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. S. D. Sharma was the MP at the time of the infamous Bhopal disaster of December 1984.

Assembly segments

Presently, since the delimitation of the parliamentary and legislative assembly constituencies in 2008, Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following eight Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2014)
149	Berasia	SC	Bhopal	2,00,055
150	Bhopal Uttar	None	Bhopal	2,33,661
151	Narela	None	Bhopal	2,89,423
152	Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim	None	Bhopal	2,13,832
153	Bhopal Madhya	None	Bhopal	2,32,209
154	Govindpura	None	Bhopal	3,19,232
155	Huzur	None	Bhopal	2,76,329
159	Sehore	None	Sehore	1,90,438
Total:				19,55,179

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation
First	1951-57	Saeed Ullah Razmee / Chatrunarain Malvia	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	Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	Arif Beg	Janata Party
Seventh	1980-84	Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Eighth	1984-89	K. N. Pradhan	Indian National Congress (Indira)
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	Sadhvi Uma Shree Bharati	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Kailash Chandra Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-14	Kailash Chandra Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Alok Sanjar	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General Election, 2014: Bhopal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Alok Sanjar	7,14,178	63.19
	INC	P. C. Sharma	3,43,482	30.39
	AAP	Rachna Dhingra	21,298	1.88
Majority			3,70,696	32.80
Turnout			11,30,182	58.80
	BJP hold		Swing

General Election, 2009: Bhopal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kailash Joshi	3,35,678	50.95
	INC	Surendra Singh Thakur	2,70,521	41.06
	BSP	Ashok Narayan Singh	18,649	2.83
Majority			65,157	9.89
Turnout			6,58,840	45.08
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

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
Majority			3,06,005	35.64
Turnout			8,58,463	46.47
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1999: Bhopal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Uma Bharati	5,37,905	55.09
	INC	Suresh Pachori	3,69,041	37.79
	Independent	Shravan Gourav	19,710	2.02
Majority			1,68,864	17.30
Turnout			9,76,493	61.87
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

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 gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1996: Bhopal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushil Chandra Verma	3,53,427
	INC	Kailash Agnihotri	2,02,533
	BSP
Majority			1,50,894
Turnout
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General Election, 1991: Bhopal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushil Chandra Verma	3,08,946	53.61
	INC	Mansoor Ali Khan Patodi	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 gain from INC		Swing

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

See also

• Bhopal district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha