Kanth Assembly constituency

Kanth
Constituency No. 25 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictMoradabad
Total electors388404 (2022)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Kamal Akhtar
PartySamajwadi Party
Elected year2022

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]

Wards / Areas

Extent 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

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

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanth
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

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Kanth
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

[6]
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections: Kanth
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

  • J. Singh (IND) : 30,583 votes [7]
  • Dau Dayal Khanna (INC) : 17,233

See also

References

  1. ^ "DPACO (1956)". Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. ^ "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Kanth Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ^ "Kanth Assembly Election 2012, Uttar Pradesh". www.empoweringindia.org. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967".
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