Lucknow Cantonment (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Lucknow Cantonment Vidhan Sabha constituency(Hindi: लखनऊ छावनी विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of 403 legislative assemblies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. It comes under the LucknowLok Sabha constituency. Lucknow Cantonment comprises wards 12, 36, 44, 45, 65, 67, 71, 73, 82, 83, 86, 87, 90, 96, 107, and 109 in the Lucknow Municipal Corporation of 2-Lucknow Cantt Tehsil.^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year		Member	Political Part
	1957	Shyam Manohar Misra	Indian National Congress
	1962	Balak Ram Vaish	Indian National Congress
	1967	B. P. Awasthi	Independent
	1969	Sachchidanand	Bharatiya Kranti Dal
	1974	Charan Singh	Indian National Congress
	1977	Krishna Kant Misra	Janata Party
	1980	Premavati Tiwari	Indian National Congress (I)
	1985	Premavati Tiwari	Indian National Congress
	1989	Premavati Tiwari	Indian National Congress
	1991	Satish Bhatia	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1993	Satish Bhatia	Bharatiya Janata Party
	1996	Suresh Chandra Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2002	Suresh Chandra Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2007	Suresh Chandra Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2012	Rita Bahuguna Joshi	Indian National Congress

Election Results

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2012: Lucknow Cantonment
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi	63,052	38.95
	BJP	Suresh Chandra Tiwari	41,299	25.51
	BSP	Naveen Chandra Dwivedi	28,851	17.82
	SP	Suresh Chauhan	22,544	13.93
	Independent	Avinash Kumar Srivastava	671	0.41
Majority			21,753	13.44
Turnout			1,61,890	50.47
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

U. P. Legislative Assembly Election, 2007: Lucknow Cantonment
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Suresh Chandra Tiwari	30,444	30.76
	BSP	Arvind Kumar Tripathi	25,068	25.33
	SP	Sharda Pratap Shukla	19,290	19.49
	INC	Murli Dhar	19,280	19.48
	RTKP	Shahid Ali	1,024	1.03
Majority			5,376	5.43
Turnout			98,951	29.64
	BJP hold		Swing

References

1. Kidwai Nagar Vidhan Sabha constituency