Constituency
235. Bhopal
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1984
IN-BHOPAL
INC 61.7%won by 33.0%BJP 28.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: INCI (INCI) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.0%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 61.7% of the vote here (+61.7%).
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 83.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 6.2% to 48.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
7,97,498
Turnout
48.9%
Valid votes
3,89,943
Margin
1,28,664
33.00%
Candidates
23 contested · winner INC- 1K. N. PRADHANIndian National Congress · INC2,40,71761.7%
- 2LAXMI NARAYAN SHARMABharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,12,05328.7%
- 3GOSWAMI GAJANAN PURIJanata Party · JNP5,7051.5%
- 4GULKHAN ALAMIndependent · IND4,7101.2%
- 5SHIV KUMAR SAHNIIndependent · IND4,3861.1%
- 6GANESHIndependent · IND4,2871.1%
- 7GOVIND PARVANIIndependent · IND2,4010.6%
- 8IQBAL AHMEDIndependent · IND1,7280.4%
- 9AYAZ MOHD.Independent · IND1,6380.4%
- 10LAXMI DEVIIndependent · IND1,6050.4%
- 11PURAN SINGH KUSHWAHAIndependent · IND1,5000.4%
- 12GULAB RAUTIndependent · IND1,2640.3%
- 13NARENDRA DABKARIndependent · IND1,0780.3%
- 14MUKHTAR HUSSAINIndependent · IND1,0770.3%
- 15ZOHRA JAMALIndependent · IND9950.3%
- 16MAHIPAL AHIRWARIndependent · IND8830.2%
- 17SOHANLAL SONDHIAIndependent · IND7400.2%
- 18BRAMHA SWAROOPIndependent · IND6470.2%
- 19HANUMAN PRASAD SHARMAIndependent · IND5970.2%
- 20MEHMOOD RAZAIndependent · IND5450.1%
- 21RAMPATI PRASAD DIVWEDIIndependent · IND5330.1%
- 22B.P. SHRIVASTAVAIndependent · IND4700.1%
- 23BRIJBASILAL SHARMAIndependent · IND3840.1%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- INCI
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–BJP swing
- +33.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 61.7%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 28.7%
- Turnout
- 55.1% → 48.9%