# Kanpur Cantonment Assembly constituency

Kanpur Cantonment Assembly constituency is one of 403 legislative assembly seats of the Uttar Pradesh. It is part of the Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency.

## Overview

Kanpur Cantonment comprises Kanpur (CB), Northern Railway Colony (CT), Wards No. 17, 23, 56, 58, 70, 75, 81, 84, 93, 97, 99 and 100 in Kanpur Municipal Corporation of 2- Kanpur Sadar Tehsil.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1967 | Devi Sahai Bajpai | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Manohar Lal | Bharatiya Kranti Dal |
| 1974 | Shyam Mishra | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Babu Ram Shukla | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Bhudhar Narayan Mishra | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1985 | Pashupati Nath Mehrotra | Indian National Congress |
| 1989 | Ganesh Dixit | Janata Dal |
| 1991 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1993 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1996 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2002 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2007 | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2012 | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2017 | Sohil Akhtar Ansari | Indian National Congress |
| 2022 | Mohammad Hassan Roomi | Samajwadi Party |

## Election results
### 2022

U. P. Assembly Election, 2022: Kanpur Cantt. :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SP | Mohammad Hassan Roomi | 94,729 | 49.99 | +46.62 |
| | BJP | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauriya | 74,742 | 39.44 | −1.25 |
| | INC | Sohil Akhtar Ansari | 13,279 | 7.01 | −38.99 |
| | BSP | Mohammad Shafi | 3,389 | 1.79 | −6.19 |
| | Bhartiya Samta Party | Ashish Shukla | 211 | 0.11 |
| | Jan Abhiyan Party | Jamsed | 79 | 0.04 |
| | RSPS | Mukesh Pal | 135 | 0.07 |
| | RUC | Mohd. Meraj | 116 | 0.06 |
| | AIMIM | Moinuddin | 1112 | 0.59 | N.A. |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Socialist Party | Ramesh | 178 | 0.09 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 740 | 0.39 | −0.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 19,987 | 10.55 | +5.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,89,492 | 52.44 | −0.14 |
| | SP gain from INC | SP gain from INC | Swing | +3.99 | |

### 2017

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Sohil Akhtar Ansari | 81,169 | 46.00 | +24.44 |
| | BJP | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria | 71,805 | 40.69 | +11.21 |
| | BSP | Dr.Naseem Ahmad | 14,079 | 7.98 | −10.17 |
| | SP | Mohammad Hassan Roomi | 5,954 | 3.37 | −19.66 |
| | SS | Ranjit Singh Sangar | 422 | 0.24 | +0.24 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 729 | 0.41 | +0.41 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,364 | 5.31 | −2.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,76,462 | 52.58 | +4.12 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | +16.52 | |

### 2012

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria | 42,551 | 29.48 |
| | SP | Mohammad Hassan Roomi | 33,243 | 23.03 |
| | INC | Abdul Mannan Ansari | 31,122 | 21.56 |
| | BSP | Sohil Akhtar Ansari | 26,205 | 18.15 |
| | PECP | Mohammad Tahir Ansari | 5,371 | 3.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,308 | 6.45 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,44,351 | 48.46 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2007

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Satish Mahana | 47,381 | 46.73 |
| | SP | Mehtab Alam | 20,845 | 20.56 |
| | INC | Ganesh Dixit | 15,935 | 15.72 |
| | BSP | Narendra Singh | 13,375 | 13.19 |
| | Independent | Raju Sonker | 1,089 | 1.07 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 26,536 | 26.17 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,01,394 | 40.39 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 2002

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Satish Mahana | 45,839 | 45.88 |
| | INC | Girish Kumar Trivedi | 35,774 | 35.81 |
| | SP | Som Chandra Gupta | 12,502 | 12.51 |
| | BSP | Mahammed Haneef | 3,578 | 3.58 |
| | Independent | Vakeel | 700 | 0.70 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,065 | 10.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,909 | 37.00 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1996

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 1996: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Satish Mahana | 64,578 | 59.51 |
| | BSP | Ashok Kumar Kaalia | 23,087 | 21.27 |
| | SP | Ganesh Awasthi | 19,927 | 18.39 |
| | ABHM | Pravin Gopal Jee | 367 | 0.34 |
| | Natural Law | Asim Alam | 214 | 0.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41,491 | 38.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,08,498 | 42.37 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1993

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 1993: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Satish Mahana | 59,013 | 52.19 |
| | SP | Ganesh Dixit | 36,208 | 32.08 |
| | INC | Sriprakash Jaiswal | 15,679 | 13.87 |
| | JD | Laxmi Shankar | 826 | 0.73 |
| | JP | Devendra Kumar | 209 | 0.18 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22,805 | 20.11 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,13,069 | 55.09 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |

### 1991

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 1991: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Satish Mahana | 33,897 | 44.60 |
| | INC | Shyam Mishra | 17,927 | 23.59 |
| | Independent | Ganesh Dixit | 12,661 | 16.66 |
| | JP | Deepak Kumar | 7,703 | 10.14 |
| | BSP | Naseem Ahmed | 2,793 | 3.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,970 | 21.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,000 | 37.46 |
| | BJP gain from JD | BJP gain from JD | Swing | |

### 1989

U. P. Assembly Election, 1989: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD | Ganesh Dixit | 29,511 | 38.46 |
| | INC | Pashupati Nath Mehrotra | 21,930 | 28.58 |
| | BJP | Hari Dixit | 16,566 | 21.59 |
| | Independent | Babu Ram Shukla | 4,623 | 6.03 |
| | BSP | Shiv Prasad | 2,606 | 3.40 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,581 | 9.88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 76,727 | 38.21 |
| | JD gain from INC | JD gain from INC | Swing | |

### 1985

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: Kanpur Cantonment :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Pashupati Nath | 25,551 | 65.15 |
| | LKD | Laxmi Shanker | 7,561 | 19.28 |
| | BJP | Virbhadra Misra | 4,279 | 10.91 |
| | JP | Deen Dayal | 548 | 1.40 |
| | Independent | Ateekur Rahman | 400 | 1.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,990 | 45.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,216 | 27.60 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |
U. P. Assembly Election, 2017 Kanpur Lok Sabha Constituency Summary :
| Party | Seats won | Seat change |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 1 |
| Samajwadi Party | 2 | 1 |
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 0 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 |