Constituency
174. Banka
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 2000
BR-BANKA
BJP 53.6%won by 18.5%RJD 35.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which now leads by 18.5%.
- BJP vote shareBJP went from 23.4% to 53.6% of the vote here (+30.1%).
- New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 1995.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.7% of the vote between them, up from 55.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
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Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,09,479
Margin
20,222
18.47%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1RAM NARAYAN MANDALBharatiya Janata Party · BJP58,64853.6%
- 2IQBAL HUSSAIN ANSARAIRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD38,42635.1%
- 3MAHMOOD ALAMIndian National Congress · INC6,6576.1%
- 4AMRENDRA CHIRHANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,0322.8%
- 5ASHOK KUMAR SINGHSamajwadi Party · SP8410.8%
- 6PURUSOTTAM PRASAD SINGHJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM7700.7%
- 7PUNNU PRASAD YADAVNationalist Congress Party · NCP6720.6%
- 8RAMANAND CHOUDHARYIndependent · IND4330.4%
Since 1995
Derived- Winner then
- JD
- Winner now
- BJPflipped
- BJP–RJD swing
- −5.0%
- BJP share
- 23.4% → 53.6%
- RJD share
- 0.0% → 35.1%
- Turnout
- — → —