Balha is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Balha in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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| Constituency No. 282 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Bahraich |
| Total electors | 3,62,718 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Akshaibar Lal |
Balha is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Current MLA is Saroj Sonkar of Bharatiya Janta Party who won in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[2]
Members of Legislative Assembly
edit| Elected year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008: Constituency does not exist | |||
| 2012 | Savitri Bai Fule | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014^ | Banshidhar Baudh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Akshaibar Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2019^ | Saroj Sonkar | ||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saroj Sonkar | 100,483 | 46.78 |  4.68 | |
| SP | Akshaybar Nath Kanaujiya | 83,910 | 39.06 |  24.56 | |
| BSP | Ramchandra | 15,578 | 7.25 | 21.17 | |
| AAP | Laxmi Nagar Sonkar[3] | 2,650 | 1.23 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Party | Jitendra Kumar | 2,491 | 1.16 | ||
| VIP | Deepak | 2,242 | 1.04 | ||
| INC | Kiran Bharti | 2,125 | 0.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,689 | 1.25 | 0.45 | |
| Majority | 16,573 | 7.72 | 15.32 | ||
| Turnout | 214,812 | 59.22 | 1.32 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saroj Sonkar | 89,641 | 48.34 | −3.12 | |
| SP | Kiran Bharti | 43,154 | 23.27 | +8.77 | |
| BSP | Ramesh Chandra | 31,640 | 17.06 | −11.36 | |
| Jai Hind Samaj Party | Baijnath | 5745 | 3.10 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Party | Ram Dayal | 4762 | 2.57 | ||
| BMP | Dhanpat Prasad | 2445 | 1.32 | ||
| CPI | Koyali | 2244 | 1.21 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2102 | 1.13 | −0.54 | |
| Majority | 46,487 | 25.07 | +2.03 | ||
| Turnout | 185430 | 51.87 | −6.03 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Akshaibar Lal | 104,135 | 51.46 | ||
| BSP | Kiran Bharti | 57,519 | 28.42 | ||
| SP | Banshi Dhar Baudh | 29,349 | 14.5 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,382 | 1.7 | ||
| Majority | 46,616 | 23.04 | |||
| Turnout | 202,367 | 57.9 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- 1 2 "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ↑ Bhandari, Shashwat (16 January 2022). "AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 | Check complete list". indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links
edit- "Election results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.