SP in Kannauj District: Seats and Vote Share in 2017 and 2022

This report looks at how the Samajwadi Party performed in the 3 assembly seats of Kannauj district in the 2017 and 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections. According to Election Commission of India data, the party won 1 of these seats in 2017 and 0 in 2022. In 2022 its share of all valid votes cast across the district’s seats was 42.95%, as calculated by UP Election News from seat wise figures.

SP in Kannauj: seat wise position

Seat	2017	2022	2022 votes	2022 share
Chhibramau (196)	Third	Second	1,23,662	43.91%
Tirwa (197)	Second	Second	1,01,481	42.57%
Kannauj (198)	Won	Second	1,14,786	42.29%

Table: UP Election News. Data: Election Commission of India. For 2017 the ECI top three candidates are used.

No seat for the SP in 2022

The SP did not win any seat in Kannauj in 2022. In Chhibramau the seat went to Archana Pandey of the BJP by 1,111 votes. In Tirwa the seat went to Kailash Rajput of the BJP by 4,608 votes. In Kannauj the seat went to Asim Arun of the BJP by 6,090 votes.

The 2017 wins

In 2017 the SP won Kannauj, where Anil Kumar Dohare defeated the BJP by 2,454 votes. Not all of these seats were retained in 2022.

Where the SP finished second

The party was runner up in 3 seats in 2022: Chhibramau, where it trailed by 1,111 votes; Tirwa, where it trailed by 4,608 votes; Kannauj, where it trailed by 6,090 votes. Seats lost by narrow margins are usually the first ones parties target in the next election.

Reading the numbers

Compared with 2017, the SP lost 1 seat in Kannauj. Statewide, the Samajwadi Party’s tally rose from 47 seats to 111, its best result since 2012, so the district result can be read against that broader trend. Vote share also matters: a party can lose seats while still holding a large base of votes, which can be decisive in close contests in 2027.

The statewide picture

Across the state, the BJP won 312 seats in 2017 and 255 in 2022, while the Samajwadi Party rose from 47 to 111 seats. The BSP fell from 19 seats to 1, and the Congress from 7 to 2. Allies on both sides, such as Apna Dal (Soneylal), the NISHAD Party, the RLD and the SBSP, also won seats in 2022.

How the UP assembly is elected

Uttar Pradesh has 403 assembly constituencies, of which 84 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 2 for Scheduled Tribes. Their boundaries were fixed by the Delimitation Order of 2008, and the 2012, 2017 and 2022 elections were all held on these same boundaries, so results from these years can be compared seat by seat. Members are elected under the first past the post system, which means the candidate with the most valid votes wins even without a majority of votes. The 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly first met in 2022, so the next assembly election is due by early 2027.

All numbers in this article are taken from the official results published by the Election Commission of India. Vote shares are calculated on total valid votes, including NOTA where stated.

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