Kannauj Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Kannauj

| map_image = 198-Kannauj.svg

| state = Uttar Pradesh

| type = SLA

| electors = 4,28,851

| constituency_no = 198

| district = Kannauj

| reservation = SC

| mla = Asim Arun

| party = BJP

| latest_election_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.{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3471-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2017/ |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=State Election, 2017 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=26 March 2022}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14185-uttar-pradesh-general-legislative-election-2022/ |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=State Election, 2022 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh |website=eci.gov.in |accessdate=4 March 2023}}

Members of Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Member{{Cite web |title=Kannauj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/kannauj.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Elections in India}}

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Kali Charan Tandon

| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

rowspan="2" |1957

|Dwarka

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Praja Socialist Party

Hori Lal
1962

| rowspan="2" |Pati Ram

| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

| rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress

1967
1969

|Beharilal Dohare

| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Kranti Dal}}" |

|Bharatiya Kranti Dal

1974

| rowspan="2" |Jhamlal Ahirwar

| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}" |

|Bharatiya Jana Sangh

1977

| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |

|Janata Party

1980

| rowspan="2" |Beharilal Dohare

| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |

|Indian National Congress (I)

1985

| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

1989

|Kalyan Singh Dohare

| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |

|Janata Dal

1991

| rowspan="3" |Banwari Lal Dohre

| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

| rowspan="3" |Bharatiya Janata Party

1993
1996
2002

|Kalyan Singh Dohare

| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |

| rowspan="4" |Samajwadi Party

2007

| rowspan="3" |Anil Kumar Dohre

2012
2017
2022

|Asim Arun

| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

{{Election box begin | title=2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kannauj}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = ASIM ARUN

|votes = 120876

|percentage = 44.53

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Samajwadi Party

|candidate = ANIL KUMAR DOHAREY

|votes = 114786

|percentage = 42.29

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = SAMAR JEET DOHARE

|votes = 26239

|percentage = 9.67

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = VINEETA DEVI

|votes = 1786

|percentage = 0.66

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = NOTA

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1674

|percentage = 0.62

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6090

|percentage =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = BJP

|loser = Samajwadi Party

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{{Election box end}}

= 2017 =

{{Election box begin | title=2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kannauj}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Samajwadi Party

|candidate = Anil Kumar Dohare

|votes = 99635

|percentage = 40.44

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Banwari Lal Dohare

|votes = 97181

|percentage = 39.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Anurag Singh

|votes = 44182

|percentage = 17.93

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = NOTA

|party = None of the above

|votes = 1706

|percentage = 0.69

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2454

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Samajwadi Party

|loser = BJP

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{{Election box end}}

References

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