Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls 2017: BALAMAU

Uttar Pradesh will go to Assembly elections early in 2017. The state has an Assembly comprising 403 seats and a party/alliance has to win 202 seats to form the government. In 2012, when the last state election was held in UP, the Samajwadi Party had won 224 seats to get a decisive majority. [Know constituencies of UP Assembly polls]

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Constituency Name: Balamau (SC)
Constituency No. 160
District: Hardoi
Population of district: 4,091,380
Overall Literacy: 68.89%
Sex ratio: 856/1000

2012 Assembly election result

• Winner: Anil Verma (SP)
• Votes received: 67,800
• Nearest rival: Rampal Verma (BSP)
• Votes: 67,627
• Difference: 173
• Margin: 173 (0.1%)
• Total voters: 3, 23,909
• Turnout: 54.7%

About Balamau

• Ancient town, Balamau falls in Sandila tehsil of Hardoi district , UP.
• It is being believed that the town was founded towards the end of the reign of Akbar by Bami Mirmi.
• Balamau contains an average population of 40,000 with a sex ratio of almost 1.
• Agriculture and small scale business firms are the main occupation of people of this town.

Some more info

• Balamau Assembly comprises of KCs 1-Kallyanmal, 5-Behandar, 6-Balamau, Beniganj NP, Kachhona NP & Som (CT) of 5-Sandila Tehsil.
• In 2012, Assembly seat went for poll first time after delimitation.