Seven candidates, including BJP’s Devendra Singh Bhole, filed their nominations for the Kanpur Nagar and Akbarpur constituencies. Bhole, the sitting MP, has filed four sets of papers, the maximum limit. The main contenders for Kanpur Nagar are Ramesh Awasthi (BJP) and Alok Mishra (Congress), while Chandresh Singh and Pradeep Bharat filed their nominations for Akbarpur.