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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 166 · 1972
Banka
Winner — 1972
THAKUR KAMAKHYA PD. SINGH
INC· Congress (R)
INC 46.3%NCO 28.0%3 others 25.6%
Votes
21,172
46.4% share
Winning margin
8,373
18.3% of votes
Total candidates
5
Turnout
49.3%
of 92,708
Banka is a safe seat — THAKUR KAMAKHYA PD. SINGH won by 18.3%.
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THAKUR KAMAKHYA PD. SINGH | Congress (R) | 21,172 | 46.4% |
| 2 | BRAJ MOHAN SINGH | 12,799 | 28.0% | |
| 3 | VIRESHWAR PRASAD SINGH | Grand Alliance | 6,765 | 14.8% |
| 4 | RAM LAKHAN YADAV | 4,006 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | JUDUMBA MANDAL | Grand Alliance | 941 | 2.1% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
Low turnout (207th), a comfortable margin, a fragmented field.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
lean18.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.0% · min 2.4% · max 43.7%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
61%
lowerhigher
207th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
3.01
fewer partiesmore parties
49th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.9%
lowerhigher
225th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
318 seats · 160 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
3.01EFFECTIVE PARTIES
INC 46.4%NCO 28.0%BJS 14.8%SOP 8.8%OTH 2.1%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
13,67,765
Density
964 / km²
Sex ratio
876 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
1,419 km²
SC population13.4%
ST population1.6%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
92%HINDU
Hindu 91.6%Muslim 8.1%Other 0.4%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water7.7%
Electricity34.3%
Sanitation38.8%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.2%
Children fully vaccinated73.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER35.5%
Children underweight (under 5)39.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER71.4%
Women literate69.5%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER34.7%
Clean cooking fuel59.4%
Health insurance15.2%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Lemon Grass🏺Mentha
Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.