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One of the five assembly constituencies located in the district of the same name in Bihar, Banka is currently held by Ram Narayan Mandal of the BJP who won the seat He won the Banka assembly seat for the 6th time in 2020.
In the general assembly elections to the Bihar legislative assembly in 2010, Banka, which borders Jharkhand, was won by Javed Iqbal Ansari who had defeated Ram Narayan Mandal by a margin of 2410 votes.
While Ram Narayan Mandal had claimed the seat in 1990, 2000 and October/November elections in 2005 on the ticket of the BJP, Javed Iqbal Ansari had emerged victorious in 1995 and February elections in 2005 as the nominees of the Janata Dal and the RJD respectively. In 2000, Ram Narayan Mandal’s earest rival was Iqubal Hussain Ansari who entered the fray on the ticket of the RJD.
Banka is one of the six assembly segments the combination of which goes on to create the parliamentary constituency of the same name which is currently represented by Giridhari Yadav of the JD (U).
Other assembly segments located in the Lok Sabha constituency of Banka are Belhar, Amarpur, Dhoraiya, Katoria and Sultanganj.
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