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In the 2014 General elections, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi from BJP was elected from Kanpur seat in Uttar Pradesh. He received 4,74,712 votes. His closest opponent was Sriprakash Jaiswal from INC who received 2,51,766 votes.

In the 2009 General elections, Sriprakash Jaiswal from Congress was elected from Kanpur. This was his third term in Lok Sabha from Kanpur seat. He had received 2,14,998 votes. His closest opponent was Satish Mahana from BJP who received 1,96,082 votes.

In the general elections held in 1971, S.M. Banerjee, an independent candidate was elected form Kanpur seat. In 1977, Manohar Lal from BLD was elected. In 1980, Arif Mohammad Khan was elected from Kanpur on a ticket from INC (I).

In 1984, Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi  from INC was elected from Kanpur constituency. In 1989, Subhasini Ali, CPM candidate, was elected from Kanpur. In 1991, 1996, and 1998, Jagat Veer Singh Dron was elected on ticket from BJP. Then in 1999 and 2004, Shriprakash Jaiswal from Congress was elected.

The 2019 General elections in Kanpur constituency was held in the fourth phase. For the 2019 elections, Samajwadi Party had given ticket to Ram Kumar, while Congress again fielded Sriprakash Jaiswal. BJP fielded Satyadev Pachauri. There were total 14 candidates contesting from Kanpur constituency in 2019.

There are 5 assembly segments under the Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency. These include Govind Nagar, Sisamau, Arya Nagar, Kidwai Nagar, and Kanpur Cantt.