Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency

Balrampur
Constituency No. 294 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBalrampur
Total electors4,28,009
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2022
Preceded byJagram Paswan

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.

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

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Balrampur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Paltu Ram 101,146 48.93 Increase2.68
SP Jagram Paswan 90,175 43.62
BSP Hari Ram 5,371 2.6 Decrease10.86
INC Babita 2,576 1.25 Decrease32.14
NOTA None of the above 2,365 1.14 Decrease0.63
Majority 10,971 5.31 Decrease7.55
Turnout 206,720 48.3 Increase1.24
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]

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Balrampur
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 1.77
Majority 24,860 12.86
Turnout 193,307 47.06

1977

  • Ashfaq (JNP) : 18,909 votes

References

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