Agra Cantonment Assembly constituency

Agra Cantonment Assembly constituency (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 ( आगरा छावनी )
Constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictAgra
Total electors4,45,265 (2019)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year1967

Wards / Areas

Agra 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
Year Winner 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 Ramesh Kant Lawania[12]
1996 Kesho Mehra[13]
2002 Mohammad Basheer[14] Bahujan Samaj Party
2007 zulfikar Ahmed Bhutto[15]
2012 Gutiyari Lal Duwesh[16]
2017 Girraj Singh Dharmesh Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra Cantonment
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 None of the Above 2,377 0.95
NOTA 1,420 0.56
Majority
Turnout 251816
BJP hold Swing

2017
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra Cantonment
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
Remainder 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
Swing to BJP from BSP Swing -

[17]

16th Vidhan Sabha: 2012 General Elections
2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra Cantonment
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 -

[18]

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. "Machines to rule out fraud, confusion at upcoming UP polls".
  4. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1974 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  8. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  9. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1985 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  10. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  11. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1991 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  12. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1993 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  13. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  14. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2002 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  15. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2007 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  16. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH" (PDF). Eci.nic.in.
  17. Chauhan, Shubchang (12 March 2017). "Who won from Etmadpur, Fatehpur Sikri, Kheragarh and other constituencies". India.com. India WebPortal. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  18. "2012 Election Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India website. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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