Bhopal (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bhopal
Bhopal
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency within Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent	Pragya Singh Thakur
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Madhya Pradesh
Assembly Constituencies	Berasia ; Bhopal Uttar ; Narela ; Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim ; Bhopal Madhya ; Govindpura ; Huzur ; Sehore

Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency 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.

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2019)
149	Berasia	SC	Bhopal	2,16,954
150	Bhopal Uttar	None	Bhopal	2,42,436
151	Narela	None	Bhopal	3,18,323
152	Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim	None	Bhopal	2,25,874
153	Bhopal Madhya	None	Bhopal	2,42,147
154	Govindpura	None	Bhopal	3,78,252
155	Huzur	None	Bhopal	3,17,116
159	Sehore	None	Sehore	2,01,749
Total:				21,42,851

Members of Parliament[]

Year	Winner	Party
Madhya Bharat State
1952	Saidullah Razmi	Indian National Congress
1952	Chatur Narain Malviya	Indian National Congress
Madhya Pradesh State
1957	Maimoona Sultan	Indian National Congress
1962	Maimoona Sultan	Indian National Congress
1967	Jagannathrao Joshi	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress
1977	Arif Beg	Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress (Indira)
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 Singh Thakur

Election results[]

2019 results[]

2019 Indian general elections: Bhopal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur	8,66,482	61.54	-1.65
	INC	Digvijaya Singh	5,01,660	35.63	+5.24
	BSP	Madho Singh Ahirwar	11,277	0.80	+0.10
	NOTA	None of the Above	5,430	0.39	-0.06
Majority			3,64,822	25.91	-6.89
Turnout			14,08,669	65.74	+7.99
	BJP hold		Swing	-1.65

2014 results[]

2014 Indian general elections: 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[]

2009 Indian general elections: 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		2,55,558	29.77
	BSP	G. S. Chawala	16,712	1.95
	Independent	Brij Basi Lal Sharma	7,965	0.92
		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	Sadhvi Uma Sri Bharti	5,37,905	55.09
	INC	Suresh Pachouri	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	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 results[]

General Election, 1996: 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 results[]

General Election, 1991: 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 results[]

General Election, 1989: 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 results[]

General Election, 1984: 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

References[]

External links[]

Bhopal lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

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

v t 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)
Landmarks	Bhadbhada Dam Bharat Bhavan Raj Bhavan Regional Science Centre Remember Bhopal Museum Taj-ul-Masajid Taj Mahal palace Sair Sapata
Transport	Raja Bhoj Airport Bhoj Metro Inter State Bus Terminal West Central Railway zone Bhopal Junction Habibganj 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