Banmankhi Assembly Election Result 2015

Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 2015

Krishna Kumar Rishi of Bharatiya Janata Party won the Banmankhi Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 2015 state assembly election, securing 59,053 votes (35.80% vote share). The runner-up was Sanjiv Kumar Paswan (Rashtriya Janata Dal) with 58,345 votes.

A total of 18 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.

Top Candidates (Votes)
Constituency Details
  • State: Bihar
  • Constituency: Banmankhi
  • Constituency Number: 59
  • District: Purnia
  • Total Contestants: 18
  • Election Year: 2015
  • Election Type: Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly)
Position Candidate Name Votes Votes% Party
1 Krishna Kumar Rishi 59053 35.80% Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Sanjiv Kumar Paswan 58345 35.40% Rashtriya Janata Dal
3 Jai Kishor Paswan 7458 4.50% Independent
4 Hari Lal Das 5803 3.50% Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
5 Umesh Paswan 5672 3.40% Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6 Dev Narayan Rajak 5507 3.30% Independent
7 Raj Kumar Raj 3745 2.30% Communist Party Of India
8 Ashok Kumar Bharti 3387 2.10% Independent
9 Savita Devi 2857 1.70% The National Road Map Party Of India
10 Satayanrayan Ram 1933 1.20% Bahujan Samaj Party
11 Ramdeo Rishideo 1749 1.10% Nationalist Congress Party
12 Shashi Kala Devi 1677 1.00% Garib Janta Dal (Secular)
13 Satyanarayan Prasad Bharti 1517 0.90% Maanavvaadi Janta Party
14 Pirthi Risi 1037 0.60% Independent
15 Birndra Rajak 941 0.60% Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party
16 Nepolian Ram 934 0.60% Rashtriya Jankranti Party
17 Rajesh Paswan 764 0.50% Bhartiya Jantantrik Janata Dal
18 Aravind Paswan 612 0.40% Bahujan Mukti Party

About Banmankhi Assembly Constituency

The Banmankhi constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 2015 Assembly election, 18 candidates contested for this seat. Krishna Kumar Rishi (Bharatiya Janata Party) emerged as the winner securing 59,053 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

18 candidates contested from Banmankhi assembly constituency in the 2015 Vidhan Sabha election.

Banmankhi is an assembly (Vidhan Sabha) constituency in Bihar.

Krishna Kumar Rishi (Bharatiya Janata Party) won the Banmankhi assembly seat in the 2015 Vidhan Sabha election.