Kannauj Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result Highlights: The counting of votes took place in the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh on June 4, 2024. The high-profile constituency went to polls on May 13, 2024, and recorded a voter turnout of 61.08 per cent. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav defeated his nearest rival BJP candidate Subrat Pathak by over 170922 votes. Yadav polled 642292 votes and Pathak got 471370 votes. BSP candidate Imran Bin Zafar finished third with 81639 votes. The Kannauj seat was long seen as a Samajwadi Party bastion until the BJP’s Subrat Pathak defeated Dimple Yadav in 2019 by less than 14,000 votes.
Kannauj Election Result 2024 Highlights: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav won and BJP’s Subrat Pathak lost.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav defeated his nearest rival BJP candidate Subrat Pathak by over 170922 votes. Yadav polled 642292 votes and Pathak got 471370 votes. BSP candidate Imran Bin Zafar finished third with 81639 votes.
At 05:55 PM, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party is leading from Kannauj. He has received 637268 votes.
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, including the Kannauj constituency, were held in all seven phases. Specifically, the Kannauj constituency saw its elections in Phase 4 on May 13, 2024. In the previous 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Kannauj recorded a voter turnout of 60.86%.
Akhilesh Yadav himself has triumphed thrice from the Kannauj constituency, a domain previously held by his father. He maintained this grip from 2000 to 2012 until assuming the role of CM. His wife, Dimple Yadav, then effortlessly secured victory in a bypoll in 2012 and reclaimed the seat in 2014, only to concede it to Subrat Pathak in 2019.
For decades, the constituency has remained steadfastly loyal to the SP. In 1967, Ram Manohar Lohia clinched victory under the banner of the Samyukta Socialist Party. Subsequently, the Janata Party secured the seat on two occasions.
However, the tide turned in favor of the SP, establishing it as their stronghold, thanks to the strategic maneuvers of Akhilesh’s father, the former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has a lead of 3,442 votes over BJP‘s Subrat Pathak in Kannauj LS seat in Uttar Pradesh, according to Election Commission.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha general elections, Subrat Pathak of the BJP won this constituency, defeating Dimple Yadav of the SP by a margin of 12,353 votes, which was 1.08% of the total votes cast. In 2014, Dimple Yadav of the SP won this seat, beating Subrat Pathak of the BJP by a margin of 19,907 votes, which was 1.79% of the total votes polled. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Akhilesh Yadav of the SP won this seat, defeating Dr. Mahesh Chandra Verma of the BSP by a margin of 115,864 votes, which was 15.62% of the total votes polled.
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The geographic coordinates of the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency are 27°03’13.0″N and 79°55’12.7″E. Kannauj shares its borders with six other Lok Sabha constituencies: Mainpuri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Farrukhabad, Etawah, and Kanpur. This constituency does not share an inter-state border with any other state.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, 15 candidates are contesting the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency. This is an increase from 2019, which had 10 candidates, and 2014, which had 12 candidates. In the 2009 polls, there were 16 candidates.
In the 2014 Kannauj Lok Sabha election, Dimple Yadav of the SP defeated BJP candidate Subrat Pathak by a margin of 19,907 votes. Dimple Yadav secured 4,89,164 votes, while Subrat Pathak received 4,69,257 votes.
In the 2019 General Elections, Kannauj witnessed a fiercely contested battle with a voter turnout of 60.81 percent. BJP candidate Subrat Pathak won the 2019 election with a narrow margin of 12,353 votes, securing 5,63,087 votes. He defeated Dimple Yadav of the SP, who received 5,50,734 votes.
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With a diverse demographic, Gurdaspur reflects a mix of religious affiliations, with Hindus dominating some assembly segments while Sikh voters comprise the majority overall (43.64%), followed by Christians (7.68%) and Muslims (1.2%). The Scheduled Caste (SC) electorate constitutes 25% of the voter base, with negligible representation of Scheduled Tribes (ST).