Meerut Cantonment Assembly constituency
Constituency of Uttar Pradesh, India
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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
Extent 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
| 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 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| 2022 | Amit Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2027
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIA | |||||
| NDA | |||||
| BSP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
2022
| 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 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,075 | 0.44 | −0.03 | |
| Majority | 118,072 | 48.29 | +15.95 | ||
| Turnout | 244,493 | 56.84 | −2.12 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Satya Prakash Agarwal | 132,518 | 55.93 | ||
| BSP | Satendra Solanki | 55,899 | 23.59 | ||
| INC | Ramesh Dhingra | 39,650 | 16.74 | ||
| RLD | Sanjeev Dhama | 3,851 | 1.63 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,110 | 0.47 | ||
| Majority | 76,619 | 32.34 | |||
| Turnout | 236,926 | 58.96 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | +21.07 | |||
2012
| 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 | ||||
