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Bihar · Assembly Constituency 161 · 2014 by-elections
Banka
Winner — 2014 by-elections
Ram Narayan Mandal
BJP 45.6%RJP 44.9%4 others 9.5%
Votes
48,651
45.6% share
Winning margin
711
0.7% of votes
Total candidates
6
Banka was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.7% — fewer than 711 votes separated winner from runner-up.
Seat history
All Candidates
6 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Narayan Mandal | 48,651 | 45.6% | |
| 2 | Iqubal Hussain Ansari | RJP | 47,940 | 44.9% |
| 3 | Manoj Singh | IND | 5,188 | 4.9% |
| 4 | Aman Murm | IND | 2,016 | 1.9% |
| 5 | Pankaj Kumar | 1,640 | 1.5% | |
| 6 | Ali Imam | IND | 1,285 | 1.2% |
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.
High turnout (27th), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe0.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 16.0% · min 0.8% · max 42.8%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
74%
lowerhigher
27th of 243How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.59
fewer partiesmore parties
111th of 243How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.8%
lowerhigher
229th of 243Where does the house stand?
SEAT
15 seats · 8 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.59EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 45.6%RJP 44.9%OTH 9.5%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
20,34,763
Density
674 / km²
Sex ratio
907 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,020 km²
SC population12.2%
ST population4.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.1%Muslim 12.3%Other 0.6%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water4.0%
Electricity16.4%
Sanitation12.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births79.8%
Children fully vaccinated88.1%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Children underweight (under 5)45.8%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER65.9%
Women literate55.7%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER49.4%
Clean cooking fuel32.3%
Health insurance13.6%
What's nearby?
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.