Balrampur,_Bihar_Assembly_constituency
Balrampur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Balrampur (Bihar Assembly constituency) is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.
| Balrampur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Established | 2008 |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 65. Balrampur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Balrampur and Barsoi community development blocks.[1]
Balrampur, Bihar Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2010 | Dulal Chandra Goswami | Independent politician | |
| 2015 | Mahbub Alam | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | |
| 2020 | |||
2010
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Dulal Chandra Goshwami, Independent, won the newly created Balrampur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mahbub Alam of CPI(ML)L.[3]
2015
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, AIMIM has fielded Adil Hasan Azad who is a well-known Lawyer from this assembly constituency. In this election Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation candidate Mahbub Alam won Balrampur assembly seat defeating his nearest BJP rival Barun Kumar Jha. JD(U) candidate Dulal Chandra Goswami of JDU got third position in this seat.[4]
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M-L) | Mahbub Alam | 104,489 | 51.11 | ||
| VIP | Barun Kumar Jha | 50892 | 24.89 | ||
| LJP | Sangita Devi | 8949 | 4.38 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5166 | 2.53 | ||
| Majority | 53597 | ||||
| Turnout | 204439 | ||||
| CPI(M-L) hold | Swing | ||||
- "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- "Bihar - Balrampur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- "Balrampur Vidhan Sabha Election - Balrampur Assembly Election Results, Polling Stations, Voters, Candidates". www.electionsinindia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.