Generalganj Assembly constituency

Generalganj
Generalganj
Former constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Nagar
Established	1967
Abolished	2012

Generalganj (Assembly constituency) was a legislative assembly of Uttar Pradesh.^[1] As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Generalganj (Assembly constituency) ceased to exist in 2012.

Member of Legislative Assembly

	Neme	Party
1967	Ganga Ram Talwar	Bhartiya Jan Sangh
1969	Ganesh Dutt Bajpai	Indian National Congress
1977	Reoti Raman Rastogi	Janata Party
1980	Suman Lata Dixit^[2]	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Virendra Nath Dixit	Indian National Congress
1989	Virendra Nath Dixit	Janata Dal
1991	Neeraj Chaturvedi	Bharatiya Janata Party
1993	Neeraj Chaturvedi	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Neeraj Chaturvedi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Salil Vishnoi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2007	Salil Vishnoi	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2007

2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Generalganj^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Salil Vishnoi	29,461	40.00
	SP	Surendra Mohan Agarwal	26,977	36.63
	INC	Abdul Mannan Ansari	11,355	15.42
	BSP	Sarvesh Shukla	4,209	5.71
	Independent	Mumtaz Ahmad Siddiqui	380	0.51
Majority			2,484	3.37
Turnout			73,637	41.55
	BJP hold		Swing

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2002: Generalganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Salil Vishnoi	28,854	36.14
	INC	Abdul Mannan Ansari	27,823	34.85
	SP	Surendra Mohan Agarwal	19,475	24.40
	BSP	Asif Hussain	2,084	2.61
	Independent	Anwari Kinnar	497	0.62
Majority			1,031	1.29
Turnout			79,830	39.11
	BJP hold		Swing

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1996: Generalganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Neeraj Chaturvedi	37,411	39.65
	SP	Surendra Mohan Agarwal	34,664	36.74
	BSP	Ashok Kumar Dixit	20,523	21.75
	Natural Law	Mohammad Naseem	846	0.90
	Independent	Mohammad Suleman	549	0.58
Majority			2,747	2.91
Turnout			94,349	47.21
	BJP hold		Swing

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1993: Generalganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Neeraj Chaturvedi	45,254	46.10
	SP	Anant Misra Antu	38,090	38.80
	INC	Shyam Mishra	12,114	12.34
	JD	Virendra Nath Dixit	1,327	1.35
	SS	Subodh Kumar Chopra	340	0.35
Majority			7,164	7.30
Turnout			98,161	56.10
	BJP hold		Swing

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1991: Generalganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Neeraj Chaturvedi	38,816	53.00
	INC	Sita Ram Dixit	13,958	19.06
	JP	Syed Mohammad Ahamad	13,376	18.26
	Independent	Shanker Datt Mishra	3,176	4.34
	BSP	Mohammad Raza	2,405	3.28
Majority			24,858	33.94
Turnout			73,235	42.20
	BJP gain from JD		Swing

1989

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1989: Generalganj^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Virendra Nath Dixit	21,653	29.30
	INC	Ragendra Swarup	18,796	25.44
	BJP	Neeraj Chaturvedi	18,274	24.73
	IND.	Mohammad Raza	12,450	16.85
	BSP	Ram Asrey	1,668	2.26
Majority			2,857	3.86
Turnout			73,889	44.78
	JD gain from INC		Swing

1985

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 1985: Generalganj^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Virendra Nath Dixit	23,262	52.33
	BJP	Babu Ram Shukla	14,244	32.04
	LKD	Babu Badre	4,391	9.88
	JP	Bharat Singh	1,612	3.63
	Independent	Irshad Ali	383	0.86
Majority			9,018	20.29
Turnout			44,455	31.89
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
^ "State Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ "State Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "State Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ "State Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

26°28′N 80°21′E / 26.47°N 80.35°E / 26.47; 80.35

[delimitation1976-1] "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976". Election Commission of India. 1 December 1976. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

[election1980-2] "State Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[election2007-3] "State Election, 2007 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 April 2023.

[election1989-4] "State Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[election1985-5] "State Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly Of Uttar Pradesh". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

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