Balrampur is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Katihar district

Katihar District

Katihar district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Katihar town is the administrative headquarters of this district...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 65. Balrampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Balrampur and Barsoi

Barsoi

Barsoi is head quarters of a subdivision in Katihar district in the state of Bihar.It is an important railway junction under Katihar division Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways....

 community development blocks

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

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Balrampur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Katihar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Katihar Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:...

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Results

In the 2010 state assembly elections

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term...

, Dulal Chandra Goshwami, Independent, won the newly-created Balrampur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mahboob Alam of CPI(ML)L.