# Kanpur Graduates constituency

Kanpur Graduates Constituency is one of 100 Legislative Council seats in Uttar Pradesh, India. This constituency covers Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat and Unnao district.

## Members of the Legislative Council

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1916 | Rai Bahadur Anand Swarup | Independent |
| 1922 | Rai Bahadur Anand Swarup | Independent |
| 1928 | Rai Bahadur Anand Swarup | Independent |
| 1932 | Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1938 | Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1944 | Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1950 | Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1956 | Dr. Virendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1962 | Dr. Virendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1968 | Dr. Virendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1974 | Dr. Virendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1980 | Jagendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1986 | Jagendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1992 | Jagendra Swarup | Independent |
| 1998 | Jagendra Swarup | Independent |
| 2004 | Jagendra Swarup | Independent |
| 2010 | Jagendra Swarup | Independent |
| 2015* | Arun Pathak | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2017 | Arun Pathak | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2023 | Arun Pathak | Bharatiya Janata Party |
* *By Election in January 2015.

## Election results

U. P. Legislative Council Election, 2023: Kanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Arun Pathak | 62,601 | 81.72 |
| | SP | Kamlesh Yadav | 9,316 | 12.16 |
| | INC | Neha Singh Sachan | 2,380 | 3.11 |
| | Independent | Rajesh Gautam | 1,043 | 1.36 |
| | Independent | Kamlesh Yadav | 333 | 0.44 |
| | Independent | Santosh Tiwari | 320 | 0.42 |
| | Independent | Praveen Kumar Srivastava | 311 | 0.41 |
| | Independent | Jaya Sachan | 131 | 0.17 |
| | Independent | Mohammad Mashroof | 89 | 0.12 |
| | Independent | Mahesh Vishwakarma | 64 | 0.08 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | N/A | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53,285 | 69.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,608 | 40.93 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |
U. P. Legislative Council Election, 2017: Kanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Arun Pathak | 40,633 | 55.24 |
| | Independent | Manvendra Swarup | 31,479 | 42.80 |
| | Independent | Arun Kumar Pathak | 569 | 0.77 |
| | Independent | Vivek Katiyar | 227 | 0.30 |
| | Independent | Dr. Maha Dev | 166 | 0.22 |
| | Independent | Praveen Kumar Srivastava | 112 | 0.15 |
| | Independent | Jaiprakash Sahu | 81 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Deep Kumar Shukla | 72 | 0.09 |
| | Independent | Ashish Kumar Pandey | 47 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Tariq Rahman | 44 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Ram Bharat | 26 | 0.03 |
| | Independent | Maya Kaushal | 24 | 0.03 |
| | Independent | Naqi Haider | 18 | 0.02 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 53 | 0.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,154 | 12.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,551 | 54.60 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |
U.P. Legislative Council By Election, 2015: Kanpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Arun Pathak | 25,133 | 36.92 |
| | Independent | Manvendra Swarup | 23,317 | 34.25 |
| | Independent | Dr. Vivek Dwivedi | 10,242 | 15.04 |
| | Independent | Dr. Awdhesh Pratap Singh | 4,933 | 7.24 |
| | Independent | Gyanendra Shukla | 1,045 | 1.53 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 73 | 0.10 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,816 | 2.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,063 | 30.44 |
| | BJP gain from Independent | BJP gain from Independent | Swing | |