# Agra Cantonment Assembly constituency

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". VVPAT facility with EVMs will arrive in the 2017 U.P assembly polls.

## 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.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Name | Party |
| 1967 | H.H.N.A.A.H. Babu | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Deoki Nandan Bibav | Indian National Congress |
| 1974 | Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
| 1985 | Krishna Vir Singh Kaushal | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Hardwar Dubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1991 | Hardwar Dubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Ramesh Kant Lawania | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Kesho Mehra | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2002 | Mohammad Basheer | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2007 | Zulfikar Ahmed Bhutto | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2012 | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 2017 | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2022 | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra Cantonment :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 48,697 | 19.34 | +1.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 251,816 | 53.9 | −5.23 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | | |

### 2017

2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Girraj Singh Dharmesh | 113,178 | 44.77 | +15.37 |
| | BSP | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | 66,853 | 26.44 | −6.03 |
| | SP | Mamata Kaudan | 64,683 | 25.59 | +3.89 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,185 | 0.47 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46,325 | 18.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 252,816 | 59.13 | |
| | BJP gain from BSP | BJP gain from BSP | Swing | - | |

### 2012

2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Agra Cantonment :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 6,415 | 3.07 | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 208,739 | 54.44 | − |
| | BSP hold | BSP hold | Swing | - | |