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Balha Assembly constituency

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Balha
Constituency No. 282 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictBahraich
Total electors3,62,718
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2022
Preceded byAkshaibar 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.[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

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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

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2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Balha[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Saroj Sonkar 100,483 46.78 Decrease4.68
SP Akshaybar Nath Kanaujiya 83,910 39.06 Increase24.56
BSP Ramchandra 15,578 7.25 Decrease21.17
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 Decrease0.45
Majority 16,573 7.72 Decrease15.32
Turnout 214,812 59.22 Increase1.32
BJP hold Swing


UP By-election, 2019: Balha[4]
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 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Balha[5]
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


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