Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency

Kanpur
UP-43
Kanpur ; UP-43
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Govind Nagar; Sisamau; Arya Nagar; Kidwai Nagar; Kanpur Cantt.
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Ramesh Awasthi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The constituency covers almost one-fourth of the area of Kanpur city and is hundred percent urban. The rest of the city comes under Akbarpur Lok Sabha constituency and the outgrowths across Ganga river are the part of Unnao Lok Sabha constituency. Some suburbs of the city like Chobepur and parts of Mandhana lie in Misrikh Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]^[2]

Assembly segments

No	Name	District	Member
212	Govind Nagar	Kanpur Nagar	Surendra Maithani	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
213	Sisamau		Vacant		Indian National Congress
214	Arya Nagar		Amitabh Bajpai	Samajwadi Party	Indian National Congress
215	Kidwai Nagar		Mahesh Trivedi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
216	Kanpur Cantt.		Mohammed Hasan	Samajwadi Party	Indian National Congress

Members of Parliament

Year	Name
1952	Harihar Nath Shastri	Indian National Congress
	Shiv Narayan Tandon	Indian National Congress
	Raja Ram Shastri	Praja Socialist Party
1957	S. M. Banerjee	Independent politician
1962
1967
1971
1977	Manohar Lal	Janata Party
1980	Arif Mohammed Khan	Indian National Congress
1984	Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi	Indian National Congress
1989	Subhashini Ali	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	Jagat Vir Singh Drona	Bharatiya Janata Party
1996
1998
1999	Sriprakash Jaiswal	Indian National Congress
2004
2009
2014	Murli Manohar Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Satyadev Pachauri
2024	Ramesh Awasthi

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general elections: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ramesh Awasthi	443,055	49.93	5.70
	INC	Alok Misra	422,087	47.56	10.43
	BSP	Kuldeep Bhadauria	12,032	1.36	1.36
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,117	0.46	0.02
Majority			20,968	2.37	16.13
Turnout			887,396	53.05	1.43
	BJP hold		Swing	5.70

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kanpur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyadev Pachauri	468,937	55.63	−1.22
	INC	Sriprakash Jaiswal	3,13,003	37.13	+6.98
	SP	Ram Kumar	48,275	5.73	−3.72
	SJP	Alok Kumar	1,885	0.22	New
	BSCP	Poonam Shukla	1,130	0.13	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,057	0.48	+0.21
Majority			1,55,934	18.50	−8.20
Turnout			8,42,994	51.62	−0.21
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.22

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kanpur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi	474,712	56.85	18.62
	INC	Sriprakash Jaiswal	251,766	30.15	11.77
	BSP	Saleem Ahmad	53,218	6.37	3.06
	SP	Surendra Mohan Agarwal	25,723	3.08	3.73
	AAP	Mahmood Hussain Rehmani	11,925	1.43	1.43
	Independent	Kishore Bajpai	3,005	0.36	0.36
	Independent	Prem Chandra Pandey	2,350	0.28	0.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,278	0.27	0.27
Majority			222,946	26.70	23.01
Turnout			835,079	51.83	14.93
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	14.93

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sriprakash Jaiswal	2,14,988	41.92	+7.80
	BJP	Satish Mahana	1,96,082	38.23	+5.02
	BSP	Sukhda Mishra	48,374	9.43	+4.91
	SP	Surendra Mohan Agarwal	34,919	6.81	−18.95
	Independent	Ahamed Hussain	3,728	0.73	0
	BPD	Omendra Bharat	3,237	0.63	0
	Independent	Maya Kaushal	2,503	0.49	0
	Independent	Mohammad Isha	2,394	0.47	0
	Independent	Nisha	1,463	0.29	0
	Independent	V. N. Awasthi	1,274	0.25	0
Majority			18,906	3.69	+2.78
Turnout			5,12,878	36.90	−6.45
	INC hold		Swing	+2.78

2004

2004 Indian general elections: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shriprakash Jaiswal	2,11,109	34.12	−12.07
	BJP	Satya Dev Pachauri	2,05,471	33.21	−7.56
	SP	Haji Mushtaq Solanki	1,59,361	25.76	+19.36
	BSP	Anubhav	27,962	4.52	+0.37
	CPI(M)	Subhashini Ali	4,558	0.74
	Independent	Mohd. Hanim (Kinner Ramkali)	1,975	0.32
	ABHM	Chandra Prakash	1,607	0.26
	Independent	Saroj Rahi	1,070	0.17
	AD	Sunil Patel	957	0.15
	Independent	Ravi Shankar Balmiki	945	0.15
	Independent	Jagannath Mistri	822	0.13
	Independent	Chandramani	721	0.12
	Independent	Ram Ratan	644	0.10
	Independent	Ajeet Mohan	615	0.10
	RLD	Manohar Lal	477	0.08
	Independent	Sanjeev Pandey	427	0.07
Majority			5,638	0.91
Turnout			6,18,721	43.35
	INC hold		Swing	-12.07

1999

1999 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Shriprakash Jaiswal	2,93,610	46.19
	BJP	Jagat Vir Singh Drona	2,59,151	40.77
	SP	Shyam Lal Gupta	40,690	6.40
	BSP	Man Singh Bagga	26,376	4.15
	Independent	Santosh Kumar	3,638	0.49
	Independent	S. M. Tariq Anwar	3,275	0.47
Majority			34,459	5.42
Turnout			6,35,624	44.83
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Jagat Vir Singh Drona	3,35,996	49.39
	SP	Surendra Mohan Agarwal	1,99,987	29.40
	INC	Sriprakash Jaiswal	90,274	13.27
	BSP	Pawan Kumar Gupta	49,474	7.27
	Independent	Iqbal Siddiqui	812	0.12
Majority			1,36,009	19.99
Turnout			6,80,263	48.52
	BJP hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Jagat Vir Singh Drona	2,97,550	52.19
	CPI(M)	Subhashini Ali	1,46,460	25.69
	BSP	Sharfuddin Ahmad	51,333	9.00
	INC	Bhudhar Narayan Mishra	47,403	8.31
	Independent	Satya Narain	2,621	0.46
Majority			1,51,090	26.50
Turnout			5,70,127	41.53
	BJP hold		Swing

1991

1991 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Jagat Vir Singh Drona	1,93,275	47.97
	INC	Ram Narayan Pathak	79,654	19.77
	CPI(M)	Subhashini Ali	70,912	17.60
	JP	Tasneem Ashraf	30,672	7.61
	BSP	Ram Nath	15,874	3.94
	LKD	Ram Singh Yadav	2,035	0.51
Majority			1,13,621	28.20
Turnout			4,02,868	37.71
	BJP gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	Subhashini Ali	1,74,438	41.06
	BJP	Jagat Vir Singh Drona	1,17,851	27.74
	INC	Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi	98,112	23.10
	BSP	Sharif	11,219	2.64
	Independent	Guru Rajkumar Singh Ambedkar	4,159	0.98
Majority			56,587	13.32
Turnout			4,24,808	40.57
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

1984

1984 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi	2,14,160	56.92
	JP	Syed Shahabuddin	76,791	20.41
	BJP	Somnath Shukla	37,451	9.95
	LKD	Shyam Mishra	23,439	6.23
	Independent	Ambika Prasad Sultaniya	7,947	2.11
Majority			1,37,369	36.51
Turnout			3,76,216	55.94
	INC hold		Swing

1980

1980 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Arif Mohammad Khan	1,63,230	45.49
	JP	Maqbool Husain Kureshi	88,049	24.54
	Independent	Bhagwati Prasad Dixit	51,717	14.41
	JP(S)	Manohar Lal	42,795	11.93
	Independent	Om Prakash	2,385	0.66
Majority			75,181	20.95
Turnout			3,58,848	50.74
	INC(I) gain from JP		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Manohar Lal	2,69,629	70.96
	INC	Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi	95,340	25.09
	Independent	Bhagwati Prasad Dixit	6,799	1.79
	Independent	S. M. Banerjee	5,035	1.33
	Independent	Ram Chandra Sathi	1,677	0.44
Majority			1,74,289	45.87
Turnout			3,83,842	58.37
	JP gain from Independent		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. M. Banerjee	1,48,845	60.93
	ABJS	Babu Ram Shukla	59,646	24.42
	Independent	Mohammad Waseem	24,776	10.14
	CPI(M)	Sheo Varma	3,123	1.28
	Independent	Lakhan Lal	1,334	0.55
Majority			89,199	36.51
Turnout			2,44,289	48.27
	Independent hold		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. M. Banerjee	77,882	32.34
	INC	G. Dutt	71,365	29.63
	ABJS	Babu Ram Shukla	46,899	19.47
	Independent	M. Ali	14,299	5.94
	CPI(M)	Ram Asrey	13,389	5.56
Majority			6,517	2.71
Turnout			2,40,823	51.83
	Independent hold		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. M. Banerjee	1,39,039	53.21
	INC	Bejoy Kumar Sinha	80,934	30.97
	ABJS	Babu Ram Shukla	20,571	7.87
	PSP	Vimal Mehrotra	6,526	2.50
	Independent	Moti Lal	4,039	1.55
Majority			58,105	22.24
Turnout			2,71,823	56.05
	Independent hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Kanpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	S. M. Banerjee	87,612	49.49
	INC	Surya Prasad Awasthi	70,988	40.10
Majority			16,624	9.39
Turnout			1,77,016	42.28
	Independent gain from PSP		Swing

1952 By-election

By Election, 1952: Kanpur Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PSP	Prof. Raja Ram Shastri	65,739	55.25
	INC	Chail Behari Dixit Kantak	51,951	43.67
	Independent	Sita Ram	1,284	1.08
Majority			13,788	11.58
Turnout			1,18,974	28.94
	PSP gain from INC		Swing

1952 By-election

By Election, 1952: Kanpur Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Shiv Narayan Tandon	60,087	42.93
	PSP	Prof. Raja Ram Shastri	45,300	32.36
	CPI	Sant Singh Yusuf	31,019	22.16
	RRP	N. Upadhyay	3,561	2.54
Majority			14,787	10.57
Turnout			1,39,967	35.07
	INC hold		Swing

1952

1952 Indian general election: Kanpur Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Harihar Nath Shastri	88,812	64.91
	Socialist	Ramau Shanker Avasthi	17,635	12.89
	Independent	Chail Behari Dixit Kantak	14,861	10.86
	KMPP	Ganga Sahai Chaubey	4,476	3.27
	Independent	Barhma Nand Misra	3,423	2.50
	Independent	Ram Ji Das	3,281	2.40
	Independent	Sohan Lal Shenghavia	3,079	2.25
	Independent	Gajpat Rai	1,253	0.92
Majority			71,177	52.02
Turnout			1,36,821	34.60
	INC win (new seat)

Notes

References

^ "Kanpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Kanpur Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage". www-news18-com.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Kanpur Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Result". Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2014 Result". Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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[1] "Kanpur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Kanpur Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage". www-news18-com.cdn.ampproject.org. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[2] "Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 -Kanpur Parliamentary Constituency, Winning MP and Party Name". www.elections.in. Retrieved 22 August 2021.

[3] "Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Result". Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[4] "Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2014 Result". Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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v t e Kanpur division topics
General	Doab Kanpur Zoological Park Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary Etawah Safari Park Sarsai Nawar Wetland
Mythology, history	Panchala Panchala Kingdom Siege of Cawnpore Second Battle of Cawnpore Empire of Harshvardhana
Districts	Auraiya Etawah Farrukhabad Kannauj Kanpur Negar Kanpur Dehat
Tehsils	Auraiya Sadar Bidhuna Ajeetmal Kanpur Sadar Bilhaur Ghatampur Narwal Akbarpur Bhognipur Derapur Rasulabad Sikandara Maitha Etawah Sadar Bhartana Jaswantnagar Saifai Chakarnagar Takha Kannauj Sadar Chibramau Tirwa Farrukhabad Sadar Kaimganj Amritpur
Rivers, dams, lakes	Chambal Ganges Kali Ramganga Sindh Yamuna Arind Moti Jheel
Languages, people	Awadhi Braj Bhasha Hindustani Kannauji Standard Hindi Urdu
Transport	NH 2 Grand Trunk Road NH 26 NH 86 NH 96 Dibiyapur Flyover Kanpur over-bridge Kanpur Airport Saifai Airstrip Marhamtabad Airstrip Kanpur Central railway station Kanpur Anwarganj railway station Phaphund railway station Etawah Junction Howrah–Delhi main line Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway Kanpur Monorail Kanpur Metro Kanpur Metropolitan Bus Service
Industries	GAIL Dibiyapur NTPC Dibiyapur Panki Thermal Power Station Lohia Machinery Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India British India Corporation
Institutes of higher learning	Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College Government Medical College, Kannauj Harcourt Butler Technical University Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences
Lok Sabha constituencies in Megapolitan Region	Kanpur Akbarpur Ghatampur Bilhaur Unnao Fatehpur Sikandra Etawah Mainpuri
See also	Cities and towns in Auraiya district Cities and towns in Etawah district Cities and towns in Farrukhabad district Cities and towns in Kannauj district Cities and towns in Kanpur Dehat district Cities and towns in Kanpur Dehat district Villages in Auraiya district Villages in Etawah district Villages in Farrukhabad district Villages in Kannauj district Villages in Kanpur Nagar district Villages in Kanpur Dehat district People from Etawah People from Farrukhabad People from Kanpur People from Kanpur Dehat district Kanpur topics
Other divisions	Agra Aligarh Ayodhya Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Gorakhpur Jhansi Lucknow Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Prayagraj Saharanpur Varanasi

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Election results

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