Meerut Cantt. Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. It is a part of the Meerut district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Meerut Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" order was passed and the constituency was constituted in 1956.[1] The constituency was assigned identification number 47 after the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" was passed.[2][3] In 1991 elections were not held in this constituency.[4]
| Meerut Cantt. | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 47 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| District | Meerut |
| Established | 1956 |
| Total electors | 4,19,362 (2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2022 |
Wards / Areas
editExtent of Meerut Cantt. Assembly constituency is Meerut (CB) & Ward Nos. 1, 6 to 9, 18, 23, 26, 30, 32, 37, 40, 44, 52, 59, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67 & 70 in Meerut (M Corp.) of Meerut Tehsil.[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Prakashwati Sood | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | V. Tyagi | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Uma Datt Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1974 | Ajit Singh Sethi | ||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | Pramatma Sharan Mittal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1991 | –
| ||
| 1993 | Amit Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1996 | |||
| 2002 | Satya Prakash Agarwal | ||
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Amit Agarwal | ||
Election results
edit2022
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Amit Agarwal | 162,032 | 66.27 | +10.34 | |
| RLD | Manisha Ahlawat | 43,960 | 17.98 | +16.35 | |
| BSP | Amit Sharma | 28,519 | 11.66 | −11.93 | |
| INC | Avnish Kajla | 5,096 | 2.08 | −14.66 | |
| AAP | Madan Singh Maan | 1,257 | 0.51 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,075 | 0.44 | ||
| Majority | 1,18,072 | 48.29 | |||
| Turnout | 2,44,493 | 56.84 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satya Prakash Agarwal | 1,32,518 | 55.93 | +21.07 | |
| BSP | Satendra Solanki | 55,899 | 23.59 | −9.49 | |
| INC | Ramesh Dhingra | 39,650 | 16.74 | −5.24 | |
| RLD | Sanjeev Dhama | 3,851 | 1.63 | +1.63 | |
| IND. | Vinod Kumar Chaudhary | 950 | 0.40 | +0.40 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,110 | 0.47 | +0.47 | |
| Margin of victory | 76,619 | 32.34 | +30.56 | ||
| Turnout | 2,36,999 | 58.98 | +0.39 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +21.07 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satya Prakash Agarwal | 70,820 | 34.86 | ||
| BSP | Sunil Kumar Wadhwa | 67,207 | 33.08 | ||
| INC | Ramesh Dhingra | 44,659 | 21.98 | ||
| SP | Anil Kumar | 9,699 | 4.77 | ||
| IND. | Manjeet Singh Kochher | 1,729 | 0.85 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,613 | 1.78 | |||
| Turnout | 2,03,150 | 58.59 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ "DPACO (1956)" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Delimitation Old & New, 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India official website. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "All MLAs from Assembly constituency". Elections.in. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ^ "Meerut Cantt. Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
External links
edit- "Results of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.