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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Balha<br />
| map_image = 282-Balha.svg<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 282<br />
| district = [[Bahraich district|Bahraich]]<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]<br />
| preceded_by = [[Akshaibar Lal]]<br />
| mla = [[Saroj Sonkar]]<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| electors = 3,62,718<br />
}}<br />
'''Balha''' is a constituency of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] covering the city of Balha in the [[Bahraich district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]], India.<br />
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Balha is one of five assembly constituencies in the [[Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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Current MLA is [[Saroj Sonkar]] of [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] who won in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="results2022">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=4 March 2023}}</ref><br />
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== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Elected year<br />
!MLA<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" |''Before 2008: Constituency does not exist''<br />
|-<br />
|[[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]<br />
|Savitri Bai Fule<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|2014^<br />
|Banshidhar Baudh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]<br />
|[[Akshaibar Lal]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|2019^<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Saroj Sonkar]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
<br />
=== 2022 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Balha<ref name="results2022"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Saroj Sonkar]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:100483}}<br />
|percentage = 46.78<br />
|change = {{decrease}}4.68<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Akshaybar Nath Kanaujiya<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:83910}}<br />
|percentage = 39.06<br />
|change = {{increase}}24.56<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Ramchandra<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:15578}}<br />
|percentage = 7.25<br />
|change = {{decrease}}21.17<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party<br />
|candidate = Laxmi Nagar Sonkar<ref name="AAP 150 list">{{cite news |last1=Bhandari |first1=Shashwat |title=AAP announces 150 candidates for UP elections 2022 {{!}} Check complete list |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news/aap-releases-150-candidates-for-uttar-pradesh-polls-2022-check-full-list-2022-01-16-754742 |access-date=27 January 2022 |work=indiatvnews.com |date=16 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2650}}<br />
|percentage = 1.23<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Jitendra Kumar<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2491}}<br />
|percentage = 1.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Deepak<br />
|party = Vikassheel Insaan Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2242}}<br />
|percentage = 1.04<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Kiran Bharti<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2125}}<br />
|percentage = 0.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2689}}<br />
|percentage = 1.25<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.45<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:16573}}<br />
|percentage = 7.72<br />
|change = {{decrease}}15.32<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:214812}}<br />
|percentage = 59.22<br />
|change = {{increase}}1.32<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
===2019===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 elections in India#Uttar Pradesh|UP By-election, 2019]]: Balha<ref name="By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur">{{cite news |last1=Zee News |title=By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |accessdate=9 January 2024 |date=25 October 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109071426/https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |archivedate=9 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Saroj Sonkar]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 89,641<br />
|percentage = 48.34<br />
|change = -3.12<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Kiran Bharti<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 43,154<br />
|percentage = 23.27<br />
|change = +8.77<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Ramesh Chandra<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 31,640<br />
|percentage = 17.06<br />
|change = -11.36<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Baijnath<br />
|party = Jai Hind Samaj Party<br />
|votes = 5745<br />
|percentage = 3.10<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party<br />
|candidate = Ram Dayal<br />
|votes = 4762<br />
|percentage = 2.57<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Mukti Party<br />
|candidate = Dhanpat Prasad<br />
|votes = 2445<br />
|percentage = 1.32<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Koyali<br />
|votes = 2244<br />
|percentage = 1.21<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = 2102<br />
|percentage = 1.13<br />
|change = -0.54<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = 46,487<br />
|percentage = 25.07<br />
|change = +2.03<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = 185430<br />
|percentage = 51.87<br />
|change = -6.03<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2017 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Balha<ref name="results2017">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |title=State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=26 March 2022}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Akshaibar Lal]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:104135}}<br />
|percentage = 51.46<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Kiran Bharti<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:57519}}<br />
|percentage = 28.42<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Banshi Dhar Baudh<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:29349}}<br />
|percentage = 14.5<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3382}}<br />
|percentage = 1.7<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:46616}}<br />
|percentage = 23.04<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:202367}}<br />
|percentage = 57.9<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Election results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Bahraich district]]<br />
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