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)	1952-57	Saidullah Razmi / Chatur Narain Malviya	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-62	Maimoona Sultan	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Maimoona Sultan	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967–71	Jagannathrao Joshi	Bharatiya Jan Sangh
Fifth	1971-77	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Arif Beg	Bharatiya Lok Dal
Seventh	1980-84	Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Eighth	1984-89	K. N. Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	Sushil Chandra Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
Tenth	1991-96	Sushil Chandra Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh	1996-98	Sushil Chandra Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Sushil Chandra Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	1999–2004	Uma Bharti	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Kailash Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-14	Kailash Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Alok Sanjar	Bharatiya 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
	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	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
	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

See also

• Bhopal district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha