Agra Cantonment Assembly constituency
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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 | |
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| 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
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
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967[4] | H.H.N.A.A.H. Babu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969[5] | Deoki Nandan Bibav | ||
| 1974[6] | Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal | ||
| 1977[7] | |||
| 1980[8] | Indian National Congress (Indira) | ||
| 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[16] | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | ||
| 2017 | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2022 | |||
Election results
2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | 117,796 | 46.78 | +2.01 | |
| SP | Kunwar Chand Vakil | 69,099 | 27.44 | +1.85 | |
| BSP | Bhartendra Arun | 54,409 | 21.61 | −4.83 | |
| INC | Sikandar Singh Valmiki | 5,590 | 2.22 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,420 | 0.56 | +0.09 | |
| Majority | 48,697 | 19.34 | +1.01 | ||
| Turnout | 251,816 | 53.9 | −5.23 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | 113,178 | 44.77 | ||
| BSP | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | 66,853 | 26.44 | ||
| SP | Mamata Kaudan | 64,683 | 25.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,185 | 0.47 | ||
| Majority | 46,325 | 18.33 | |||
| Turnout | 252,816 | 59.13 | |||
| BJP gain from BSP | Swing | - | |||
2012
| 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
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