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{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kanth
| constituency_no = 25
| map_image = 25-Kanth.svg
| mla = [[Kamal Akhtar]]
| party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| latest_election_year = 2022
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| district = [[Moradabad district|Moradabad]]
| reservation = None
| electors = 388404 (2022)
| type= SLA
}}

'''Kanth Assembly constituency''' is one of the 403 constituencies of the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], [[India]]. It is a part of the [[Moradabad district]] and one of the five assembly constituencies in the [[Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency]]. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the delimitation order (DPACO - 1956) was passed in 1956. The constituency was assigned identification number 25 after "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed in the year 2008.<ref name="DPACO (1956) ">{{cite news|title=DPACO (1956)|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] official website|access-date=4 Sep 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/delimitation_pub_rpt.aspx}}</ref><ref name="Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008">{{cite news|title= Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008|publisher= [[Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh]]|access-date= 4 Sep 2015|url= http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113181505/http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-date= 13 November 2011|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008">{{cite news|title= Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] official website|access-date=4 Sep 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf}}</ref><ref name="All MLAs from Assembly constituency">{{cite news|title=All MLAs from Assembly constituency|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=4 Sep 2015|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kanth.html}}</ref>

==Wards / Areas==
Extent of Kanth Assembly constituency is Kanth Teshil; PCs Baheri Brahmanan, Adampur, Salem Sarai, Maksoodpur of Jatpura KC, PCs Sadarpur, Milak Amawati, Kazipura, Gakkharpur, Mustafapur of Dilari KC of Thakurdwara Teshil & KC Pakbara of Moradabad Teshil.<ref name=" Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 "/>

==Members of Vidhan Sabha ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Kanth Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kanth.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
| [[1957 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1957]]|| Jitendra Pratap Singh
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1962]]|| Daudayal Khanna
|-
| [[1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1967]]|| Kunwar Jagat Singh Farswal (Pahari Dheeraj, Purani Dilli)
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
| [[1969 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1969]]|| Nau Nihal Singh
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Kranti Dal}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]
|-
| [[1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
| Chandra Pal Singh
|-
| [[1977 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1977]]|| Hargovind Singh
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1980 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1980]]|| Ram Kishan
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress (U)]]
|-
| [[1985 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]]|| Samar Pal Singh
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| [[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]|| Chandra Pal Singh
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Janata Dal]]
|-
| [[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]]|| Thakur Pal Singh
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]]|| [[Mehboob Ali (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Mehboob Ali]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
| [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]]|| [[Rajesh Kumar Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Rajesh Kumar Singh]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Rizwan Ahmad Khan]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|-
| [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|-
| [[2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
| [[Aneesurrehman]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Peace Party of India}}" |
| [[Peace Party of India]]
|-
| [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]]|| [[Rajesh Kumar Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Rajesh Kumar Singh]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]]|| [[Kamal Akhtar]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
|}

==Election results==

=== 2022 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanth<ref name="election2022">{{Cite web |date=2022-05-25 |title=Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Kamal Akhtar
|votes = {{formatnum:134692}}
|percentage = 49.19
|change = +19.97
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Rajesh Kumar Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Rajesh Kumar Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:91514}}
|percentage = 33.42
|change = +3.27
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Afaaq Ali Khan
|votes = {{formatnum:36341}}
|percentage = 13.27
|change = -4.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = Raisuddin
|votes = {{formatnum:2886}}
|percentage = 1.05
|change = -8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1031}}
|percentage = 0.38
|change = -0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:43178}}
|percentage = 15.77
|change = +14.84
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:273839}}
|percentage = 70.11
|change = -1.06
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Samajwadi Party
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2017 ===
{{Election box begin |
title=[[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanth<ref name="election2017">{{cite web |date=2018-08-16 |title=Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2017|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Rajesh Kumar Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Rajesh Kumar Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:76307}}
|percentage = 30.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = [[Aneesurrehman]]
|votes = {{formatnum:73959}}
|percentage = 29.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mohd Nasir
|votes = {{formatnum:43820}}
|percentage = 17.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = Fizaullah Chaudhry
|votes = {{formatnum:22908}}
|percentage = 9.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Peace Party of India
|candidate = Muhammed Usman Ali
|votes = {{formatnum:13931}}
|percentage = 5.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dinesh Kumar Saini
|votes = {{formatnum:10924}}
|percentage = 4.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Dal
|candidate = Afak Ali Khan
|votes = {{formatnum:3458}}
|percentage = 1.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1199}}
|percentage = 0.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:2348}}
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:253108}}
|percentage = 71.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Peace Party of India
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2012===
{{Election box begin |
title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections: Kanth}}<ref name="election2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=754&cid=25 |title=Kanth Assembly Election 2012, Uttar Pradesh |website=www.empoweringindia.org |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032137/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=754&cid=25 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|party = Peace Party of India
|candidate = [[Aneesurrehman]]
|votes = 37092
|percentage = 18.48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Rizwan Ahmed Khan
|votes = 35558
|percentage = 17.72%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Fizaullah Choudhary
|votes = 30690
|percentage = 15.29%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 37092
|percentage = 18.48%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,00,721
|percentage = 67%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1967===
* J. Singh (IND) : 30,583 votes <ref name="election1967">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title = Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967}}</ref>
* Dau Dayal Khanna (INC) : 17,233

==See also==
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*[[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Moradabad district]]
*[[Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency]]
*[[Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh]]
*[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh|state=collapsed}}
{{Uttar Pradesh elections|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Moradabad district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1956]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politics of Uttar Pradesh]]

Kanth Assembly constituency - Revision history

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