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Uttar Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 282 · 2019 by-electionsReserved (SC)

Balha

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Winner — 2019 by-elections

SAROJ SONKAR
BJP
BJP 48.9%SP 23.5%9 others 27.6%
Votes
89,641
48.9% share
Winning margin
46,487
25.4% of votes
Total candidates
11

Balha is a safe seat — SAROJ SONKAR won by 25.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

11 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
SAROJ SONKAR
BJP
89,64148.9%
2
KIRAN BHARTI
SP
43,15423.5%
3
RAMESH CHANDRA
BSP
31,64017.3%
4
BAIJNATH
jhspt
5,7453.1%
5
RAM DAYAL
JANADIP
4,7622.6%
6
DHANPAT PRASAD
BMUP
2,4451.3%
7
KOYALI
CPI
2,2441.2%
8
MANNU DEVI
INC
1,3530.7%
9
DEVI PRASAD
IND
1,0170.6%
10
LAL CHAND
IND
8080.4%
11
KIRAN DEVI
IND
5140.3%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

The RecordThe PlaceThe State

Average turnout (243rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
25.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.3% · min 0.6% · max 36.7%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
59%
lowerhigher
243rd of 403

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.65
fewer partiesmore parties
248th of 403

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.3%
lowerhigher
20th of 403

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
14 seats · 8 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.65EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 48.9%SP 23.5%BSP 17.3%OTH 10.3%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTED

A moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
34,87,731
Density
666 / km²
Sex ratio
892 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
5,237 km²
SC population14.6%
ST population0.3%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
66%HINDU
Hindu 65.7%Muslim 33.5%Other 0.8%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water31.5%
Electricity14.4%
Sanitation15.7%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births67.7%
Children fully vaccinated51.8%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER52.1%
Children underweight (under 5)38.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER48.8%
Women literate38.8%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER37.5%
Clean cooking fuel38.2%
Health insurance10.1%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Food Processing🏺Wheat Stalk Handicrafts

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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