Ballia Lok Sabha Election Result 2019 LIVE updates:
The traditional stronghold of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar, Ballia elected him between 1999 and 2007, when he died at the age of 80. Between 2007 and 2014, his son Neeraj Shekhar held the seat as a Samajwadi Party candidate. BJP candidate Bharat Singh won the election in 2014, defeating Shekhar by over 1,30,000 votes.
Ballia Lok Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 72
Total electors: 17,68,271 (2014 estimates)
Female electors: 7,94,887
Male electors: 9,73,384
Reserved: No
Delimited: No
Assembly Constituencies: Phephana, Ballia Nagar, Bairia, Zahoorabad and Mohammadabad
Results in last four Lok Sabha elections: The traditional stronghold of former prime minister Chandra Shekhar, Ballia elected him between 1999 and 2007, when he died at the age of 80. Between 2007 and 2014, his son Neeraj Shekhar held the seat as a Samajwadi Party candidate. BJP candidate Bharat Singh won the election in 2014, defeating Shekhar by over 1,30,000 votes.
Demographics: The Kshatriya community wields considerable influence in the constituency. Rajbhar, a community considered Extremely Backward Caste, is also found in sizeable numbers in the constituency.