Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Balha

Assembly constituency 282 (SC) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

BJP

Saroj Sonkar · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

8.5pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

16,573votes

7.8 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

58.4%

Seat median 56.9% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 23.4 pp

2002
0.6 pp
Ashok KumarBahujan Samaj Partyby 702 votes
2007
8.5 pp
Pratibha ShuklaBahujan Samaj Partyby 10,268 votes
2012
11.2 pp
Savitri Bai FuleBharatiya Janata Partyby 19,928 votes
2017
23.4 pp
AkshayvaralalBharatiya Janata Partyby 46,616 votes
2022
7.8 pp
Saroj SonkarBharatiya Janata Partyby 16,573 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 24 parties and independents

BJP 3 of 560% won · 1 second BSP 2 of 540% won · 2 second IND 0 of 240% won SP 0 of 50% won · 2 second INC 0 of 40% won RJD 0 of 20% won RKP 0 of 20% won AAP 0 of 10% won

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

BJP won 3 of 5 contests on record (60.0%).
wins by party: BJP 3 · BSP 2 · 3 ÷ 5 = 60.0%
The seat changed party 1 time in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 BSP → 2007 BSP → 2012 BJP → 2017 BJP → 2022 BJP
The closest contest was 2002 at 0.6 pp; the widest 2017 at 23.4 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 7.8 pp was 0.7 pp below the seat's median of 8.5 pp.
7.8 − 8.5 = −0.7
Turnout moved from 53.2% in 2002 to 58.4% in 2022, +5.2 pp.
58.4 − 53.2 = +5.2

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 56.9%

2002 53.2%

2007 48.9%

2012 61.0%

2017 56.9%

2022 58.4%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Balha, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Saroj Sonkar	Bharatiya Janata Party	16,573	7.8	58.4
2017	Akshayvaralal	Bharatiya Janata Party	46,616	23.4	56.9
2012	Savitri Bai Fule	Bharatiya Janata Party	19,928	11.2	61.0
2007	Pratibha Shukla	Bahujan Samaj Party	10,268	8.5	48.9
2002	Ashok Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party	702	0.6	53.2

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 46,616 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha · Balha, Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built