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Assembly constituency 282 · Uttar Pradesh · SC

Balha is assembly constituency number 282 in Uttar Pradesh, in Bahraich district, and one of the segments of the Baharaich Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Saroj Sonkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.8% of the vote, 16,573 votes ahead of Akshaybar Nath Kanaujiya (SP).

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Balha · 2022AC 282
  1. 01
    Saroj Sonkar
    BJP
    1,00,483
    46.78%
  2. 02
    Akshaybar Nath Kanaujiya
    SP
    83,910
    39.06%
  3. 03
    Ramchandra
    BSP
    15,578
    7.25%
  4. 04
    Kanti
    AAP
    2,650
    1.23%
  5. 05
    Jitendra Kumar
    JANADIP
    2,491
    1.16%
  6. 6 other candidates · 7,011 votesNOTA · 2,689 (1.25%)

Margin 16,573 votes · 7.72% of valid votes

3,62,718
Registered electors
2022 election
59.2%
Turnout
+1.3 pts vs 2017
16,573
Victory margin
7.7% of valid votes
Feb 2022 · candidate-wise result

All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,14,812 valid votes, NOTA included.

Balha 2022 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Saroj SonkarFemale · 48 yrs · SCBJP1,00,483
46.78%
2Akshaybar Nath KanaujiyaMale · 62 yrs · SCSP83,910
39.06%
3RamchandraMale · 55 yrs · SCBSP15,578
7.25%
—NOTANOTA2,689
1.25%
4KantiFemale · 46 yrs · SCAAP2,650
1.23%
5Jitendra KumarMale · 29 yrs · SCJANADIP2,491
1.16%
6DeepakMale · 40 yrs · SCVSIP2,242
1.04%
7Kiran BhartiFemale · 51 yrs · SCINC2,125
0.99%
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8Shiv CharanMale · 33 yrs · SCIndependent763
0.36%
9Rinku SahaniFemale · 28 yrs · SCShiv Sena691
0.32%
10Raj SriFemale · 35 yrs · SCIndependent617
0.29%
11VijayMale · 47 yrs · SCIndependent573
0.27%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.

0%20%40%60%201220172022BJP 46.8%SP 39.1%BSP 7.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2022Saroj SonkarBJP · 46.8% · margin 16,573Turnout59.2%
2019 byeSaroj SonkarBJP · 48.3% · margin 46,487Turnout51.9%
2017AkshayvaralalBJP · 51.5% · margin 46,616Turnout57.9%
2014 byeBanshidhar BauddhSP · 52.3% · margin 25,181Turnout56.3%
2012Savitri Bai FuleBJP · 33.2% · margin 19,928Turnout61.0%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Balha bye-election, 21 Oct 2019

Turnout 51.9% · 1,85,430 of 3,57,502 electors voted

Balha bye-election 2019-10-21 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Saroj SonkarBJP89,641
48.34%
2Kiran BhartiSP43,154
23.27%
3Ramesh ChandraBSP31,640
17.06%
4Baijnathjhspt5,745
3.10%
5Ram DayalJANADIP4,762
2.57%
6Dhanpat PrasadBMUP2,445
1.32%
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7KoyaliCPI2,244
1.21%
—NOTANOTA2,102
1.13%
8Mannu DeviINC1,353
0.73%
9Devi PrasadIndependent1,017
0.55%
10Lal ChandIndependent808
0.44%
11Kiran DeviIndependent514
0.28%

Balha bye-election, 13 Sept 2014

Turnout 56.3% · 1,89,762 of 3,37,067 electors voted

Balha bye-election 2014-09-13 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Banshidhar BauddhSP99,220
52.29%
2Akshaibar LalBJP74,039
39.02%
3Shyamta PrasadINC6,290
3.31%
4DineshIndependent3,799
2.00%
—NOTANOTA3,464
1.83%
5Arvind KumarSBSP2,950
1.55%

Balha result 2017

Balha 2017 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1AkshayvaralalBJP1,04,135
51.46%
2Kiran BhartiBSP57,519
28.42%
3Banshi Dhar BaudhSP29,349
14.50%
—NOTANOTA3,382
1.67%
4BechelalIndependent1,700
0.84%
5Kamlavati DeviRPI(A)1,053
0.52%
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6Bhagwan DasRMGP1,008
0.50%
7BabadeenIndependent975
0.48%
8PoojaIndependent792
0.39%
9LaljeeBMUP726
0.36%
10Guru PrasadIndependent643
0.32%
11Govind PrasadRTKP545
0.27%
12IndrajeetIndependent540
0.27%

Balha result 2012

Balha 2012 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Savitri Bai FuleBJP58,823
33.19%
2Kiran BhartiBSP38,895
21.95%
3Shabbir AhmadSP35,073
19.79%
4Poonam KishorINC20,974
11.84%
5Ram Kumar "kaulik"Independent8,783
4.96%
6Ram NareshIndependent4,171
2.35%
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7Ramashankar GondMD2,621
1.48%
8Kishori Lal PaswanPECP2,374
1.34%
9Ramesh KumarARVP1,184
0.67%
10Dile RajaIndependent1,092
0.62%
11Jeet RamNLP970
0.55%
12Laxmi NarayanRLM812
0.46%
13Ram NewajJaKP730
0.41%
14MahadevSSD703
0.40%
Map

Balha outlined in orange among the other Uttar Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Bahraich district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Balha is one of the assembly segments of Baharaich. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Baharaich candidates.

  • Anand KumarBJP1,08,086 50.3%
  • Ramesh ChandraSP90,749 42.3%
  • Dr. Brijesh KumarBSP11,505 5.4%
  • Arvind KumarBAP(R)1,252 0.6%
  • Ramesh BalmikiIndependent713 0.3%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 17,337 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Balha.

Who won the Balha assembly seat in 2022?

Saroj Sonkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Balha in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 1,00,483 votes, which was 46.78% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Balha?

The margin was 16,573 votes (7.72% of valid votes). The runner-up was Akshaybar Nath Kanaujiya of the Samajwadi Party with 83,910 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Balha in 2022?

Turnout was 59.24%: 2,14,876 of 3,62,718 registered electors voted, across 418 polling stations. That is 1.3 points higher than in 2017.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Balha part of?

Balha is an assembly segment of the Baharaich Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Anand Kumar got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Balha had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Oct 2019, Saroj Sonkar (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 46,487 votes. In the bye-election on 13 Sept 2014, Banshidhar Bauddh (Samajwadi Party) won by 25,181 votes.

Is Balha a reserved constituency?

Yes. Balha is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Balha?

The Uttar Pradesh assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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