Constituency
249. Bhopal
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1977
IN-BHOPAL
BLD 63.3%won by 29.8%INC 33.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 29.8%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 63.3% of the vote here (+63.3%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 91.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 5.4% to 59.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
6,16,993
Turnout
59.1%
Valid votes
3,64,683
Margin
1,08,526
29.76%
Candidates
3 contested · winner BLD- 1ARIF BEGBLD · BLD2,31,02363.3%
- 2SHANKAR DAYAL SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC1,22,49733.6%
- 3BABULAL SANGODEIndependent · IND11,1633.1%
Since 1971
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BLDflipped
- BLD–INC swing
- +80.6%
- BLD share
- 0.0% → 63.3%
- INC share
- 50.9% → 33.6%
- Turnout
- 53.7% → 59.1%