Govind Nagar (Assembly constituency)

Govind Nagar
Constituency
District	Kanpur Nagar
State	Uttar Pradesh
Electorate	3,59,343 (Oct. 2019)
Current constituency
Created	2017
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA	Surendra Maithani
Reservation	None

Govind Nagar Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of 403 legislative assembly of the Uttar Pradesh. It is part of the Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency.

Overview

Govindnagar comprises Armapur Estate (CT), Wards No. 11, 19, 22, 37, 42, 48, 49, 50, 59, 60, 61, 80, 85, 92, and 101 in Kanpur Municipal Corporation of 2-Kanpur Sadar Tehsil.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year		Member	Political Party
	1951	Brahma Dutt Dixit	Indian National Congress
	1957	Brahma Dutt Dixit	Indian National Congress
	1962	Sant Singh Yusuf	Communist Party of India
	1967	Prabhakar Tripathi	Indian National Congress
	1969	Prabhakar Tripathi	Indian National Congress
	1974	Sant Singh Yusuf	Communist Party of India
	1977	Ganesh Dutt Vajpayee	Janata Party
	1980	Vilayati Ram Katyal	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1985	Vilayati Ram Katyal	Indian National Congress
	1989	Bal Chandra Misra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1991	Bal Chandra Misra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1993	Bal Chandra Misra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1996	Bal Chandra Misra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2002	Ajay Kapoor	Indian National Congress
	2007	Ajay Kapoor	Indian National Congress
	2012	Satya Dev Pachauri	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2017	Satya Dev Pachauri	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2019*	Surendra Maithani	Bharatiya Janata Party

• *By Election

Election results

2019

Bye-Election, 2019: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Surendra Maithani	60,237	50.09
	INC	Karishma Thakur	38,993	32.43
	SP	Samrat Vikas Yadav	11,915	9.91
	BSP	Devi Prasad Tewari	5,434	4.52
	IND.	Devendra Kumar Singh	1,524	1.27
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,004	0.83
Majority			21,244	17.66
Turnout			1,21,118	33.66
	BJP hold		Swing

2017

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satya Dev Pachauri	1,12,029	60.47	+25.14
	INC	Ambuj Shukla	40,520	21.87	−5.81
	BSP	Nirmal Tiwari	28,795	15.54	−3.60
	BMP	Virendra Kumar Sarvaria	998	0.54	+0.54
	BSCP	Shail Mishra	900	0.49	+0.49
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,247	0.67	+0.67
Majority			71,509	38.60	+30.95
Turnout			1,85,359	53.08	+3.88
	BJP hold		Swing	+25.14

2012

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satya Dev Pachauri	57,156	35.33	+6.43
	INC	Dr. Shailendra Dixit	44,779	27.68	−17.93
	BSP	Sachin Tripathi	30,963	19.14	+9.53
	SP	Ashok Anshwani	16,424	10.15	−2.77
	Independent	Balvir Singh	1,494	0.92	+0.92
Majority			12,377	7.65	−9.05
Turnout			1,61,755	49.20	+10.75
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	-10.28

2007

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Kapoor	1,10,478	45.61
	BJP	Hanuman Mishra	70,018	28.90
	SP	Virendra Dubey	31,293	12.92
	BSP	Rajendra Kumar Tiwari	23,274	9.61
	Independent	Ajay Awasthi	2,232	0.92
Majority			40,460	16.70
Turnout			2,42,228	38.45
	INC hold		Swing

2002

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajay Kapoor	1,17,208	56.09
	BJP	Bal Chandra Misra	64,248	30.75
	SP	Jadoogar Om Prakash Sharma	12,748	6.10
	BSP	Lakhan Lal Tripathi	8,330	3.99
	Independent	Sunil Kumar	2,528	1.21
Majority			52,960	25.34
Turnout			2,08,956	35.88
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1996

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1996: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bal Chandra Misra	1,03,667	52.45
	BSP	Ganga Singh	51,041	25.83
	SP	Om Prakash	32,220	16.30
	Independent	Naveen Pandit	7,112	3.60
	ABHM	Manjul Nigam	678	0.34
Majority			52,626	23.62
Turnout			1,97,635	36.24
	BJP hold		Swing

1993

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 1993: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bal Chandra Misra	92,493	47.61
	INC	Ajay Kapoor	49,961	25.72
	SP	Virendra Dubey	40,287	20.74
	JD	Suraj Pal Singh Yadav	6,959	3.58
	Independent	Rajesh	370	0.19
Majority			42,532	21.89
Turnout			1,94,268	53.47
	BJP hold		Swing

1991

U. P. Assembly Election, 1991: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bal Chandra Misra	56,519	46.24
	INC	Ajay Kapoor	32,207	26.35
	JP	Bishambhar Singh Yadav	16,316	13.35
	JD	Raghu Nath Singh	7,255	5.94
	BSP	Radha Krishna Pal	6,230	5.10
Majority			24,312	19.89
Turnout			1,22,234	35.10
	BJP hold		Swing

1989

U. P. Assembly Election, 1989: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bal Chandra Misra	51,706	41.59
	INC	Vidya Rani	25,761	20.72
	JD	Vinod Dixit	20,334	16.36
	Independent	Suraj Pal	7,894	6.35
	CPI	Bipin Kant Tiwari	4,152	3.34
Majority			25,945	20.87
Turnout			1,24,323	36.30
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1985

U. P. Assembly Election, 1985: Govind Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vilayati Ram Katyal	26,060	40.85
	BJP	Bal Chandra Misra	21,836	34.23
	Independent	Brij Kishore Misra	5,097	7.99
	Independent	Jagdeo Singh	4,725	7.41
	Independent	Triveni Shanker	981	1.54
Majority			4,224	6.62
Turnout			63,796	29.83
	INC hold		Swing

Party	Seats won	Seat change
Bharatiya Janata Party	2	1
Samajwadi Party	2	1
Indian National Congress	1	0

See also

• List of Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh