Kannauj Assembly constituency

Kannauj
Constituency No. 198 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kannauj
Total electors	4,28,851
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Asim Arun
Party	BJP
Elected year	2022

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

Year	Member [4]	Party
1952	Kali Charan Tandon		Indian National Congress
1957	Dwarka		Praja Socialist Party
	Hori Lal
1962	Pati Ram		Indian National Congress
1967
1969	Beharilal Dohare		Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1974	Jhamlal Ahirwar		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1980	Beharilal Dohare		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1989	Kalyan Singh Dohare		Janata Dal
1991	Banwari Lal Dohre		Bharatiya Janata Party
1993
1996
2002	Kalyan Singh Dohare		Samajwadi Party
2007	Anil Kumar Dohre
2012
2017
2022	Asim Arun		Bharatiya Janata Party

== Election results ==

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kannauj ^[3]

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

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election: Kannauj ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asim Arun	120,876	44.53	+5.35
	SP	Anil Kumar Doharey	114,786	42.29	+2.12
	BSP	Samar Jeet Dohare	26,239	9.67	−8.14
	AIMIM	Sunil Kumar	4,482	1.65
	NOTA	None of the above	1,674	0.62	−0.07
Majority			6,090	2.24	+1.25
Turnout			271,435	63.29	−1.05
	BJP gain from SP		Swing

2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kannauj ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SP	Anil Kumar Dohare	99,635	40.17
	BJP	Banwari Lal Dohare	97,181	39.18
	BSP	Anurag Singh	44,182	17.81
	NOTA	None of the above	1,706	0.69
Majority			2,454	0.99
Turnout			248,056	64.34
	SP hold		Swing

References

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.
4. "Kannauj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

External links

• "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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