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 | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Established | 2008 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party |  CPI(ML)L |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2020 |
| Preceded by | D. C. Goswami Won as : Independent Current :  JD(U) |
Overview
editAs 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]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
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| 2010 | Dulal Chandra Goswami | Independent politician | |
| 2015 | Mahbub Alam | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
edit2010
editIn 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
editIn 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
edit| 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 | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Balrampur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.