Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 1995
Javed Iqbal Ansari of Janata Dal won the Banka Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 1995 state assembly election, securing 31,864 votes (32.40% vote share). The runner-up was Ram Narayan Mandal (Bharatiya Janata Party) with 23,072 votes.
A total of 32 candidates contested this assembly seat. State Assembly elections elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using India's First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, and the party or alliance winning a majority of seats forms the state government. Full candidate-wise vote breakdown, vote shares, and constituency information are shown below.
| Position | Candidate Name | Votes | Votes% | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javed Iqbal Ansari | 31864 | 32.40% | Janata Dal |
| 2 | Ram Narayan Mandal | 23072 | 23.40% | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Vedanand Singh | 13811 | 14.00% | Samajwadi Janata Party (RASHTRIYA) |
| 4 | Ravi Kumar Singh | 4548 | 4.60% | Samata Party |
| 5 | Anil Kumar Singh | 4120 | 4.20% | Independent |
| 6 | Bishwanath Choudhary | 3671 | 3.70% | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Girdhar Gopal | 2039 | 2.10% | Independent |
| 8 | Sanjay Pd. Yadav | 1881 | 1.90% | Independent |
| 9 | Jeewan Kumar Singh | 1849 | 1.90% | Bhartiya Pragatisheel Party |
| 10 | Ganesh Rai | 1679 | 1.70% | Independent |
| 11 | Sikandar Yadav | 1585 | 1.60% | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| 12 | Sachidanand Yadav | 1094 | 1.10% | Independent |
| 13 | Akbal Husain Ansari | 883 | 0.90% | Independent |
| 14 | Ashok Yadav | 697 | 0.70% | Independent |
| 15 | Ramchandra Pandit | 667 | 0.70% | Independent |
| 16 | Islam Mian | 655 | 0.70% | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 17 | Nawal Kishore Ghosh | 629 | 0.60% | Shiv Sena |
| 18 | Ram Krishna Sah | 467 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 19 | Anand Prasad Singh | 465 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 20 | Shailendra Kumar Jha | 329 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 21 | Amarkant Mandal | 302 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 22 | Raghunandan Jha Azad | 287 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 23 | Manoj Kumar Singh | 255 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 24 | Mohan Sah | 242 | 0.30% | Independent |
| 25 | Satyanarayan Singh | 221 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 26 | Shankar Prasad Singh | 212 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 27 | Kailash Chandra Jha | 209 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 28 | Kamdeo Yadav | 181 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 29 | Tribunwan Pandit | 172 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 30 | Kaushal Kumar Singh | 166 | 0.20% | Independent |
| 31 | Umesh Prasad Mandal | 115 | 0.10% | Independent |
| 32 | Shri Prasad Yadav | 101 | 0.10% | Independent |
The Banka constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 1995 Assembly election, 32 candidates contested for this seat. Javed Iqbal Ansari (Janata Dal) emerged as the winner securing 31,864 votes.
State Assembly elections in India determine which party or coalition forms the state government. The party or alliance winning a majority of Assembly seats in a state gets to form the government and appoint the Chief Minister. Unlike Lok Sabha elections which are held simultaneously across India, each state follows its own election cycle, typically every five years.
How to read this data: The candidate table above shows all contestants ranked by position. The vote percentage column shows each candidate's share of the total votes polled in this constituency. The bar chart visualizes the top candidates' vote counts for quick comparison.