Agra Cantonment (a.k.a. Agra Cantt.) is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Agra district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Agra Lok Sabha constituency. First assembly elections in the Agra Cantonment assembly constituency were conducted in 1967, and the extant and serial number of this constituency was last defined in "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008".[1][2] VVPAT facility with EVMs will arrive in the 2017 U.P assembly polls.[3]
| Agra Cantonment | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 87 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Agra |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 4,45,265 (2019) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Wards / Areas
editAgra Cantt. assembly constituency comprises "Agra CB" and Ward numbers 2, 3, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 24, 34, 40, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 54, 60, 65 & 68 in Agra municipal corporation.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | H.H.N.A.A.H. Babu[4] | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Deoki Nandan Bibav[5] | ||
| 1974[6] | Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal | ||
| 1977[7] | |||
| 1980[8] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985[9] | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989[10] | Hardwar Dubey | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991[11] | |||
| 1993[12] | Ramesh Kant Lawania | ||
| 1996[13] | Kesho Mehra | ||
| 2002[14] | Mohammad Basheer | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2007[15] | Zulfikar Ahmed Bhutto | ||
| 2012 | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh[16] | ||
| 2017 | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | 117,796 | 46.78 | +2.01 | |
| SP | Kunwar Chand Vakil | 69,099 | 27.44 | +1.86 | |
| BSP | Bhartendra Arun | 54,409 | 21.61 | −4.83 | |
| INC | Sikandar Singh Valmiki | 5,590 | 2.22 | ||
| NOTA | 1,420 | 0.56 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 251816 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | 1,13,178 | 44.77 | +15.37 | |
| BSP | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | 66,853 | 26.44 | −6.03 | |
| SP | Mamata Kaudan | 64,683 | 25.58 | +3.89 | |
| Remaining eleven candidates | 6,917 | 2.73 | |||
| None of the Above | NOTA | 1,185 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 46,325 | 18.33 | +15.26 | ||
| Turnout | 2,52,850 | 59.14 | |||
| BJP gain from BSP | Swing | - | |||
2012
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | 67,786 | 32.47 | − | |
| BJP | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | 61,371 | 29.40 | − | |
| SP | Chander Sen | 44,684 | 21.89 | − | |
| Remainder thirteen candidates | 33,898 | 16.24 | − | ||
| Majority | 6,415 | 3.07 | − | ||
| Turnout | 208,739 | 54.44 | − | ||
| BSP hold | Swing | - | |||
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Machines to rule out fraud, confusion at upcoming UP polls". The Times of India. 13 December 2016.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1974 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1991 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1993 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
- ^ Chauhan, Shubchang (12 March 2017). "Who won from Etmadpur, Fatehpur Sikri, Kheragarh and other constituencies". India.com. India WebPortal. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
External links
edit- "Election results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.