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About Kanth Assembly Constituency
Kanth is constituency No. 25 of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly. It is situated in Moradabad district and comes under Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency.
According to data with the Election Commission of India, Kanth has 3,02,267 registered voters. It comprises 1,66,877 male and 1,35,383 female registered voters.
In the 2012 Assembly elections, the Peace Party won this constituency by a narrow margin of 1,534 votes. Aneesurrehman, the winning candidate, got 37,092 votes. Rizwan Ahmad Khan of BSP, the nearest contender, got 35,558 votes. The voter turnout was 66.41 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kanth Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kanth assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2017 | 25 | Kanth | GEN | Rajesh Kumar Singh (Chunnu) | M | BJP | 76307 | Aneesurrehman | M | SP | 73959 |
| 2012 | 25 | Kanth | GEN | Aneesurrehman | M | PECP | 37092 | Rizwan Ahmad Khan | M | BSP | 35558 |
| 2007 | 8 | Kanth | GEN | Rizwan Ahmad Khan | M | BSP | 37945 | Abhinay Chaudhary | M | RLD | 21817 |
| 2002 | 8 | Kanth | GEN | Rizwan Ahmed Khan | M | BSP | 48011 | Rajesh Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 38433 |
| 1996 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Rajesh Kumar Urf Chunnu | M | BJP | 63233 | Rizwan Ahmad Khan | M | BSP | 51562 |
| 1993 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Mahboob Ali | M | JP | 31498 | Thakur Pal Singh | M | BJP | 30022 |
| 1991 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Thakur Pal Singh | M | BJP | 26523 | Rajesh Kumar | M | JD | 26261 |
| 1989 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Chandra Pal Singh | M | JD | 28701 | Samar Pal Singh | M | INC | 17845 |
| 1985 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Samar Pal Singh | M | INC | 30511 | Ram Krishna | M | IND | 19455 |
| 1980 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Ram Kishan | M | INC(U) | 19039 | Her Govind Singh | M | IND | 12414 |
| 1977 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Hargovind Singh | M | JNP | 19081 | Naunihal Singh | M | INC | 16552 |
| 1974 | 24 | Kanth | GEN | Chandra Pal Singh | M | BKD | 22122 | Naunihal Singh | M | INC | 14801 |
| 1969 | 25 | Kanth | GEN | Nau Nihal Singh | M | BKD | 21550 | Chandra Pal Singh | M | INC | 12551 |
| 1967 | 25 | Kanth | GEN | J. Singh | M | IND | 30583 | D. Dayal | M | INC | 17233 |
| 1962 | 25 | Kanth | GEN | Daudayal Khanna | M | INC | 15534 | Khyali Ram | M | IND | 7636 |
| 1957 | 60 | Kanth | GEN | Jitendra Pratap Singh | M | INC | | Uncontested | | | |
Last Updated on February 3, 2023