Prashant Kishor — MLA, Bankipur (Jan Suraaj Party)
Prashant Kishor
Prashant Kishor is the MLA from the Bankipur assembly constituency in Bihar, representing the Jan Suraaj Party in the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly (elected at the 2026 bye-election).
Member identity and party: Bihar Legislative Assembly, current member list. Sitting-member roster checked on 13 October 2026. Party labels retain the elected party unless a formal change is verified.
Bankipur constituency
Bankipur is seat number 182 of the 243 in the Bihar Legislative Assembly and lies in Patna district. It is a general (unreserved) seat. The seat had about 379,402 registered electors at the 2025 general election.
At a general election Bankipur votes as part of the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, whose sitting member is listed on this site.
Jan Suraaj Party in the Bihar assembly
Jan Suraaj Party holds 1 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, against a majority mark of 122. Prashant Kishor was returned from Bankipur at the 2026 bye-election.
Other MLAs in Patna district
Patna district returns 14 members to the Bihar assembly. The others are:
- Anant Kumar Singh — Mokama, Janata Dal (United)
- Siyaram Singh — Barh, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Arun Kumar — Bakhtiarpur, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)
- Sanjiv Chaurasia — Digha, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Sanjay Kumar — Kumhrar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Ratnesh Kumar — Patna Sahib, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Ramanand Yadav — Fatuha, Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Ram Kripal Yadav — Danapur, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Bhai Birendra — Maner, Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Shyam Rajak — Phulwari, Janata Dal (United)
- Arun Manjhi — Masaurhi, Janata Dal (United)
- Sandeep Saurav — Paliganj, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
The Bihar Legislative Assembly
The assembly has 243 seats and was last elected in 2025. The next election is due by December 2030.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is the MLA of Bankipur?
- Prashant Kishor of the Jan Suraaj Party is the sitting MLA for Bankipur, elected at the 2026 bye-election.
- Which party does Prashant Kishor belong to?
- Prashant Kishor represents the Jan Suraaj Party, which holds 1 of the 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
- Which district is Bankipur constituency in?
- Bankipur is seat number 182 and lies in Patna district of Bihar.
- Is Bankipur a reserved constituency?
- Bankipur is a general (unreserved) seat.
- Which Lok Sabha seat does Bankipur fall under?
- Bankipur is one of the assembly segments of the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency.
- How many voters are there in Bankipur?
- Bankipur had about 379,402 registered electors at the last assembly election.
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हिंदी में जानकारी
Prashant Kishor, Bihar की Bankipur विधानसभा सीट से विधायक हैं। पार्टी: Jan Suraaj Party। निर्वाचन: 2026 के उपचुनाव।
Bankipur सीट Patna ज़िले में है और इसमें लगभग 3,79,402 मतदाता हैं। सीट का पूरा विवरण Bankipur विधानसभा क्षेत्र पर देखें।
मतदाता सूची में अपना नाम देखने, नया वोटर आईडी बनवाने या उसमें सुधार कराने के लिए मतदाता गाइड देखें। यदि आप चुनाव लड़ने की तैयारी कर रहे हैं तो चुनाव प्रचार सेवाएँ देखें।