Kannauj Assembly Seat: A Tale of Alternating Dominance Between SP and BJP

The political history of Kannauj assembly seat is a story of contests and long political dominance. Kannauj is a reserved seat in UP for SC category. In 8 assembly elections held from 1991 to 2022, SP has won 4 times and BJP 4 times. Interestingly, in Kannauj, BJP has won three consecutive elections and SP has won four consecutive elections. In the assembly elections 2022, BJP's Aseem Arun had stopped SP's Vijay Rath. MLA Aseem Arun is currently the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Social Welfare, Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare Department. Aseem Arun was an IPS officer and has come into politics after leaving the police department. In Kannauj, Congress and BSP have not won even once in the last three decades. Know what is the political history of Kannauj and what political equations are going to be in Kannauj seat in the assembly elections 2027. The 1991 election in Kannauj assembly seat was very close. In this election, BJP's Banwari Lal Dohare got 47,169 votes and Kalyan Singh of Janata Dal was able to defeat Kalyan Singh by a margin of only 23,222 votes.