Belthara Road Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India
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Belthara Road is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Belthara Road in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Belthara Road | |
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| Constituency No. 357 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Ballia |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | SBSP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Belthara Road is one of five assembly constituencies in the Lok Sabha constituency of Salempur. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 357 amongst 403 constituencies.
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[1] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Till 2012 : Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2012 | Gorakh Paswan | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2017 | Dhananjay Kannoujia | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Hansu Ram | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | |
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBSP | Hansu Ram | 78,995 | 39.57 | ||
| BJP | Chhattu Ram | 73,481 | 36.81 | −4.01 | |
| BSP | Praveen Prakash | 38,803 | 19.44 | −5.47 | |
| Jan Adhikar Party | Ramlal | 2,093 | 1.05 | +0.94 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,219 | 0.61 | −0.08 | |
| Majority | 5,514 | 2.76 | −6.89 | ||
| Turnout | 199,617 | 55.72 | −1.33 | ||
| SBSP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Dhananjay Kannoujia won in last Assembly election of 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate Gorakh Paswan by a margin of 18,319 votes.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dhananjay Kannoujia | 77,504 | 40.82 | ||
| SP | Gorakh Paswan | 59,185 | 31.17 | ||
| BSP | Ghoora Ram | 47,297 | 24.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,305 | 0.69 | ||
| Majority | 18,319 | 9.65 | |||
| Turnout | 189,878 | 57.05 | |||