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Kanpur Cantonment (Assembly constituency)
| Kanpur Cantonment | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | Kanpur Nagar |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Electorate | 3,35,587 (2017) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2017 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| MLA | Sohil Akhtar Ansari |
| Reservation | None |
Kanpur Cantonment Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of 403 legislative assembly seats of the Uttar Pradesh. It is part of the Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Overview[edit | edit source]
Kanpur Cantonment comprises Kanpur (CB), Northern Railway Colony (CT), Wards No. 17, 23, 56, 58, 70, 75, 81, 84, 93, 97, and 100 in Kanpur Municipal Corporation of 2- Kanpur Sadar Tehsil.[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Vidhan Sabha | Duration | Name of M.L.A. | Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourth | 1967-69 | Devi Sahai Bajpai | Indian National Congress |
| Fifth | 1969-77 | Manohar Lal | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| Sixth | 1974-77 | Shyam Mishra | Indian National Congress |
| Seventh | 1977-80 | Babu Ram Shukla | Janata Party |
| Eighth | 1980-85 | Bhudhar Narayan Mishra | Indian National Congress (I) |
| Ninth | 1985-89 | Pashupati Nath Mehrotra | Indian National Congress |
| Tenth | 1989-91 | Ganesh Dixit | Janata Dal |
| Eleventh | 1991-93 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Twelfth | 1993-96 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Thirteenth | 1996-2002 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Fourteenth | 2002-07 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Fifteenth | 2007-12 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Sixteenth | 2012-17 | Raghunandan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Seventeenth | 2017-Incumbent | Sohil Akhtar Ansari | Indian National Congress |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2017[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sohil Akhtar Ansari | 72,375 | 40.8 | +24.44 | |
| BJP | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria | 52,000 | 30.54 | +11.21 | |
| BSP | Naseem Ahmad | 13,000 | 28.92 | +22.28 | |
| SP | Mohammad Hassan Roomi | 5,954 | 3.37 | -19.66 | |
| SHS | Ranjit Singh Sangar | 422 | 0.24 | +0.24 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 729 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
| Majority | 14167 | 7.12 | -2.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,76,462 | 52.58 | +4.12 | ||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | +16.52 | |||
2012[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria | 42,551 | 29.48 | ||
| SP | Mohammad Hassan Roomi | 33,243 | 23.03 | ||
| INC | Abdul Mannan Ansari | 31,122 | 21.56 | ||
| BSP | Sohil Akhtar Ansari | 26,205 | 18.15 | ||
| PECP | Mohammad Tahir Ansari | 5,371 | 3.72 | ||
| Majority | 9,308 | 6.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,44,351 | 48.46 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2007[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satish Mahana | 47,381 | 46.73 | ||
| SP | Mehtab Alam | 20,845 | 20.56 | ||
| INC | Ganesh Dixit | 15,935 | 15.72 | ||
| BSP | Narendra Singh | 13,375 | 13.19 | ||
| Independent | Raju Sonker | 1,089 | 1.07 | ||
| Majority | 26,536 | 26.17 | |||
| Turnout | 1,01,394 | 40.39 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2002[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satish Mahana | 45,839 | 45.88 | ||
| INC | Girish Kumar Trivedi | 35,774 | 35.81 | ||
| SP | Som Chandra Gupta | 12,502 | 12.51 | ||
| BSP | Mahammed Haneef | 3,578 | 3.58 | ||
| Independent | Vakeel | 700 | 0.70 | ||
| Majority | 10,065 | 10.07 | |||
| Turnout | 99,909 | 37.00 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1996[edit | edit source]
[2]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satish Mahana | 64,578 | 59.51 | ||
| BSP | Ashok Kumar Kaalia | 23,087 | 21.27 | ||
| SP | Ganesh Awasthi | 19,927 | 18.39 | ||
| ABHM | Pravin Gopal Jee | 367 | 0.34 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Natural Law Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Natural Law Party|Template:Natural Law Party/meta/shortname]] | Asim Alam | 214 | 0.20 | |
| Majority | 41,491 | 38.24 | |||
| Turnout | 1,08,498 | 42.37 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1993[edit | edit source]
[3]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satish Mahana | 59,013 | 52.19 | ||
| SP | Ganesh Dixit | 36,208 | 32.08 | ||
| INC | Sriprakash Jaiswal | 15,679 | 13.87 | ||
| JD | Laxmi Shankar | 826 | 0.73 | ||
| JP | Devendra Kumar | 209 | 0.18 | ||
| Majority | 22,805 | 20.11 | |||
| Turnout | 1,13,069 | 55.09 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
1991[edit | edit source]
[4]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satish Mahana | 33,897 | 44.60 | ||
| INC | Shyam Mishra | 17,927 | 23.59 | ||
| Independent | Ganesh Dixit | 12,661 | 16.66 | ||
| JP | Deepak Kumar | 7,703 | 10.14 | ||
| BSP | Naseem Ahmed | 2,793 | 3.68 | ||
| Majority | 15,970 | 21.01 | |||
| Turnout | 76,000 | 37.46 | |||
| BJP gain from JD | Swing | ||||
1989[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD | Ganesh Dixit | 29,511 | 38.46 | ||
| INC | Pashupati Nath Mehrotra | 21,930 | 28.58 | ||
| BJP | Hari Dixit | 16,566 | 21.59 | ||
| Independent | Babu Ram Shukla | 4,623 | 6.03 | ||
| BSP | Shiv Prasad | 2,606 | 3.40 | ||
| Majority | 7,581 | 9.88 | |||
| Turnout | 76,727 | 38.21 | |||
| JD gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1985[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pashupati Nath | 25,551 | 65.15 | ||
| [[Lok Dal|Template:Lok Dal/meta/shortname]] | Laxmi Shanker | 7,561 | 19.28 | ||
| BJP | Virbhadra Misra | 4,279 | 10.91 | ||
| JP | Deen Dayal | 548 | 1.40 | ||
| Independent | Ateekur Rahman | 400 | 1.02 | ||
| Majority | 17,990 | 45.87 | |||
| Turnout | 39,216 | 27.60 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 |  1
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| Samajwadi Party | 2 |  1
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| Indian National Congress | 1 |  0
|
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0
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