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.[1][2][3][4]
| Kanth | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 25 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Moradabad |
| Total electors | 388404 (2022) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Samajwadi Party |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Wards / Areas
editExtent 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.[3]
Members of Vidhan Sabha
edit| Year | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Jitendra Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Daudayal Khanna | ||
| 1967 | Jitendra Pratap | Independent | |
| 1969 | Nau Nihal Singh | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
| 1974 | Chandra Pal Singh | ||
| 1977 | Hargovind Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ram Kishan | Indian National Congress (U) | |
| 1985 | Samar Pal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | Chandra Pal Singh | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | Thakur Pal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1993 | Mehboob Ali | Janata Party | |
| 1996 | Rajesh Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Rizwan Ahmad Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | Aneesurrehman | Peace Party of India | |
| 2017 | Rajesh Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | Kamal Akhtar | Samajwadi Party | |
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP | Kamal Akhtar | 134,692 | 49.19% | ||
| BJP | Rajesh Kumar Singh | 91,514 | 33.42% | ||
| BSP | Afaaq Ali Khan | 36,341 | 13.27% | ||
| Loktantra Suraksha Party | Kailash Kumar Saini | 2,208 | 0.81% | ||
| INC | Mohd Israr | 1,470 | 0.54% | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,031 | 0.38% | ||
| Majority | 43,178 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,73,839 | ||||
| SP gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
2017
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rajesh Kumar Singh | 76307 | 30.29% | ||
| SP | Aneesurrehman | 73959 | 29.36% | ||
| BSP | Mohd Nasir | 43820 | 17.40% | ||
| AIMIM | Fizaullah Chaudhary | 22908 | 9.09% | ||
| NOTA | NOTA | 1199 | 0.48% | ||
| Majority | 2348 | 0.93% | |||
| Turnout | 253108 | 73.17% | |||
| BJP gain from PECP | Swing | ||||
2012
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PECP | Aneesurrehman | 37092 | 18.48% | ||
| BSP | Rizwan Ahmed Khan | 35558 | 17.72% | ||
| SP | Fizaullah Choudhary | 30690 | 15.29% | ||
| Majority | 37092 | 18.48% | |||
| Turnout | 2,00,721 | 67% | |||
1967
edit- J. Singh (IND) : 30,583 votes [7]
- Dau Dayal Khanna (INC) : 17,233
See also
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References
edit- ^ "DPACO (1956)". Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Kanth Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "Kanth Assembly Election 2012, Uttar Pradesh". www.empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967".
External links
edit- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.