Ballia Lok Sabha constituency

Ballia
UP-72
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Ballia Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
Assembly constituenciesPhephana
Ballia Nagar
Bairia
Zahoorabad
Mohammadabad
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party   SP
AllianceI.N.D.I.A.
Elected year2024
Preceded byVirendra Singh Mast,   BJP

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

Assembly segments

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

No Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
360 Phephana Ballia Sangram Singh SP SP
361 Ballia Nagar Daya Shankar Singh BJP BJP
363 Bairia Jai Prakash Anchal SP SP
377 Zahoorabad Ghazipur Om Prakash Rajbhar SBSP
378 Mohammadabad Mannu Ansari SP

Members of Parliament

Year Member[2] Party
1952 Ram Nagina Singh Socialist Party
1957 Radha Mohan Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Murli Manohar
1967 Chandrika Prasad
1971
1977 Chandra Shekhar Janata Party
1980
1984 Jagannath Chowdhary Indian National Congress
1989 Chandra Shekhar Janata Dal
1991 Janata Party
1996 Samata Party
1998 Samajwadi Janata Party
1999
2004
2008^ Neeraj Shekhar Samajwadi Party
2009
2014 Bharat Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Virendra Singh Mast
2024 Sanatan Pandey Samajwadi Party

^ by poll

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024
 
46.37%
2019
 
47.40%
2014
 
38.18%
2009
 
40.83%
2008 (by-poll)
 
54.60%
2004
 
43.59%
1999
 
38.62%
1998
 
41.01%
1996
 
56.94%
1991
 
46.52%
1989
 
52.53%
1984
 
52.60%
1980
 
41.37%
1977
 
72.42%
1971
 
64.81%
1967
 
26.65%
1962
 
50.13%
1957
 
51.79%
1952
 
37.74%

2024

2024 Indian general elections: Ballia[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Sanatan Pandey 467,068 46.37 Increase0.54
BJP Neeraj Shekhar 423,684 42.06 Decrease5.34
BSP Lallan Singh Yadav 85,205 8.46 Increase8.46
NOTA None of the Above 8,187 0.81 Decrease0.16
Majority 43,384 4.30 Increase2.73
Turnout 10,07,322 52.37 Decrease1.98
SP gain from BJP Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Virendra Singh Mast 469,114 47.40 +9.22
SP Sanatan Pandey 4,53,595 45.83 +22.45
SBSP 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

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Bharat Singh 359,760 38.18
SP Neeraj Shekhar 2,20,324 23.38
QED 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

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Neeraj Shekhar 276,649 40.83
BSP Sangram Singh Yadav 2,04,094 30.12
BJP Manoj Sinha 1,37,740 20.31
SBSP Ramshakal 25,865 3.81
Majority 72,555 10.61
Turnout 6,77,729 40.36
SP hold Swing

2008 by-election

2008 Ballia Lok Sabha by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Neeraj Shekhar 295,736 54.60
BSP Vinay Shankar Tiwari 164,450 30.36
BJP Virendra Singh Mast 22,723 4.20
SBSP Dr. Uma Shankar Nisad 21,449 3.96
INC Rajiv Upadhyay 10,755 1.99
IND 6 Independent Candidates 12,756 2.36
OTH 5 Other Party Candidates 13,745 2.54
Majority 131,286 24.24
Turnout 541,620 35.61
Swing to SP from SJP(R) Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SJP(R) Chandra Shekhar 270,136 43.59
BSP Kapildeo Yadav 189,082 30.51
BJP Parmatma Nand Tiwari 109,499 17.67
SBSP Om Prakash 28,266 4.56
IND 7 Independent Candidates 12,353 1.99
OTH 4 Other Party Candidates 10,426 1.68
Majority 81,054 13.08
Turnout 619,531 43.30
SJP(R) hold Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SJP(R) Chandra Shekhar 235,946 38.62
BJP Ram Krishna Gopal 180,271 29.51
BSP Ram Deo Verma 142,647 23.35
INC Digvijay 36,477 5.97
AD Deo Nath Rajbhar 5,607 0.92
IND 5 Independent Candidates 9,976 1.62
Majority 55,675 9.11
Turnout 619,524 48.11
SJP(R) hold Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SJP(R) Chandra Shekhar 260,544 41.01
BJP Ram Krishna urf Gopal 231,060 36.37
BSP Col. Bharat Singh 96,884 15.25
INC Jagannath Chowdhary 33,764 5.31
IND 8 Independent Candidates 13,085 2.05
Majority 29,484 4.64
Turnout 642,535 49.89
Swing to SJP(R) from SAP Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SAP Chandra Shekhar 305,592 56.94
INC Jagannath Chowdhary 118,987 22.17
BSP Rajendra Rajbhar 70,366 13.11
JD Dharmanand Tiwari 7,399 1.38
IND 32 Independent Candidates 31,481 5.87
OTH 3 Other Party Candidates 2,880 0.54
Majority 186,605 34.77
Turnout 541,957 42.47
Swing to SAP from JP Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Chandra Shekhar 213,066 46.52
INC Jagannath Chowdhary 154,518 33.74
BSP Rajendra 34,781 7.59
BJP Sheo Kumar Rai Vakeel 34,581 7.55
IND 14 Independent Candidates 17,122 3.75
OTH 3 Other Party Candidates 3,929 0.86
Majority 58,548 12.78
Turnout 476,635 47.49
Swing to JP from JD Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Chandra Shekhar 251,997 52.53
INC Jagannath Chowdhary 161,016 33.57
BSP Indra Deo 46,913 9.78
IND 7 Independent Candidates 13,069 2.72
OTH 3 Other Party Candidates 6,709 1.40
Majority 90,981 18.96
Turnout 499,485 50.55
Swing to JD from INC Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Jagannath Chowdhary 225,984 52.60
JP Chandra Shekhar 172,044 40.04
DDP Babban Verma 2,956 0.69
IND 9 Independent Candidates 28,662 6.68
Majority 53,940 12.56
Turnout 438,137 55.09
Swing to INC from JP Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Chandra Shekhar 159,901 41.37
INC(I) Jagannath Chowdhary 136,313 35.27
JP(S) Janeshwar Mishra 73,661 19.06
INC(U) Chandrika Prasad 7,216 1.87
IND Kailash 3,731 0.97
IND Gulabchand 3,145 0.81
IND Bhagwanji Singh 1,701 0.44
IND Omkar Nath 829 0.21
Majority 23,588 6.10
Turnout 394,280 52.54
JP hold Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JP Chandra Shekhar 262,641 72.42
INC Chandrika Prasad 95,423 26.31
IND Onkar Nath 4,599 1.27
Majority 167,218 46.11
Turnout 369,791 55.93
Swing to JP from INC Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chandrika Prasad 167,724 64.81
INC(O) Sheodutt 50,207 19.40
BKD Shambhu Nath 22,323 8.63
PSP Ram Vichar 6,111 2.36
IND Ram Sarikha 5,616 2.17
IND Abhai Narain Ram 3,771 1.46
IND Indradeo 3,029 1.17
Majority 117,517 45.41
Turnout 263,023 45.66
INC hold Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Chandrika Prasad 64,643 26.65
SSP Rameshwar 44,930 18.52
ABJS K. Nath 39,852 16.43
IND R. Ratan 26,373 10.87
IND B. Nand 12,766 5.26
IND Chandradeo 12,641 5.21
IND K. Prasad 9,889 4.08
SWA P. Narain 8,742 3.60
IND Prabhunath 6,206 2.56
IND P. Nand 5,036 2.08
IND R. Govind 4,361 1.80
IND Algu 4,056 1.67
IND L. Bahadur 3,110 1.28
Majority 19,713 8.13
Turnout 255,547 50.69
INC hold Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Murli Manohar 106,245 50.13
PSP Baijnath 70,452 33.24
Socialist Adhatam 24,359 11.49
ABJS Raj Narayan 10,873 5.13
Majority 35,793 16.89
Turnout 219,215 51.50
INC hold Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Ballia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Radha Mohan 96,501 51.79
PSP Ram Nagina 50,706 27.21
CPI Kapil Deo 39,136 21.00
Majority 45,795 24.58
Turnout 186,343 46.33
Swing to INC from Socialist Swing

1952

1951–52 Indian general election: Ghazipur District (East) cum Ballia District South (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Socialist Ram Nagina 44,195 37.74
INC Krishna Nand 43,793 37.39
RSP(UP) Lakshmi Shanker 13,601 11.61
IND Param Hans 9,103 7.77
RRP Shiva Kumar Rai 6,423 5.48
Majority 402 0.35
Turnout 117,115 32.45
Socialist win (new seat)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-72-Ballia". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  2. ↑ "Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 - Ballia Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in.
  3. ↑ "Ballia Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Ballia". Election Commission of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.

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