Meerut Cantonment Assembly constituency
{{Short description|Constituency of Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Meerut Cantt.
| constituency_no = 47
| map_image = 47-Meerut Cantonment.svg
| mla = Amit Agarwal
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance = NDA
| latest_election_year = 2022
| established = 1956
| state = Uttar Pradesh
| district = Meerut
| reservation = None
| electors = 4,19,362 (2019)
| type= SLA
}}Meerut Cantt. Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Meerut district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Meerut Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" order was passed and the constituency was constituted in 1956.{{cite news|title=DPACO (1956)|publisher=Election Commission of India official website|access-date=11 Oct 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/eci_publications/books/deli/DPACO-56-DCI.pdf}} The constituency was assigned identification number 47 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed.{{cite news|title= Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008|publisher= Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh|access-date= 11 Oct 2015|url= http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111113181505/http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/Instructions/delimitation_Old_New.pdf|archive-date= 13 November 2011|url-status= dead}}{{cite news|title= Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |publisher=Election Commission of India official website|access-date=11 Oct 2015|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf}} In 1991 elections were not held in this constituency.{{cite news|title=All MLAs from Assembly constituency|publisher=Elections.in|access-date=11 Oct 2015|url=http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/meerut-cantt.html}}
Wards / Areas
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| class="wikitable"
!Year ! colspan="2" |Party |
| 1957
| rowspan="2" |Prakashwati Sood | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | rowspan="2" |Indian National Congress |
| 1962 |
| 1967
|V. Tyagi |style="background-color: {{party color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}" | |
| 1969
|Uma Datt Sharma | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | | rowspan="3" |Indian National Congress |
| 1974
| rowspan="4" |Ajit Singh Sethi |
| 1977 |
| 1980
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" | |
| 1985
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |
| 1989
|Pramatma Sharan Mittal |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |
| 1991
| colspan="3" |{{Center|–}} |
| 1993
| rowspan="2" |Amit Agarwal | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | rowspan="2" |Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 |
| 2002
| rowspan="4" |Satya Prakash Agarwal | rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | rowspan="4" |Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2007 |
| 2012 |
| 2017 |
| 2022
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | | rowspan="7" |Bharatiya Janata Party |
Election results
= 2022 =
{{Election box begin | title=2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Meerut Cantonment }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMar2022/ConstituencywiseS2447.htm?ac=47
|candidate =Amit Agarwal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 1,62,032
|percentage = 66.27
|change = +10.34
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Manisha Ahlawat
|party = Rashtriya Lok Dal
|votes = 43,960
|percentage = 17.98
|change = +16.35
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Amit Sharma
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 28,519
|percentage = 11.66
|change = -11.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Avnish Kajla
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 5,096
|percentage = 2.08
|change = -14.66
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Madan Singh Maan
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|votes = 1,257
|percentage = 0.51
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the Above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1,075
|percentage = 0.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,18,072
|percentage = 48.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,44,493
|percentage = 56.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janta Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2017=
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Meerut Cantonment}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Satya Prakash Agarwal
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes =
|percentage = 55.93
|change = +21.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Satendra Solanki
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 55,899
|percentage = 23.59
|change = -9.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Ramesh Dhingra
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 39,650
|percentage = 16.74
|change = -5.24
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Sanjeev Dhama
|party = Rashtriya Lok Dal
|votes = 3,851
|percentage = 1.63
|change = +1.63
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|candidate = Vinod Kumar Chaudhary
|party = IND.
|votes = 950
|percentage = 0.40
|change = +0.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the Above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1,110
|percentage = 0.47
|change = +0.47
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 76,619
|percentage = 32.34
|change = +30.56
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,36,999
|percentage = 58.98
|change = +0.39
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing = +21.07
}}
{{Election box end}}
= 2012 =
{{Election box begin | title=U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Meerut Cantt.}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = Satya Prakash Agarwal
| votes = 70,820
| percentage = 34.86
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bahujan Samaj Party
| candidate = Sunil Kumar Wadhwa
| votes = 67,207
| percentage = 33.08
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = Ramesh Dhingra
| votes = 44,659
| percentage = 21.98
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Anil Kumar
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 9,699
|percentage = 4.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = IND.
| candidate = Manjeet Singh Kochher
| votes = 1,729
| percentage = 0.85
| change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
| votes = 3,613
| percentage = 1.78
| change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 2,03,150
| percentage = 58.59
| change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
- Meerut Lok Sabha constituency
- Meerut district
- Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/92-uttar-pradesh/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
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