin 7.0 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 4.1 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 47.7 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 22.2 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 31.8 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 41.0 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 23.1 pts 1996: Janata Dal margin 2.3 pts 1998: SAP margin 1.6 pts 1999: Janata Dal (United) margin 3.4 pts 2004: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 0.7 pts 2009: Independent margin 4.4 pts 2014: Rashtriya Janata Dal margin 1.1 pts 2019: Janata Dal (United) margin 20.3 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Banka has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Janata Dal, SAP, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Independent.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Banka in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Giridhari Yadav (Janata Dal (United)) won Banka, Bihar, in 2019 with 477,788 votes (48.3%), a margin of 200,532 votes over Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav.

Which parties have won Banka since 1957?

Since 1957, Banka has been won by: Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, SAP.

What was the closest result in Banka?

The closest result on record for Banka was 2004, when Rashtriya Janata Dal beat Janata Dal (United) by just 4,669 votes (0.7 percentage points).

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