Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: भोपाल लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency presently covers the entire Bhopal district and part of Sehore district.

The seat has been held by the BJP since 1989. Bhopal was represented by Dr Shanker Dayal Sharma twice from 1971 to 1977 and 1980 to August 1984.

Assembly Segments

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Number of electorates (2014)
149 Berasia SC Bhopal 2,00,081
150 Bhopal Uttar None Bhopal 2,34,001
151 Narela None Bhopal 2,89,586
152 Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim None Bhopal 2,14,029
153 Bhopal Madhya None Bhopal 2,32,471
154 Govindpura None Bhopal 3,19,760
155 Huzur None Bhopal 2,76,672
159 Sehore None Sehore 1,90,641
Total: 19,57,241

Members of Parliament

Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th President of India
MP-Bhopal 1971-1977
Lok Sabha Duration Name of the Member Party Affiliation
First (Raisen/Sehore)1952-57Saidullah Razmi / Chatur Narain MalviyaIndian National Congress
Second1957-62Maimoona SultanIndian National Congress
Third1962-67Maimoona SultanIndian National Congress
Fourth1967–71Jagannathrao JoshiBharatiya Jan Sangh
Fifth1971-77Shankar Dayal SharmaIndian National Congress
Sixth1977-80Arif BegBharatiya Lok Dal
Seventh1980-84Shankar Dayal SharmaIndian National Congress (Indira)
Eighth1984-89K. N. PradhanIndian National Congress
Ninth1989-91Sushil Chandra VermaBharatiya Janata Party
Tenth1991-96Sushil Chandra VermaBharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh1996-98Sushil Chandra VermaBharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth1998-99Sushil Chandra VermaBharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth1999–2004Uma BhartiBharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth2004-09Kailash JoshiBharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth2009-14Kailash JoshiBharatiya Janata Party
Sixteenth2014-IncumbentAlok SanjarBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2014 results

Indian general elections, 2014: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Alok Sanjar 7,14,178 63.19 +12.24
INC P. C. Sharma 3,43,482 30.39 -10.67
AAP Rachna Dhingra 21,298 1.88 N/A
BSP Sunil Borse 10,152 0.90 -1.93
CPI Shailendra Kumar Shaili 7,643 0.68 "N/A"
NOTA None of the Above 5,181 0.46 "N/A"
Majority 3,70,696 32.80 +22.91
Turnout 11,30,182 57.75 +12.68
BJP hold Swing +12.24

2009 results

General Election, 2009: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Kailash Chandra Joshi 3,35,678 50.95 -14.46
INC Surendra Singh Thakur 2,70,521 41.06 +11.29
BSP Ashok Narayan Singh 18,649 2.83 +0.88
SP Munawar Khan Kausar 8,615 1.31 +0.85
Independent Brajendra Chaturvedi 3,570 0.54 N/A
Majority 65,157 9.89 -25.75
Turnout 6,58,840 45.07 -1.39
BJP hold Swing -14.46

2004 results

General Election, 2004: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Kailash Joshi 5,61,563 65.41
INC Sajid Ali 2,55,558 29.77
BSP G. S. Chawala 16,712 1.95
Independent Brij Basi Lal Sharma 7,965 0.92
SVSP Archana Srivastava 4,317 0.50
Majority 3,06,005 35.64
Turnout 8,58,463 46.47
BJP hold Swing

1999 results

General Election, 1999: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Uma Sri Bharti 5,37,905 55.09
INC Suresh Pachori 3,69,041 37.79
Independent Shrawan Gourav 19,710 2.02
BSP Phool Singh 18,617 1.91
NCP Aslam Sher Khan 6,044 0.62
Majority 1,68,864 17.30
Turnout 9,76,493 61.87
BJP hold Swing

1998 results

General Election, 1998: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sushil Chandra Verma 4,94,481 57.44
INC Arif Baig 3,00,549 34.91
BSP Manoj Shrivastava 34,526 4.01
Majority 1,93,932 22.53
Turnout 8,60,917 58.03
BJP hold Swing

1996 results

General Election, 1996: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sushil Chandra Verma 3,53,427 49.27
INC Kailash Agnihotri 2,02,533 28.24
Independent Ramesh Saxena 52,865 7.37
AIIC(T) Lalit Srivastava 46,146 6.43
Independent Rafiq Aslam Qureshi 8,605 1.20
Majority 1,50,894 21.03
Turnout 7,17,295 49.26
BJP hold Swing

1991 results

General Election, 1991: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sushil Chandra Verma 3,08,946 53.61
INC Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 2,06,738 35.88
Janata Dal Swami Agniwesh 26,716 4.64
Majority 1,02,208 17.73
Turnout 5,76,232 49.67
BJP hold Swing

1989 results

General Election, 1989: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sushil Chandra Verma 2,81,169 46.48
INC K. N. Pradhan 1,77,515 29.35
BSP A. Rauf Khan 97,886 16.18
Majority 1,03,654 17.13
Turnout 6,04,911 53.97
BJP gain from INC Swing

1984 results

General Election, 1984: Bhopal
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC K. N. Pradhan 2,40,717 61.73
BJP Laxmi Narayan Sharma 1,12,053 28.74
Janata Party Goswami Gajanan Puri 5,705 1.46
Independent Gulkhan Alam 4,710 1.21
Independent Shiv Kumar Sahni 4,386 1.12
Majority 1,28,664 32.99
Turnout 3,89,943 48.89
INC hold Swing

See also

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