Kannauj Assembly constituency

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Kannauj
Constituency No. 198 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictKannauj
Total electors4,28,851
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Elected year2022

Kannauj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kannauj in the Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[1][2]

Kannauj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 198 amongst 403 constituencies.

Currently this seat belongs to BJP candidate Asim Arun who won in last Assembly election of 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Samajwadi Party candidate.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Party
1974 Jham Lal Ahirwar Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Jham Lal Ahirwar Janata Party
1980 Behari Lal Dohare Indian National Congress
1985 Behari Lal Dohare Indian National Congress
1989 Kaliyan Singh Dohare Janata Dal
1991 Banwari Lal Dohre Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Banwari Lal Dohre Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Banwari Lal Dohre Bharatiya Janata Party
2002 Kalyan Singh Dohare Samajwadi Party
2007 Anil Kumar Dohre Samajwadi Party
2012 Anil Kumar Dohre Samajwadi Party
2017 Anil Kumar Dohre Samajwadi Party
2022 Asim Arun Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results[edit]

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kannauj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP ASIM ARUN 120876 44.53
SP ANIL KUMAR DOHAREY 114786 42.29
BSP SAMAR JEET DOHARE 26239 9.67
INC VINEETA DEVI 1786 0.66
NOTA NOTA 1674 0.62
Majority 6090
Turnout
BJP hold Swing

2017[edit]

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kannauj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SP Anil Kumar Dohare 99635 40.44
BJP Banwari Lal Dohare 97181 39.45
BSP Anurag Singh 44182 17.93
NOTA NOTA 1706 0.69
Majority 2454
Turnout
SP hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  3. ^ "State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

External links[edit]

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