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{{Short description|Former constituency in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Balrampur
| type = LS
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| state = Uttar Pradesh
| union_territory =
| established = 1957
| abolished = 2008
| assembly_cons =
| reservation =
}}
'''Balrampur''' was a [[Lok Sabha]] 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.

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 Lok Sabha constituency|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.<ref name="Balrampur: Vajpayee started out as an MP from this constituency">{{cite news |last1=The New Indian Express |title=Balrampur: Vajpayee started out as an MP from this constituency |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/aug/18/balrampur-vajpayee-started-out-as-an-mp-from-this-constituency-1859181.html |accessdate=18 September 2022 |date=18 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918095736/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/aug/18/balrampur-vajpayee-started-out-as-an-mp-from-this-constituency-1859181.html |archivedate=18 September 2022}}</ref>

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"| Party
|-
|colspan="4"|{{center|''1952-57 : Constituency did not exist''}}
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[Subhadra Joshi]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[Chandra Bhal Mani Tiwari]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[Nanaji Deshmukh]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|Chandra Bhal Mani Tiwari
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress (I) ]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|Mahant Deep Narain Van
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[Fasi-ur-Rehman Munnan Khan]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Satya Deo Singh]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|rowspan="2"| [[Rizwan Zaheer]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|colspan="4"| {{center|''2008 onwards : Became part of [[Shravasti Lok Sabha constituency]]''}}
|}

==Election results==
===1957 Lok Sabha Election===
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee (BJS) : 118,380 votes <ref name="elections1957">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=1957 India General Elections Results|accessdate=2020-06-22}}</ref>
* Hyder Hussain (INC) : 108,568 votes

Uttar Pradesh

===1962 Lok Sabha Election===
* Subhadra Joshi (INC) : 102,260 votes <ref name="elections1962">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=1962 India General Elections Results|accessdate=2020-06-22}}</ref>
* Atal Behari Bajpai (sic, he spelled it Atal Bihari Vajpayee himself) (JS) : 100,208

===1967 Lok Sabha Election===
* A. Behari (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) : 142,446 votes <ref name="elections1957">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1957-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=1957 India General Elections Results|accessdate=2020-06-22}}</ref>
* S. Joshi (INC) : 110,704

===2004 Lok Sabha Election===
* Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (BJP) 270,941 votes <ref name="elections2004">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2004-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=2004 India General Elections Results|accessdate=2020-06-22}}</ref>
* Rizwan Zaheer Alias Rijju Bhaya (BSP) : 218,328

==See also==
* [[Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh]]
* [[List of former constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Balrampur district, Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Former Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Former constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]

Balrampur Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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