Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Balrampur is an Assembly constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, covering the city of Balrampur in the Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Balrampur is one of five assembly constituencies in the Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 294 amongst 403 constituencies.
| Balrampur | |
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| Constituency No. 294 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Balrampur |
| Total electors | 4,28,009 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Jagram Paswan |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Elected year | MLA[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Dashrath Prasad | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| Deen Dayal Karun | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | Maheshwar Dutt Singh | ||
| 1974 | Man Bahadur Singh | ||
| 1977 | Ashfaq | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Man Bahadur Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | |||
| 1989 | Hanumant Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1993 | Vinay Kumar Pandey | Samajwadi Party | |
| 1996 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2002 | Geeta Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2007 | Dhirendra Pratap Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2012 | Jagram Paswan | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017[3] | Paltu Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022[1] | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Paltu Ram | 101,146 | 48.93 |  2.68 | |
| SP | Jagram Paswan | 90,175 | 43.62 | ||
| BSP | Hari Ram | 5,371 | 2.6 |  10.86 | |
| INC | Babita | 2,576 | 1.25 | 32.14 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,365 | 1.14 | 0.66 | |
| Majority | 10,971 | 5.31 | 7.55 | ||
| Turnout | 206,720 | 48.3 | 1.24 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Paltu Ram won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Indian National Congress candidate Shivlal by a margin of 24,860 votes.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Paltu Ram | 89,401 | 46.25 | ||
| INC | Shivlal | 64,541 | 33.39 | ||
| BSP | Ram Sagar Akela | 26,011 | 13.46 | ||
| PECP | Shiv Kumar | 2,357 | 1.22 | ||
| Mahakranti Dal | Madan Lal | 1,798 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,414 | 1.8 | ||
| Majority | 24,860 | 12.86 | |||
| Turnout | 193,307 | 47.06 | |||
1977
- Ashfaq (JNP) : 18,909 votes