Kanpur (Division Graduates Constituency)

Kanpur Division Graduates Constituency (Hindi: कानपुर खंड स्नातक निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of 100 Legislative Council seats in Uttar Pradesh. This constituency covers Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat and Unnao district.

Member of Legislative Council

• 1916: Rai Bahadur Anand Swarup, Independent
• 1922: Rai Bahadur Anand Swarup, Independent
• 1928: Rai Bahadur Anand Swarup, Independent
• 1932: Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup, Independent
• 1938: Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup, Independent
• 1944: Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup, Independent
• 1950: Rai Bahadur Dr. Brijendra Swarup, Independent
• 1956: Dr. Virendra Swarup, Independent
• 1962: Dr. Virendra Swarup, Independent
• 1968: Dr. Virendra Swarup, Independent
• 1974: Dr. Virendra Swarup, Independent
• 1980: Jagendra Swarup, Independent
• 1986: Jagendra Swarup, Independent
• 1992: Jagendra Swarup, Independent
• 1998: Jagendra Swarup, Independent
• 2004: Jagendra Swarup, Independent
• 2010: Jagendra Swarup, Independent
• 2015: Arun Pathak, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

U.P. Legislative Council By Election, 2015: Kanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Pathak	25,133	36.92
	Independent	Manvendra Swarup	23,317	34.25
	Independent	Dr. Vivek Dwivedi	10,242	15.04
	Independent	Dr. Awdhesh Pratap Singh	4,933	7.24
	Independent	Gyanendra Shukla	1,045	1.53
	NOTA	None of the above	73	0.10
Majority			1,816	2.67
Turnout			68,063	30.44
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

References

• http://www.thestatesman.net/news/100896-Kanpur-LC-bypolls--8-6-per-cent-voting-till-noon.html
• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/MLC-graduate-constituency-elections/news/
• http://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/kanpur-legislative-council-bypoll-bjp-backed-arun-pathak-wins/articleshow/45991607.cms
• http://myneta.info/upmlc/candidate.php?candidate_id=54