Satish Mahana is Cabinet Minister of Industrial Development in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Satish Mahana contested from Maharajpur constituency of Kanpur in the 2017 Assembly elections and won. He defeated his nearest rival Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Manoj Kumar Shukla by a record margin of 91,826 votes. Mahana participated in the 2009 general elections as a BJP candidate from Kanpur. He was the Vice Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 16th Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh. Mahana is seven time MLA from Kanpur Cantt. He is also a member of the 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th,15th,16th, and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Satish Mahana was elected as Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Maharajpur constituency in the year 2012, while he was elected as Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kanpur Cantonment constituency in the years 1991, 1993, 1996, 2002, and 2007, respectively.