Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency

Bhopal
Bhopal
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Central India
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly constituencies	Berasia ; Bhopal Uttar ; Narela ; Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim ; Bhopal Madhya ; Govindpura ; Huzur ; Sehore
Established	1952
Total electors	23,39,411
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Alok Sharma
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Bhopal 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.

Assembly Segments

Like most other Lok Sabha seats in MP and Chhattisgarh, with few seats like Durg (which has nine assembly segments under it) being exceptions, Bhopal Lok Sabha seat has 8 assembly seats as its segments.

#	Name	District	Member
149	Berasia (SC)	Bhopal	Vishnu Khatri	BJP	BJP
150	Bhopal Uttar		Atif Arif Aqueel	INC	INC
151	Narela		Vishvas Sarang	BJP	BJP
152	Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim		Bhagwandas Sabnani	BJP	BJP
153	Bhopal Madhya		Arif Masood	INC	INC
154	Govindpura		Krishna Gaur	BJP	BJP
155	Huzur		Rameshwar Sharma
159	Sehore	Sehore	Sudesh Rai

Members of Parliament

Year	Member
1952	Saidullah Razmi	Indian National Congress
1952	Chatur Narain Malviya
1957	Maimoona Sultan
1962	Maimoona Sultan
1967	Jagannathrao Joshi	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress
1977	Arif Beg	Janata Party
1980	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. N. Pradhan	Indian National Congress
1989	Sushil Chandra Varma	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991
1996
1998
1999	Uma Bharti
2004	Kailash Joshi
2009	Kailash Joshi
2014	Alok Sanjar
2019	Pragya Thakur
2024	Alok Sharma

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			65.48%
2019			61.54%
2014			63.19%
2009			50.95%
2004			65.41%
1999			55.09%
1998			57.44%
1996			49.27%
1991			53.61%
1989			46.48%
1984			61.73%
1980			43.53%
1977			63.35%
1971			50.88%
1967			48.81%
1962			36.61%
1957			41.25%
1952 (Sehore)			50.66%
1952 (Raisen)			66.02%

2024

2024 Indian general election: Bhopal^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Alok Sharma	981,109	65.48
	INC	Advocate Arun Shrivastava	479,610	32.01
	BSP	Bhanu Pratap Singh	13,305	0.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,621	0.44
	IND	9 Independent Candidates	11,591	0.77
	OTH	10 Other Party Candidates	6,049	0.40
Majority			501,499	33.47
Turnout			14,98,285	64.06
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general election: Bhopal^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur	866,482	61.54
	INC	Digvijaya Singh	501,660	35.63
	BSP	Madho Singh Ahirwar	11,277	0.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,430	0.39
	IND	16 Independent Candidates	17,467	1.24
	OTH	11 Other Party Candidates	5,638	0.40
Majority			364,822	25.91
Turnout			14,08,669	65.74
	BJP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Alok Sanjar	714,178	63.19
	INC	P. C. Sharma	343,482	30.39
	AAP	Rachna Dhingra	21,298	1.88
	BSP	Sunil Borse	10,152	0.90
	CPI	Shailendra Kumar Shaili	7,643	0.68
	SP	Sheeba Malik	5,742	0.51
	SDPI	Master Sajid Siddiqui	5,557	0.49
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,181	0.46
	IND	11 Independent Candidates	8,985	0.80
	OTH	10 Other Party Candidates	7,964	0.70
Majority			370,696	32.80
Turnout			11,30,182	57.75
	BJP hold		Swing	+12.24

2009

2009 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kailash Joshi	335,678	50.95
	INC	Surendra Singh Thakur	270,521	41.06
	BSP	Er. Ashok Narayan Singh	18,649	2.83
	SP	Mhod. Munawar Khan Kausar	8,615	1.31
	IND	13 Independent Candidates	19,796	2.99
	OTH	6 Other Party Candidates	5,581	0.83
Majority			65,157	9.89
Turnout			658,840	45.07
	BJP hold		Swing

2004

2004 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kailash Joshi	561,563	65.41
	INC	Sajid Ali	255,558	29.77
	BSP	G. S. Chawala	16,712	1.95
	IND	2 Independent Candidates	10,419	1.21
	OTH	5 Other Party Candidates	14,211	1.66
Majority			306,005	35.64
Turnout			858,463	46.47
	BJP hold		Swing

1999

1999 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Uma Bharti	537,905	55.09
	INC	Suresh Pachori	369,041	37.79
	IND	Shrawan Gourav	19,710	2.02
	BSP	Phool Singh	18,617	1.91
	NCP	Aslam Sher Khan	6,044	0.62
	JD(S)	M. W. Siddiqui	5,392	0.55
	IND	5 Independent Candidates	13,530	1.40
	OTH	4 Other Party Candidates	6,254	0.64
Majority			168,864	17.30
Turnout			976,686	61.88
	BJP hold		Swing

1998

1998 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Sushil Chandra Varma	4,94,481	57.44
	INC	Arif Baig	3,00,549	34.91
	BSP	Manoj Shrivastava	54,526	4.01
	CPI	Shailendra Kumar	15,423	1.79
Majority			1,93,932	22.53
Turnout			8,60,917	58.03
	BJP hold		Swing

1996

1996 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Sushil Chandra Varma	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

1991 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Sushil Chandra Varma	3,08,946	53.61
	INC	Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi	2,06,738	35.88
	JD	Swami Agniwesh	26,716	4.64
Majority			1,02,208	17.73
Turnout			5,76,232	49.67
	BJP hold		Swing

1989

1989 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Dr. Sushil Chandra Varma	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

1984 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. N. Pradhan	2,40,717	61.73
	BJP	Laxminarayan Sharma	1,12,053	28.74
	JP	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

1980

1980 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(I)	Shankardayal Sharma	168,059	43.53
	JP	Arif Beg	154,457	40.01
	CPI	Homi Daji	24,370	6.31
	IND	Bhaiyalal Shobharam	8,331	2.16
	IND	Washiuddin Khan	5,913	1.53
	IND	Narayandas Khambhra	4,687	1.21
	IND	Vidya Jain	3,842	1.00
	IND	Babulal Sangode	3,588	0.93
	IND	K. C. Gupta	3,391	0.88
	IND	Ramkumar Khare	3,257	0.84
	IND	Shafic Siddiqui	3,162	0.82
	IND	Radheshyam Agrawal	2,995	0.78
Majority			13,602	3.52
Turnout			397,589	56.70
	Swing to INC(I) from JP		Swing

1977

1977 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Arif Beg	231,023	63.35
	INC	Shankar Dayal Sharma	122,497	33.59
	IND	Babulal Sangode	11,163	3.06
Majority			108,526	29.76
Turnout			381,028	61.76
	Swing to JP from INC		Swing

1971

1971 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Shankar Dayal Sharma	158,805	50.88
	ABJS	Bhanu Prakash Singh	127,393	40.81
	IND	Dada Bhoumick	20,342	6.52
	SSP	Arif Beg Karamat Beg	5,601	1.79
Majority			31,412	10.07
Turnout			326,690	56.18
	Swing to INC from ABJS		Swing

1967

1967 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	ABJS	J. R. Joshi	138,698	48.81
	INC	M. Sultan	94,767	33.35
	CPI	M. D. Shrivastava	35,274	12.41
	IND	A. A. Khan	8,807	3.10
	IND	H. B. Bhide	6,588	2.32
Majority			43,931	15.46
Turnout			295,340	55.88
	Swing to ABJS from INC		Swing

1962

1962 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Maimoona Sultan	83,204	36.61
	HM	Om Parkash	63,898	28.11
	ABJS	Mahipal	38,211	16.81
	CPI	Mohini	34,010	14.96
	IND	Shiv Charan	7,969	3.51
Majority			19,306	8.50
Turnout			236,088	46.52
	INC hold		Swing

1957

1957 Indian general election: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Maimoona Sultan	81,134	41.25
	HM	Hardayal Deogan	55,950	28.44
	CPI	Mohini Devi	31,424	15.98
	IND	Anoopbai	15,207	7.73
	IND	Ram Charan Rai	12,983	6.60
	IND	Gulab Chand	0	0.00
Majority			25,184	12.81
Turnout			196,698	46.00
	INC hold		Swing

1952 (Sehore)

1952 Indian general election: Sehore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Saeed Ullah Razmi	48,107	50.66
	HM	Udhav Das	34,712	36.56
	KMPP	Ratankumar	8,808	9.28
	Socialist	Govindprasad Aftab Raizada	3,329	3.51
Majority			13,395	14.10
Turnout			94,956	41.02
	INC win (new seat)

1952 (Raisen)

1952 Indian general election: Raisen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Chatrunarain Malvia	49,185	66.02
	IND	Thakur Shankar Singh	25,316	33.98
Majority			23,869	32.04
Turnout			74,501	39.52
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "Press Note" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^ "Bhopal Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.
^ "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bhopal". 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
^ The Indian Express (22 May 2019). "Lok Sabha elections results 2019: Here is the full list of winners constituency-wise". Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Constituency wise detailed result". Election Commission of India.

External links

Bhopal lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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[1] "Press Note" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 25 May 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.

[2] "Bhopal Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Bhopal-3] "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Bhopal". 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.

[Lok_Sabha_elections_results_2019:_Here_is_the_full_list_of_winners_constituency-wise-4] The Indian Express (22 May 2019). "Lok Sabha elections results 2019: Here is the full list of winners constituency-wise". Archived from the original on 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[5] "Constituency wise detailed result". Election Commission of India.

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v t e Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh
Current (since 2008)	Balaghat Betul Bhind Bhopal Chhindwara Damoh Dewas Dhar Guna Gwalior Indore Jabalpur Khajuraho Khandwa Khargone Mandla Mandsaur Morena Narmadapuram Rajgarh Ratlam Rewa Sagar Satna Shahdol Sidhi Tikamgarh Ujjain Vidisha
Defunct	Jhabua Seoni Shajapur Shivpuri

v t e City of Bhopal
History	Paramara dynasty Bhopal State Battle of Bhopal Bhopal Agency Bhopal State (1949–56) Bhopal disaster Bhopal Conference
Geography	Bhoj Wetland Bhojtal Lower Lake Van Vihar National Park
Administration	Bhopal division Bhopal district Bhopal Municipal Corporation Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)
Major tourist attractions	Bharat Bhavan Bhimbetka rock shelters(45 kms. away) Bhoj Wetland Ramsar Site(Ecotourism) Bhojeshwar Temple, Bhojpur Bhojtal (Upper Lake) Islamnagar Fort Kamla Park and Kamlapati Palace Manuabhan ki Tekri Museum of Mankind (Manav Sangrahalaya) Sair Sapata Sanchi Stupas(47 kms. away), Satdhara Stupas (39 kms. away, en route to Sanchi) and Sonari Stupas (near Satdhara) State Museum, Bhopal Taj-ul-Masajid Tribal Museum Bhopal Van Vihar National Park and Zoo
Other landmarks	Bhadbhada Dam Raj Bhavan Regional Science Centre Remember Bhopal Museum Taj Mahal palace
Transport	Raja Bhoj Airport Bhoj Metro Inter State Bus Terminal West Central Railway zone Bhopal Junction Rani Kamalapati station Bairagarh station Nishatpura station Bhopal Bus Rapid Transit System N12 N86
Education	Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Barkatullah University Madhya Pradesh Bhoj Open University AIIMS Delhi Public School, Bhopal Gandhi Medical College Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Forest Management School of Planning and Architecture National Law Institute University National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition National Institute of Fashion Technology Other educational institutions
Sports	Aishbagh Stadium Barkatullah University Stadium (proposed) Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex Bhopal Badshahs Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd Sports Complex
Suburbs	Arera Colony Barkheda Berasia BHEL Township Brindavan Nagar Govindpura Habibganj Indrapuri Indus town Mandideep Misrod Piplani Saket Nagar Kalpana Nagar Sonagiri
Economy	Bharat Heavy Electricals Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Corporation RBI Bhopal New Market
Other	DB City Mall Hamidia Hospital Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Bhopal Tablighi Ijtema Organisations based in Bhopal Notable people