Rasulabad is assembly constituency number 205 in Uttar Pradesh, in Kanpur Dehat district, and one of the segments of the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat. In the 2022 election Poonam Sankhwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 46.8% of the vote, 21,512 votes ahead of Kamlesh Chandra Diwakar (SP).
- 01Poonam SankhwarBJP91,78346.77%
- 02Kamlesh Chandra DiwakarSP70,27135.80%
- 03Sima SinghBSP28,18914.36%
- 04ManoramaINC1,3100.67%
- 05Santoshi Lal KamalIndependent9550.49%
- 6 other candidates · 2,455 votesNOTA · 1,298 (0.66%)
Margin 21,512 votes · 10.96% of valid votes
All 11 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,96,261 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poonam SankhwarFemale · 44 yrs · SC | BJP | 91,783 | 46.77% |
| 2 | Kamlesh Chandra DiwakarMale · 56 yrs · SC | SP | 70,271 | 35.80% |
| 3 | Sima SinghFemale · 47 yrs · SC | BSP | 28,189 | 14.36% |
| 4 | ManoramaFemale · 26 yrs · SC | INC | 1,310 | 0.67% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,298 | 0.66% |
| 5 | Santoshi Lal KamalMale · 61 yrs · SC | Independent | 955 | 0.49% |
| 6 | B.D. KamalvanshiMale · 63 yrs · SC | Independent | 503 | 0.26% |
| 7 | NeelamFemale · 52 yrs · SC | Independent | 500 | 0.25% |
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| 8 | Ram SumerMale · 48 yrs · SC | Independent | 421 | 0.21% |
| 9 | Om PrakashMale · 57 yrs · SC | BMUP | 418 | 0.21% |
| 10 | Ram SajeevanMale · 32 yrs · SC | Independent | 357 | 0.18% |
| 11 | Rakesh BabuMale · 59 yrs · SC | VPI | 256 | 0.13% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2017.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Rasulabad result 2017
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nirmala Sankhwar | BJP | 88,390 | 46.67% |
| 2 | Arun Kumari Kori | SP | 54,996 | 29.04% |
| 3 | Poonam Sankhavar | BSP | 41,060 | 21.68% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,421 | 0.75% |
| 4 | Baburam Katheriya | Independent | 1,164 | 0.61% |
| 5 | Munnilal | BSCP | 1,018 | 0.54% |
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| 6 | Avdhesh Kumar | BSRD | 809 | 0.43% |
| 7 | Usha Devi | VPI | 527 | 0.28% |
Rasulabad result 2012
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiv Kumar Beria | SP | 66,940 | 39.46% |
| 2 | Nirmala Sankhawar | BSP | 50,105 | 29.53% |
| 3 | Kamal Rani | BJP | 24,974 | 14.72% |
| 4 | Om Prakash | INC | 13,068 | 7.70% |
| 5 | Mahesh Chandra | JaKP | 12,673 | 7.47% |
| 6 | Usha Devi | Independent | 1,180 | 0.70% |
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| 7 | Shiv Sagar | RLM | 720 | 0.42% |
Rasulabad 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 Dehat district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Rasulabad is one of the assembly segments of Kannauj. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Kannauj candidates.
- Akhilesh YadavSP92,888 47.0%
- Subrat PathakBJP83,007 42.0%
- Imran Bin ZafarBSP18,458 9.3%
- Alok VermaRSOSP628 0.3%
- Lalit KumariIndependent521 0.3%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, SP led here by 9,881 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Rasulabad.
Who won the Rasulabad assembly seat in 2022?
Poonam Sankhwar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Rasulabad in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election with 91,783 votes, which was 46.77% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Rasulabad?
The margin was 21,512 votes (10.96% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kamlesh Chandra Diwakar of the Samajwadi Party with 70,271 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Rasulabad in 2022?
Turnout was 61.23%: 1,98,187 of 3,23,657 registered electors voted, across 406 polling stations. That is 0.4 points higher than in 2017.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Rasulabad part of?
Rasulabad is an assembly segment of the Kannauj Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Akhilesh Yadav got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Rasulabad a reserved constituency?
Yes. Rasulabad is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.
When is the next assembly election in Rasulabad?
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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