Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Ballia
Lok Sabha Constituency
IncumbentVirendra Singh Mast
Parliamentary PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year2019
Constituency Details
Established1952–present
ReservationNone
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly ConstituenciesPhephana
Ballia Nagar
Bairia
Zahoorabad
Mohammadabad

Ballia Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern. It is one of the place in Uttar Pradesh, which is famous for its political history and participation of former PM Chandra Shekhar in JP Andolan, India.

Assembly segments[edit]

Presently, Ballia Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party
360 Phephana None Ballia Upendra Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
361 Ballia Nagar None Ballia Anand Swaroop Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party
362 Bansdih None Ballia Ram Govind Chaudhary Samajwadi Party
363 Bairia None Ballia Surendra Nath Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
377 Zahoorabad None Ghazipur Om Prakash Rajbhar Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party
378 Mohammadabad None Ghazipur Alka Rai Bharatiya Janata Party

Members of Parliament[edit]

Year Elected MP Party
1952 Murli Manohar Independent
1952 Ram Nagina Singh Socialist Party
1957 Radha Mohan Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Murli Manohar [2] Indian National Congress
1967 Chandrika Prasad Indian National Congress
1971 Chandrika Prasad Indian National Congress
1977 Chandra Shekhar Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Chandra Shekhar Janata Party/Samajwadi Party
1984 Jagannath Chowdhary Yadav
     (Defeated Chandra Shekhar)
Indian National Congress (I)
1989 Chandra Shekhar Janata Dal
1991 Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
1996 Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
1998 Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
1999 Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
2004 Chandra Shekhar (Died in 2008) Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
2008^ Neeraj Shekhar (bye-poll) Samajwadi Party
2009 Neeraj Shekhar Samajwadi Party
2014 Bharat Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Virendra Singh Mast Bharatiya Janata Party

^ by poll

Election results[edit]

General election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Virendra Singh Mast 4,69,114 47.40 +9.22
SP Sanatan Pandey 4,53,595 45.83 +22.45
[[Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party|Template:Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party/meta/shortname]] Vinod 35,900 3.63
NOTA None of the above 9,615 0.97
Majority 15,519 1.57 -13.23
Turnout 9,90,571 54.35
BJP hold Swing

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general elections: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bharat Singh 3,59,758 38.18
SP Neeraj Shekhar 2,20,324 23.38
[[Quami Ekta Dal|Template:Quami Ekta Dal/meta/shortname]] Afzal Ansari 1,63,943 17.40
BSP Virendra Kumar Pathak 1,41,684 15.04
INC Sudha Rai 13,501 1.43
NOTA None of the above 6,670 0.71
Majority 1,39,434 14.80
Turnout 9,42,275 53.29
BJP gain from SP Swing

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-72-Ballia". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  2. "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

Coordinates: 25°46′N 84°09′E / 25.76°N 84.15°E / 25.76; 84.15

External links[edit]

Lok Sabha
Preceded by
Fatehpur
Constituency represented by the Prime Minister
1990–1991
Succeeded by
Nandyal
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