Seat record · Vidhan Sabha

Kanth

Assembly constituency 25 (GEN) · Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests, 2002–2022

State boardUttar Pradesh 2022

Held by

Kamal Akhtar · 2022

Contests

2002–2022

Parties that won

Across all 5 contests

Median margin

4.0pp

Over all 5 contests

Margin 2022

43,178votes

15.8 pp of votes polled

Turnout 2022

69.9%

Seat median 66.4% over 5 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Oldest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 35.0 pp

2002
4.0 pp
Ajit Kumar Urf Raju YadavJanata Dal (United)by 5,181 votes
2007
35.0 pp
Mulayam Singh YadavSamajwadi Partyby 31,647 votes
2012
0.8 pp
AneesurrehmanPeace Partyby 1,534 votes
2017
0.9 pp
Rajesh Kumar Singh (CHUNNU)Bharatiya Janata Partyby 2,348 votes
2022
15.8 pp
Kamal AkhtarSamajwadi Partyby 43,178 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

Top 8 by wins · 28 parties and independents

SP 2 of 540% won · 2 second BJP 1 of 333.3% won · 1 second JD(U) 1 of 333.3% won PECP 1 of 333.3% won IND 0 of 160% won BSP 0 of 50% won · 2 second INC 0 of 40% won RLD 0 of 30% won

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

SP won 2 of 5 contests on record (40.0%).
wins by party: SP 2 · BJP 1 · JD(U) 1 · PECP 1 · 2 ÷ 5 = 40.0%
The seat changed party 4 times in 4 successive pairs of contests.
2002 JD(U) → 2007 SP → 2012 PECP → 2017 BJP → 2022 SP
The closest contest was 2012 at 0.8 pp; the widest 2007 at 35.0 pp.
min / max of margin % over 5 contests
The 2022 margin of 15.8 pp was 11.8 pp above the seat's median of 4.0 pp.
15.8 − 4.0 = +11.8
Turnout moved from 57.6% in 2002 to 69.9% in 2022, +12.3 pp.
69.9 − 57.6 = +12.3

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 66.4%

2002 57.6%

2007 35.6%

2012 66.4%

2017 70.8%

2022 69.9%

[05]Every contest

5 rows · most recent first

Every Vidhan Sabha contest on record for Kanth, Uttar Pradesh
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
2022	Kamal Akhtar	Samajwadi Party	43,178	15.8	69.9
2017	Rajesh Kumar Singh (CHUNNU)	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,348	0.9	70.8
2012	Aneesurrehman	Peace Party	1,534	0.8	66.4
2007	Mulayam Singh Yadav	Samajwadi Party	31,647	35.0	35.6
2002	Ajit Kumar Urf Raju Yadav	Janata Dal (United)	5,181	4.0	57.6

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 43,178 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha · Kanth, Uttar Pradesh · 5 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built