Constituency
213. Bhopal
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BHOPAL
BJS 48.8%won by 15.5%INC 33.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which now leads by 15.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BJS vote shareBJS went from 0.0% to 48.8% of the vote here (+48.8%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 64.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 9.0% to 53.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,28,531
Turnout
53.8%
Valid votes
2,84,134
Margin
43,931
15.46%
Candidates
5 contested · winner BJS- 1J.R. JOSHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,38,69848.8%
- 2M. SULTANIndian National Congress · INC94,76733.4%
- 3M.D. SHRIVASTAVACommunist Party of India · CPI35,27412.4%
- 4A.A. KHANIndependent · IND8,8073.1%
- 5H.B. BHIDEIndependent · IND6,5882.3%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJSflipped
- BJS–INC swing
- +52.1%
- BJS share
- 0.0% → 48.8%
- INC share
- 36.6% → 33.4%
- Turnout
- 44.8% → 53.8%