The coming 2017 assembly election to Mohammadabad will witness a triangular contest among the Quami Ekta Dal, BJP, SP and BSP. The BJP candidate from the Ballia Lok Sabha constituency, Bharat Singh, had established a lead of 6865 votes over his nearest Quami Ekta Dal rival Afzal Ansari in the Mohammadabad assembly segment in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.