Govindnagar is assembly constituency number 212 in Uttar Pradesh, in Kanpur Nagar district, and one of the segments of the Kanpur Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Surendra Maithani of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 61.1% of the vote, 80,896 votes ahead of Vikas Yadav (SP).
- 01Surendra MaithaniBJP1,17,50161.13%
- 02Vikas YadavSP36,60519.05%
- 03Karishma ThakurINC26,26713.67%
- 04Ashok Kumar KaliyaBSP8,3334.34%
- 05Kawardeep SinghAAP2,1411.11%
- 1 other candidate · 261 votesNOTA · 1,094 (0.57%)
Margin 80,896 votes · 42.09% of valid votes
All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,92,202 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surendra MaithaniMale · 57 yrs | BJP | 1,17,501 | 61.13% |
| 2 | Vikas YadavMale · 28 yrs | SP | 36,605 | 19.05% |
| 3 | Karishma ThakurFemale · 27 yrs | INC | 26,267 | 13.67% |
| 4 | Ashok Kumar KaliyaMale · 58 yrs · SC | BSP | 8,333 | 4.34% |
| 5 | Kawardeep SinghMale · 42 yrs | AAP | 2,141 | 1.11% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,094 | 0.57% |
| 6 | Santosh Kumar GiriMale · 54 yrs | PBI | 261 | 0.14% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Govindnagar bye-election, 21 Oct 2019
Turnout 33.7% · 1,21,118 of 3,59,872 electors voted
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surendra Maithani | BJP | 60,237 | 50.09% |
| 2 | Karishma Thakur | INC | 38,993 | 32.43% |
| 3 | Samrat Vikas | SP | 11,915 | 9.91% |
| 4 | Devi Prasad Tewari | BSP | 5,434 | 4.52% |
| 5 | Devendra Kumar Singh | Independent | 1,524 | 1.27% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,004 | 0.83% |
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| 6 | Rakesh Kumar Tripathi | BSCP | 400 | 0.33% |
| 7 | Yogendra Agnihotri (advocate) | SABJANP | 315 | 0.26% |
| 8 | Dr. V. N. Pal | RSPS | 259 | 0.22% |
| 9 | Surendra Katiyar Chandra | JANADIP | 174 | 0.14% |
Govindnagar result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satya Dev Pachauri | BJP | 1,12,029 | 60.47% |
| 2 | Ambuj Shikla | INC | 40,520 | 21.87% |
| 3 | Nirmal Tiwari | BSP | 28,795 | 15.54% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,247 | 0.67% |
| 4 | Virendra Kumar Sarvaria | BMUP | 998 | 0.54% |
| 5 | Shail Mishra | BSCP | 900 | 0.49% |
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| 6 | Raju Pal | RLD | 769 | 0.42% |
Govindnagar result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyadev Pachauri | BJP | 57,156 | 35.33% |
| 2 | Shailendra Dixit | INC | 44,779 | 27.68% |
| 3 | Sachin Tripathi | BSP | 30,963 | 19.14% |
| 4 | Ashok Anshwani | SP | 16,424 | 10.15% |
| 5 | Balvir Singh | Independent | 1,494 | 0.92% |
| 6 | Geeta Patel | JD(U) | 1,058 | 0.65% |
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| 7 | Ramsingh | JPS | 733 | 0.45% |
| 8 | Kamlesh | Independent | 684 | 0.42% |
| 9 | Virendra Kumar | RVLP | 662 | 0.41% |
| 10 | Govind Narayan | CPI(M) | 641 | 0.40% |
| 11 | Sharda Singh | TMC | 596 | 0.37% |
| 12 | Amit Kumar | JaRaP | 493 | 0.30% |
| 13 | Mujaffar Khan | RUC | 492 | 0.30% |
| 14 | Kandha Sinha | Independent | 483 | 0.30% |
| 15 | Harmeet Singh | BC | 483 | 0.30% |
| 16 | Kamlesh Fighter | RWSP | 388 | 0.24% |
| 17 | Rampratap Singh | Independent | 379 | 0.23% |
| 18 | Rahul Sharma | LSWP | 352 | 0.22% |
| 19 | Shivji Yadav | BJKD | 345 | 0.21% |
| 20 | Somendra Singh Kushwaha | LJP | 309 | 0.19% |
| 21 | Ankit Singh | RLM | 283 | 0.17% |
| 22 | Tejbahadur Singh | Independent | 282 | 0.17% |
| 23 | Dayashankar | Independent | 265 | 0.16% |
| 24 | Surendra Katiyar | JaKP | 241 | 0.15% |
| 25 | Javed Alam Khan | Independent | 232 | 0.14% |
| 26 | Girjesh Pratap Singh | ABHM | 230 | 0.14% |
| 27 | Umesh Kumar Savita | Independent | 209 | 0.13% |
| 28 | Mahendra Singh | AD | 200 | 0.12% |
| 29 | Naveen Pandit | Independent | 169 | 0.10% |
| 30 | Akhilesh Kumar | Independent | 151 | 0.09% |
| 31 | Betalal Diwakar | BSKP | 150 | 0.09% |
| 32 | Rupendra Rajpal | Independent | 148 | 0.09% |
| 33 | Shiv Kumar Pasvan | NLP | 148 | 0.09% |
| 34 | Shyam Naresh Bajpai | Independent | 133 | 0.08% |
Govindnagar outlined in orange among the other Uttar Pradesh seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2022. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Kanpur Nagar district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Govindnagar is one of the assembly segments of Kanpur. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Kanpur candidates.
- Ramesh AwasthiBJP1,12,400 59.1%
- Alok MisraINC71,560 37.6%
- Kuldeep BhadauriyaBSP4,470 2.4%
- Ashok Paswan AdvocateSABJANP513 0.3%
- Alok MishraIndependent306 0.2%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 40,840 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Govindnagar.
Who won the Govindnagar assembly seat in 2022?
Surendra Maithani of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Govindnagar in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 1,17,501 votes, which was 61.13% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Govindnagar?
The margin was 80,896 votes (42.09% of valid votes). The runner-up was Vikas Yadav of the Samajwadi Party with 36,605 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Govindnagar in 2022?
Turnout was 54.87%: 1,92,948 of 3,51,663 registered electors voted, across 350 polling stations. That is 1.8 points higher than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Govindnagar part of?
Govindnagar is an assembly segment of the Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Ramesh Awasthi got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Has Govindnagar had a bye-election?
Yes. In the bye-election on 21 Oct 2019, Surendra Maithani (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 21,244 votes.
Is Govindnagar a reserved constituency?
No. Govindnagar is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Govindnagar?
The Uttar Pradesh assembly elected in 2022 completes its five-year term in 2027, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections of 2022 and 2017 and 2012 (2022 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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