Balrampur Lok Sabha constituency

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Balrampur
Former Lok Sabha constituency
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Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
Established1957
Abolished2008

Balrampur Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in northern India. Balrampur is in Uttar Pradesh state . This constituency ceased to exist in 2008 with the implementation of delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies. Most of the area under the erstwhile Balrampur seat now falls under Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency since 2008.

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Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee contested Lucknow by-election in 1955 and came third. Then in 1957, he contested General Election in three seats. He finished fourth in Mathura, second in Lucknow, and won in Balrampur as his first time representing Lok Sabha. In 1962, he contested Balrampur and Lucknow, and lost in both the seats. In 1967, he contested Balrampur and this time won. [1]

Members of Parliament

YearMemberParty
1952-57 : Constituency did not exist
1957 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1962 Subhadra Joshi Indian National Congress
1967 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Chandra Bhal Mani Tiwari Indian National Congress
1977 Nanaji Deshmukh Janata Party
1980 Chandra Bhal Mani Tiwari Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Mahant Deep Narain Van Indian National Congress
1989 Fasi-ur-Rehman Munnan Khan Independent
1991 Satya Deo Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998 Rizwan Zaheer Samajwadi Party
1999
2004 Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2008 onwards : Became part of Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency

Election results

1957 Lok Sabha Election

Uttar Pradesh

1962 Lok Sabha Election

1967 Lok Sabha Election

2004 Lok Sabha Election

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References

  1. The New Indian Express (18 August 2018). "Balrampur: Vajpayee started out as an MP from this constituency". Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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  3. "1962 India General Elections Results". elections.in. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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