A stator for an electric motor, the stator comprising: a stator core including a yoke having an annular shape, and a plurality of teeth protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the yoke in a stator radial direction; a stator coil wound around the teeth , the stator coil being configured to generate a rotating magnetic field as a current is applied to the stator coil ; and a cancel coil extending in a stator axial direction at positions on the inner circumferential side and the outer circumferential side relative to the yoke , the cancel coil being wound around the stator core such that the cancel coil extends in the stator radial direction at positions outside the stator core in the stator axial direction and traverses the yoke , and the cancel coil including at least one closed circuit, wherein the stator coil has a U-phase coil (PU), a V-phase coil (PV), and a W-phase coil (PW), and the U-phase coil, the V-phase coil, and the W-phase coil are connected to one another, the cancel coil has a plurality of first element coils (CU) each corresponding to the U-phase coil (PU) and wound at different locations, a plurality of second element coils (CV) corresponding to the V-phase coil (PV) and wound at different locations, and a plurality of third element coils (CW) corresponding to the W-phase coil (PW) and wound at different locations, characterized in that the cancel coil has a plurality of closed circuits in each of which one first element coil (CU), one second element coil (CV), and one third element coil (CW) are connected in series. a stator core including a yoke having an annular shape, and a plurality of teeth protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the yoke in a stator radial direction; a yoke having an annular shape, and a plurality of teeth protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the yoke in a stator radial direction; a stator coil wound around the teeth , the stator coil being configured to generate a rotating magnetic field as a current is applied to the stator coil ; and a cancel coil extending in a stator axial direction at positions on the inner circumferential side and the outer circumferential side relative to the yoke , the cancel coil being wound around the stator core such that the cancel coil extends in the stator radial direction at positions outside the stator core in the stator axial direction and traverses the yoke , and the cancel coil including at least one closed circuit, wherein the stator coil has a U-phase coil (PU), a V-phase coil (PV), and a W-phase coil (PW), and the U-phase coil, the V-phase coil, and the W-phase coil are connected to one another, the cancel coil has a plurality of first element coils (CU) each corresponding to the U-phase coil (PU) and wound at different locations, a plurality of second element coils (CV) corresponding to the V-phase coil (PV) and wound at different locations, and a plurality of third element coils (CW) corresponding to the W-phase coil (PW) and wound at different locations, characterized in that the cancel coil has a plurality of closed circuits in each of which one first element coil (CU), one second element coil (CV), and one third element coil (CW) are connected in series. <EOS>