Election results for the Bhopal Lok Sabha in 2024: constituency profiles, previous victors, margin, and list of party nominees

Bhopal Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bhopal is a Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency. There are 29 legislative seats in the state. The eight Assembly segments that make up the Bhopal seat are Govindpura, Huzur, Sehore, Bhopal Madhya, Bhopal Uttar, Narela, and Berasia. The constituency is open to all candidates and is not exclusive to members of Scheduled Tribes or Castes (SCs or STs). The two major political parties in the constituency are the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sushil Chandra Verma of the BJP served as the constituency’s representative four times, in 1989, 1991, 1996, and 1998. Uma Bharti, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, also won the seat once in 1999. The BJP has never lost an election in this seat since 1989, making it a bastion in politics.

Profile of Bhopal Constituency Demographics
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the Bhopal seat had 21,42,861 voters, according to figures from the Election Commission. 10,20,924 of these voters were female, while 11,21,754 of them were male. A total of 183 voters identified as third gender. 1,718 ballots in the constituency were cast by mail. In Bhopal, there were 1,773 service voters in 2019 (1,662 males and 111 women).

There were 19,57,241 voters in the Bhopal constituency in total in 2014. 9,18,021 votes were female and 10,39,153 voters were male. There were 67 ‘others’ voters in this constituency. In the constituency, 212 postal ballots were cast. In Bhopal, there were 1,862 service voters in 2014 (1,260 males and 602 women).

Winners of Bhopal in 2014 and 2019 (Candidates and Parties)
With a margin of 3,64,822 votes, BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur won the seat for the first time in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. With 8,66,482 ballots cast, she had a 61.51% vote share. Digvijaya Singh, a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh and prominent Congress politician, was beaten by her, receiving 5,01,660 votes (35.61%). 14,07,954 legitimate votes were cast in total.

Alok Sanjar, a BJP contender, won the seat for the first time in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. With 7,14,178 votes cast, he had a 63.19% vote share. PC Sharma, a candidate for the Congress, finished second with 3,43,482 votes (30.39%). Sharma lost to Sanjar by a total of 3,70,696 votes. 11,30,182 valid votes were cast in this constituency overall. Rachna Dhingra, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate, received 21,298 votes (1.88%) to finish third.

Previous Winners of Bhopal
BJP’s Kailash Joshi: 2009
BJP’s Kailash Joshi: 2004
BJP’s Uma Bharti: 1999
BJP’s Sushil Chandra Verma: 1998
BJP’s Sushil Chandra Verma: 1996
BJP’s Sushil Chandra Verma: 1991
BJP’s Sushil Chandra Verma: 1989
Congressman KN Pradhan: 1984
Congressman Shankar Dayal Sharma: 1980
1977, Arif Beg (BLD)
Not All of the Above, or NOTA
5,430 voters in the Bhopal constituency (0.39%) chose NOTA in 2019. 5,181 voters (0.46%) in the Bhopal constituency chose NOTA in 2014.

Voter Turnout in Bhopal
14,07,954 valid votes, or 65.70% of the total, were cast in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.

11,30,182 votes, or 57.75% of the total, were valid for this Lok Sabha seat in 2014.

Dates of Bhopal Polls
In 2019, the Bhopal constituency had vote on May 12.

2014 saw the polling take place in Bhopal on April 17.

Dates of the Bhopal Results
The outcome for 2019 was made public on May 23.

2014 saw the announcement of the outcome on May 16.

The number of polling places
The Bhopal seat has 1,510 voting places for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.

The Bhopal seat has 1,977 voting places for the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.