Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh — Lok Sabha Election Results

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) was won by Satyadev Pachauri (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 155,934 votes over Sriprakash Jaiswal. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 S. M. Banerjee Independent 87,612 49.5% Surya Prasad Awasthi (Indian National Congress) 16,624 (9.4 pts)
1962 S. M. Banerjee Independent 139,039 53.2% Bejoy Kumar Sinha (Indian National Congress) 58,105 (22.2 pts)
1967 S.M. Banerji Independent 77,882 32.3% G. Dutt (Indian National Congress) 6,517 (2.7 pts)
1971 S. M. Banerjee Independent 148,845 60.9% Babu Ram Shukla (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 89,199 (36.5 pts)
1977 Manohar Lal Bharatiya Lok Dal 269,629 71.0% Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi (Indian National Congress) 174,289 (45.9 pts)
1980 Arif Mohammad Khan Congress (I) 163,230 45.5% Maqbool Husain Kureshi (Janata Party) 75,181 (20.9 pts)
1984 Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi Indian National Congress 214,160 56.9% Sayed Shahabuddin (Janata Party) 137,369 (36.5 pts)
1989 Subhashini Ali CPI (Marxist) 174,438 41.1% Jagat Vir Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) 56,587 (13.3 pts)
1991 Jagatveer Singh Bron Bharatiya Janata Party 193,275 48.0% R.N. Pathak (Indian National Congress) 113,621 (28.2 pts)
1996 Jagatveer Singh Dron Bharatiya Janata Party 297,550 52.2% Subhashini Ali (CPI (Marxist)) 151,090 (26.5 pts)
1998 Jagat Veer Singh Dron Bharatiya Janata Party 335,996 49.4% Surendra Mohan Agarwal (Samajwadi Party) 136,009 (20.0 pts)
1999 Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 293,610 46.2% Jagat Veer Singh Drone (Bharatiya Janata Party) 34,459 (5.4 pts)
2004 Shriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 211,109 34.1% Satya Dev Pachauri (Bharatiya Janata Party) 5,638 (0.9 pts)
2009 Sri Prakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 214,988 41.9% Satish Mahana (Bharatiya Janata Party) 18,906 (3.7 pts)
2014 Dr.Murli Manohar Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 474,712 56.8% Sriprakash Jaiswal (Indian National Congress) 222,946 (26.7 pts)
2019 Satyadev Pachauri Bharatiya Janata Party 468,937 55.9% Sriprakash Jaiswal (Indian National Congress) 155,934 (18.6 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. M. Banerjee Independent 87,612 49.5%
Surya Prasad Awasthi Indian National Congress 70,988 40.1%
Kishori Das Bajpai Bharatiya Jana Sangh 8,660 4.9%
Shamshi Minai Independent 6,072 3.4%
Prem Nath. Independent 2,161 1.2%
Vasudeva Independent 1,523 0.9%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. M. Banerjee Independent 139,039 53.2%
Bejoy Kumar Sinha Indian National Congress 80,934 31.0%
Babu Ram Shukla Jharkhand Party 20,571 7.9%
Vimal Mehrotra Praja Socialist Party 6,526 2.5%
Moti Lal Independent 4,039 1.5%
Maqbool Ahmed Khan Socialist Party 2,731 1.0%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 2,701 1.0%
Ashutosh Lahiri Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 2,294 0.9%
Jagannath Khanna Independent 1,440 0.6%
Acharya Shri Krishna Jansevi Independent 1,042 0.4%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S.M. Banerji Independent 77,882 32.3%
G. Dutt Indian National Congress 71,365 29.6%
B.R. Shukla Bharatiya Jana Sangh 46,899 19.5%
M. Ali Independent 14,299 5.9%
R. Asrey CPI (Marxist) 13,389 5.6%
L.L. Ambedker Independent 5,503 2.3%
G.D. Neeraj Independent 3,327 1.4%
R.S.N. Sinha Independent 2,156 0.9%
B.P. Dixit Independent 1,935 0.8%
R.S. Sindoor Independent 1,559 0.6%
M.M. Shukla Independent 1,389 0.6%
N.L.S. Yadao Independent 1,120 0.5%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
S. M. Banerjee Independent 148,845 60.9%
Babu Ram Shukla Bharatiya Jana Sangh 59,646 24.4%
Mohammad Waseem Independent 24,776 10.1%
Sheo Varma CPI (Marxist) 3,123 1.3%
Lakhan Lal Independent 1,334 0.5%
Shaukat Ali MUM 1,259 0.5%
Rama Kant Awasthi BKD 1,240 0.5%
Vicky Kapoor Congress (O) 1,184 0.5%
Ram Swarup Independent 778 0.3%
Chandra Shekhar Independent 645 0.3%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 540 0.2%
Bal Roop Sharma RSM 511 0.2%
Rai Som Narain Sinha Independent 194 0.1%
Rajendra Singh Independent 133 0.1%
Iqbal Ahmad Khurana Independent 81 0.0%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manohar Lal Bharatiya Lok Dal 269,629 71.0%
Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi Indian National Congress 95,340 25.1%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 6,799 1.8%
S.M. Banerji Independent 5,035 1.3%
Ram Chandra Sathi Independent 1,677 0.4%
Mewa Lal Independent 796 0.2%
O.P. Misra Independent 716 0.2%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arif Mohammad Khan Congress (I) 163,230 45.5%
Maqbool Husain Kureshi Janata Party 88,049 24.5%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 51,717 14.4%
Manohar Lal Janata Party (Secular) 42,795 11.9%
Om Prakash Independent 2,385 0.7%
Santosh Kumar Independent 1,730 0.5%
Ram Saran Dwivedi Independent 1,501 0.4%
Shri Narayan Independent 1,094 0.3%
Shyam Bihari Mishra Independent 1,060 0.3%
Shyam Lal Independent 864 0.2%
S.L. Hitkari RPK 824 0.2%
Bansh Raj Independent 725 0.2%
Gyan Chand Independent 697 0.2%
Khan Mohammad Independent 560 0.2%
Radhey Shyam Pathak Independent 546 0.2%
Sushila Kshatrani Independent 382 0.1%
Jai Prakash Narain Gautam Independent 349 0.1%
Abdul Sattar Independent 340 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi Indian National Congress 214,160 56.9%
Sayed Shahabuddin Janata Party 76,791 20.4%
Somnath Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party 37,451 10.0%
Shyam Misra LKD 23,439 6.2%
Ambika Prasad Sultaniya Independent 7,947 2.1%
Harbans Lal Independent 1,916 0.5%
Mhd. Soab Independent 1,410 0.4%
V. N. Chaturvedi Independent 1,139 0.3%
Deo Mani DDP 1,028 0.3%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 734 0.2%
Kishan Chandra Sonker Gandhi Independent 718 0.2%
Vijay Narain Mauriya Independent 713 0.2%
Afalul Haq 'Azad' Independent 685 0.2%
Surendra Kumar Shukla Independent 658 0.2%
Shyam Lal Independent 595 0.2%
Lavji Singh Independent 567 0.2%
Kripa Shankar Agrawal Independent 564 0.1%
Ram Murti Shukla Independent 518 0.1%
Lalta Prasad Independent 440 0.1%
Ram Sumer Independent 430 0.1%
Gyan Chandra Independent 375 0.1%
Buddhu Lal Independent 346 0.1%
Chandra Kumar Singh Alias Chanda Independent 328 0.1%
Pishori Lal Independent 320 0.1%
Uma Sharma Independent 295 0.1%
Subhash Chandra Dwevedi Independent 293 0.1%
Abdul Sattar Independent 286 0.1%
Ram Kishan Independent 238 0.1%
Shaukat Ali Independent 235 0.1%
Ram Kewal Bharati Independent 225 0.1%
Suresh Chandra Independent 218 0.1%
Ram Chandar 'Sathi' Independent 212 0.1%
Om Prakash Independent 182 0.0%
Vinai Shanker Sharma Independent 179 0.0%
Pradeep Kumar Shukla Independent 168 0.0%
Abdul Sattar Qureshi Independent 131 0.0%
Jagmohan Singh Parihar Independent 113 0.0%
P. S. Kanari Independent 100 0.0%
Ravindra Kumar Tripath Independent 69 0.0%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Subhashini Ali CPI (Marxist) 174,438 41.1%
Jagat Vir Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 117,851 27.7%
Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi Indian National Congress 98,112 23.1%
Sharif Bahujan Samaj Party 11,219 2.6%
Guru Rajkumar Singh Ambedkar Independent 4,159 1.0%
Shyam Lal Independent 3,269 0.8%
Ved Prakash Independent 2,135 0.5%
Ravi Pratap Narain Independent 1,873 0.4%
Iqbal Qureshi JNP (JP) 1,793 0.4%
Dev Mani Yadav DDP 1,761 0.4%
Atiqur Rahman Independent 1,471 0.3%
Mithai Lal Independent 1,187 0.3%
Ram Shanker Independent 672 0.2%
Sudrendra Nath Independent 656 0.2%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 621 0.1%
Sita Ram Independent 599 0.1%
Ram Din Independent 504 0.1%
Swami Chetna Nand Giri A/S Vishnu Kumar Independent 434 0.1%
Acharya Srikrishna Jansevi Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 401 0.1%
Jagmohan Singh Parihar Independent 394 0.1%
Satpal Khara Independent 361 0.1%
Vijai Prasad Independent 329 0.1%
Santosh Kumari Tiwari Independent 298 0.1%
Badri Nath Independent 271 0.1%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagatveer Singh Bron Bharatiya Janata Party 193,275 48.0%
R.N. Pathak Indian National Congress 79,654 19.8%
Subashini Ali (W) CPI (Marxist) 70,912 17.6%
Tasneem Ashraf (W) Janata Party 30,672 7.6%
Ram Nath Bahujan Samaj Party 15,874 3.9%
Ram Singh Yadav LKD 2,035 0.5%
Maiku Lal Independent 1,746 0.4%
Ram Datta Singh Independent 674 0.2%
Deo Mani Yadev DDP 645 0.2%
Jagmohan Singh Parihar Independent 522 0.1%
Bhagwati Prasad Dexit Independent 433 0.1%
Gaya Prasad Independent 410 0.1%
Madan Mohan Azad Independent 396 0.1%
Pramod Kumar Independent 394 0.1%
Ratan Misra Independent 376 0.1%
Acharya Sri Krishan Jansevi Janata Party 366 0.1%
Kum. Munni (W) Independent 351 0.1%
Anil Kumar Kayan Alias Pappu Independent 315 0.1%
Ram Swaroop Gupta Independent 299 0.1%
Ram Deen Independent 261 0.1%
Suman Lata (W) Independent 261 0.1%
Ashok Kumar Malik Independent 255 0.1%
Brijesh Kumar Independent 242 0.1%
Dewan Singh Azad Independent 217 0.1%
Hari Prasad Gupta Independent 215 0.1%
Raja Ram Independent 195 0.0%
Sant Lal Independent 186 0.0%
Anil Tiwari Independent 184 0.0%
Lala Kanahia Lal Omer Independent 183 0.0%
Shyam Lal Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh 173 0.0%
Satyendra Awasthi Independent 162 0.0%
Ram Devi (W) Independent 152 0.0%
Anil Independent 143 0.0%
Om Prakash Pandey Independent 141 0.0%
Krishna Gopal Independent 127 0.0%
Deep Kumar Agrawal Independent 122 0.0%
Sidh Nath Tripathi Independent 120 0.0%
Santosh Kumari Tiwari (W) Independent 90 0.0%
Shiv Nath Alias Baba Chetna Nand Independent 90 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagatveer Singh Dron Bharatiya Janata Party 297,550 52.2%
Subhashini Ali CPI (Marxist) 146,460 25.7%
Sharfuddin Ahmed Bahujan Samaj Party 51,333 9.0%
Bhudhar Narayan Mishra Indian National Congress 47,403 8.3%
Satya Narain Independent 2,621 0.5%
Sarvesh Dwivedi Independent 2,242 0.4%
Iqbal Siddiqui Independent 1,974 0.3%
Kuldeep Kumar Saxena Independent 1,800 0.3%
Pratap Trivedi AIIC(T) 1,636 0.3%
Brij Mohan Dixit Independent 1,487 0.3%
Shamsuddin Independent 1,052 0.2%
Anusuiya Sharma Independent 898 0.2%
Vinod Kumar Gupta Independent 897 0.2%
Prabha Nigam AD 744 0.1%
Santosh Kumari Tiwari Independent 597 0.1%
Madan Lal ICS 552 0.1%
Kripashankar Independent 544 0.1%
Acharya Srikrishna Jansevi Independent 500 0.1%
Suman Babu Shukla Independent 495 0.1%
Bhagwati Prasad Dixit Independent 495 0.1%
Ramesh Dubey Independent 469 0.1%
S.M. Terik Independent 433 0.1%
Ram Chandra Bajpai Independent 423 0.1%
Veerendra Singh Independent 394 0.1%
Santosh Independent 369 0.1%
Bhola Nath Balmik INL 347 0.1%
Usha Independent 337 0.1%
Janaki Prasad Independent 313 0.1%
Ashok Kumar Malik Independent 309 0.1%
Shakir Ali Usmani Independent 299 0.1%
Ram Sharan Independent 283 0.0%
Sanjai Gupta Independent 266 0.0%
Badruddin Independent 266 0.0%
Vijai Kumar Bajpai Independent 263 0.0%
Jag Mohan Singh Parihar Independent 257 0.0%
Daya Shanker Saini Independent 247 0.0%
Ram Lal RPI 244 0.0%
Dileep Kumar Independent 243 0.0%
Vijai Prasad Independent 240 0.0%
Raghuraj Shashtri Independent 214 0.0%
Narendra Singh Independent 207 0.0%
Devendra Shukla Independent 194 0.0%
Avadh Narayan Independent 185 0.0%
Sitaram Gupta Independent 149 0.0%
O.P. Singhal Independent 145 0.0%
Sadhna Srivastava Independent 137 0.0%
Surjan Singh Independent 135 0.0%
Hari Prasad Gupta Independent 132 0.0%
Devi Prasad Independent 132 0.0%
Sayyad Iqbal Ishrat Hussain Independent 127 0.0%
Rajendra Pal Bhaseen Independent 107 0.0%
Tauheed Alam Independent 105 0.0%
Vilas Kumar Gupta Independent 99 0.0%
Gyan Dutt Verma Independent 96 0.0%
Vijay Singh Parihar Independent 93 0.0%
Satyendra Independent 88 0.0%
Hardev Singh Independent 83 0.0%
Rakesh Singh Gautam Independent 70 0.0%
Rakesh Kumar Gaur Independent 69 0.0%
Mohammad Saleem Khan Independent 65 0.0%
Hira Lal Singh Independent 65 0.0%
Raj Narain Independent 62 0.0%
Devi Prasad Dubey Independent 55 0.0%
Kanojia Hridey Master Independent 31 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagat Veer Singh Dron Bharatiya Janata Party 335,996 49.4%
Surendra Mohan Agarwal Samajwadi Party 199,987 29.4%
Sri Prakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 90,274 13.3%
Pawan Gupta Bahujan Samaj Party 49,474 7.3%
Iqbal Siddiqui Independent 812 0.1%
S.D. Praja Pati Independent 771 0.1%
Tej Ram UPRP 552 0.1%
Ram Khilawan Sonker (Shikshak) ABAS 518 0.1%
Mangal Prasad Independent 393 0.1%
Surya Narain ABRC(D) 368 0.1%
S.M. Tariq Anwar Independent 353 0.1%
Tarana Sharfuddin Independent 330 0.0%
Dr. Vijai Narain Pal Independent 284 0.0%
Ram Bali Singh Johri Independent 151 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 293,610 46.2%
Jagat Veer Singh Drone Bharatiya Janata Party 259,151 40.8%
Shyam Lal Gupta Samajwadi Party 40,690 6.4%
Man Singh Bagga Bahujan Samaj Party 26,374 4.1%
Santosh Kumar Independent 3,638 0.6%
S.M. Tariq Anwar Independent 3,275 0.5%
Anil Kumar Gupta ABBP 2,662 0.4%
Sadhana Sahu PSJP 1,555 0.2%
Moti Lal Pal Independent 978 0.2%
Dr. Vijai Narian Pal Independent 791 0.1%
Iqbal Siddiqui Independent 739 0.1%
Ramesh Chandra Kunde(Balmiki) AD 713 0.1%
Ramesh Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 594 0.1%
Anupa Rani AJBP 510 0.1%
Suresh Kumar KRD 344 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 211,109 34.1%
Satya Dev Pachauri Bharatiya Janata Party 205,471 33.2%
Haji Mushtaq Solanki Samajwadi Party 159,361 25.8%
Anubhav Bahujan Samaj Party 27,962 4.5%
Subhashini Ali CPI (Marxist) 4,558 0.7%
Mohd. Hanim Alis Kinner Ramkali Independent 1,975 0.3%
Chandra Prakash ABHM 1,607 0.3%
Saroj Rahi Independent 1,070 0.2%
Sunil Patel AD 957 0.2%
Ravi Shankar Balmiki Independent 945 0.2%
Jagannath Mistri Independent 822 0.1%
Chandramani Independent 721 0.1%
Ram Ratan RSBP 644 0.1%
Ajeet Mohan Independent 615 0.1%
Manohar Lal Independent 477 0.1%
Sanjeev Pandey BSDP 427 0.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sri Prakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 214,988 41.9%
Satish Mahana Bharatiya Janata Party 196,082 38.2%
Sukhda Mishra Bahujan Samaj Party 48,374 9.4%
Surendra Mohan Agrawal Samajwadi Party 34,919 6.8%
Ahamed Hussain Independent 3,728 0.7%
Omendra Bharat BPD 3,237 0.6%
Maya Kaushal Independent 2,503 0.5%
Mohammd Isha Independent 2,394 0.5%
Nisha Independent 1,463 0.3%
V.N.Awasthi Independent 1,274 0.2%
Mahesh Chandra Sharma Independent 767 0.1%
Anil Kumar Jain Independent 563 0.1%
Badri Vishal Prajapati Independent 522 0.1%
Jagdish Prasad ABHM 503 0.1%
Gufran Ahmed RWSP 450 0.1%
Jageswar Dayal 1 Vikal Orai Independent 389 0.1%
Gaya Prasad Independent 365 0.1%
Moti Lal Sharma IJP 357 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dr.Murli Manohar Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party 474,712 56.8%
Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 251,766 30.1%
Saleem Ahmad Bahujan Samaj Party 53,218 6.4%
Surendra Mohan Agarwal Samajwadi Party 25,723 3.1%
Mahmood Husain Rahmani Aam Aadmi Party 11,925 1.4%
Kishor Bajpai Independent 3,005 0.4%
Prem Chandra Pandey Independent 2,350 0.3%
None Of The Above Independent 2,278 0.3%
Anil Awasthi All India Trinamool Congress 1,701 0.2%
Ashok Paswan Advocate Independent 1,398 0.2%
Muzaffar Husain Khan Independent 1,069 0.1%
Vishwanath Kataria Independent 929 0.1%
Vinayak Rao Tope SPOI 723 0.1%
Himmat Lal ABRS 683 0.1%
Betalal Diwakar Independent 665 0.1%
Dr.Nikhil Gupta NBDP 580 0.1%
Kumari Saraswati Independent 475 0.1%
Ramesh Kumar Gupta Praja Socialist Party 433 0.1%
Mohammad.Ateeq Revolutionary Socialist Party 425 0.1%
Mohammad.Ateeq Revolutionary Socialist Party 425 0.1%
Mohd.Nasir Khan PP 364 0.0%
Anand Mehrotra NEP 361 0.0%
Devendra Kumar Sharma ABAS 296 0.0%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Satyadev Pachauri Bharatiya Janata Party 468,937 55.9%
Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 313,003 37.3%
Ram Kumar Samajwadi Party 48,275 5.8%
Alok Kumar SJP 1,885 0.2%
Poonam Shukla BSCP 1,130 0.1%
Ram Gopal Uttam Independent 1,078 0.1%
Shivam Kushwaha Independent 998 0.1%
Javed Mohammad Khan Independent 696 0.1%
Chandra Bhan Sankhwar Independent 595 0.1%
Balveer Singh Chandel Shiv Sena 591 0.1%
Dilshad Ahmad Independent 580 0.1%
Triveni Narayan Jaiswal Independent 486 0.1%
Reena Urf Renu Samajwadi Party 367 0.0%
Mukti Yadav BRM 316 0.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Independent margin 9.4 pts 1962: Independent margin 22.2 pts 1967: Independent margin 2.7 pts 1971: Independent margin 36.5 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 45.9 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 20.9 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 36.5 pts 1989: CPI (Marxist) margin 13.3 pts 1991: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 28.2 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 26.5 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 20.0 pts 1999: Indian National Congress margin 5.4 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 0.9 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 3.7 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 26.7 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 18.6 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Kanpur has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Independent, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress, CPI (Marxist), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Kanpur in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Satyadev Pachauri (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, in 2019 with 468,937 votes (55.9%), a margin of 155,934 votes over Sriprakash Jaiswal.

Which parties have won Kanpur since 1957?

Since 1957, Kanpur has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, CPI (Marxist), Congress (I), Independent, Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Kanpur?

The closest result on record for Kanpur was 2004, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 5,638 votes (0.9 percentage points).

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