Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Existence 1952-present
Reservation None
Current MP Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year 2014
State Uttar Pradesh
Assembly Constituencies Sishamau
Arya Nagar
Kidwai Nagar
Kanpur Cantonment
Govind Nagar

Kanpur Nagar Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: कानपुर लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

Assembly segments

Presently, Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency comprises ten Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:[1]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2014)[2]
212 Govind Nagar None Kanpur Nagar 3,68,848
213 Sishamau None Kanpur Nagar 2,73,830
214 Arya Nagar None Kanpur Nagar 2,73,312
215 Kidwai Nagar None Kanpur Nagar 3,63,977
216 Kanpur Cantt. None Kanpur Nagar 3,30,558
Total: 16,10,525

Members of Parliament

Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Incumbent Member of Parliament from Kanpur

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Lok Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
First 1952-53 Harihar Nath Shastri Indian National Congress
1953-54 Shiv Narayan Tandon Indian National Congress
1954-57 Prof. Raja Ram Shastri Indian National Congress
Second 1957-60 S.M. Banerjee Independent
Third 1962-67 S.M. Banerjee Independent
Fourth 1967-71 S.M. Banerjee Independent
Fifth 1971-77 S.M. Banerjee Independent
Sixth 1977-80 Manohar Lal Bharatiya Lok Dal
Seventh 1980-84 Arif Mohammad Khan Indian National Congress (Indira)
Eighth 1984-89 Naresh Chander Chaturvedi Indian National Congress (Indira)
Ninth 1989-90 Subhashini Ali Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Tenth 1991-96 Jagat Vir Singh Drona Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh 1996-98 Jagat Vir Singh Drona Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth 1998-99 Jagat Vir Singh Drona Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth 1999–2004 Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress
Fourteenth 2004-09 Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress
Fifteenth 2009-14 Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress
Sixteenth 2014-Incumbent Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi 4,74,712 56.85 +18.62
INC Sriprakash Jaiswal 2,51,766 30.15 -11.77
BSP Saleem Ahmad 53,218 6.37 -3.06
SP Surendra Mohan Agarwal 25,723 3.08 -3.73
AAP Dr. Mahmood Husain Rahmani 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 2,22,946 26.70 +23.01
Turnout 8,35,079 51.83 +16.88
BJP gain from INC Swing +18.62

Election Results

Indian general elections, 2009: 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 Misra 48,374 9.43 +4.91
SP Surendra Mohan Agrawal 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
Indian general elections, 2004: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sriprakash Jaiswal 2,11,109 34.12 -12.07
BJP Satyadev 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 Alis 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
Indian general election, 1999: 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
Indian general election, 1998: 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
Indian general election, 1996: 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 Ahmed 51,333 9.00
INC Bhudhar Narayan Mishra 47,403 8.31
Majority 1,51,090 26.50
Turnout 5,70,199 41.53
BJP hold Swing
Indian general election, 1991: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Jagat Vir Singh Drona 1,93,275 47.97
INC R.N. Pathak 79,654 19.77
CPI(M) Subhashini Ali 70,912 17.60
Janata Party Tasneem Ashraf 30,672 7.61
BSP Ram Nath 15,874 3.94
Lok Dal Ram Singh Yadav 2,035 0.51 +5.02
Majority 1,13,621 28.20
Turnout 4,02,868 37.71
BJP gain from CPI(M) Swing
Indian general election, 1989: 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 Chander Chaturvedi 98,112 23.10
BSP Sharif 11,219 2.64
Majority 56,587 13.32
Turnout 4,24,808 40.57
CPI(M) gain from INC(I) Swing
Indian general election, 1984: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Naresh Chander Chaturvedi 2,14,160 56.92
Janata Party Sayed Shahabuddin 76,791 20.41
Majority 1,37,369 36.51
Turnout 3,76,216 55.94
INC(I) hold Swing
Indian general election, 1980: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC(I) Arif Mohammad Khan 1,63,230 45.49
Janata Party Maqbool Husain Kureshi 88,049 24.54
Majority 75,181 20.95
Turnout 3,58,848 50.74
INC(I) gain from Janata Party Swing
Indian general election, 1977: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Party Manohar Lal 2,69,629 70.96
INC Naresh Chander Chaturvedi 95,340 25.09
Majority 1,74,289 45.87
Turnout 3,79,992 57.78
Janata Party hold Swing
Indian general election, 1971: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. M. Banerjee 1,48,845 60.93
BJS Babu Ram Shukla 59,646 24.42
Majority 89,199 36.51
Turnout 2,44,289 48.27
Independent hold Swing
Indian general election, 1967: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. M. Banerjee 77,882 32.34
INC G. Dutt 71,365 29.63
Majority 6,517 2.71
Turnout 2,43,823 25.91
Independent hold Swing
Indian general election, 1962: Kanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. M. Banerjee 1,39,039
INC Bejoy Kumar Sinha 80,934
Majority 58,105
Turnout 1,22,278 25.22
Independent hold Swing
Indian general election, 1957: 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 Praja Socialist Party Swing
Indian general election, 1952: 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-43-Kanpur". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
  2. ↑ Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2014

Coordinates: 26°28′N 80°19′E / 26.46°N 80.32°E