| Balha | |
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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 Saroj Sonkar | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Akshaibar Lal |
Balha is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Balha in the Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Balha is one of five assembly constituencies in the Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency.
Current MLA is Saroj Sonkar of Bharatiya Janta Party who won in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Elected year | MLA | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008: Constituency does not exist | |||
| 2012 | Savitri Bai Fule | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2017 | Akshaibar Lal | ||
| 2019^ | Saroj Sonkar | ||
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Saroj Sonkar | 100,483 | 46.78 |  1.56
| |
| SP | Akshaybar Nath Kanaujiya | 83,910 | 39.06 |  15.79
| |
| BSP | Ramchandra | 15,578 | 7.25 | 9.81
| |
| AAP | Laxmi Nagar Sonkar | 2,650 | 1.23 | ||
| Jan Adhikar Party | Jitendra Kumar | 2,491 | 1.16 | 1.41
| |
| VIP | Deepak | 2,242 | 1.04 | ||
| INC | Kiran Bharti | 2,125 | 0.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,689 | 1.25 | 0.12
| |
| Majority | 16,573 | 7.72 | 17.35
| ||
| Turnout | 214,812 | 59.22 | 7.35
| ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2019
| 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
| 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 | 1.67 | ||
| Majority | 46,616 | 23.04 | |||
| Turnout | 202,367 | 57.9 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "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.
- Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links
- "Election results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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