GEN · Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999
Bhopal
Shankardayal Sharma (INC(I)) won by 13,602 votes (3.5%).
- Electors
- 7,01,163
- Votes polled
- 3,97,589
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 56.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 3.5% (median 16.7%). Back to Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 · 1980 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 17.3%(-5.2%)
- Turnout
- 61.9%(+3.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 92.9%
Winning margin over time · Bhopal
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shankardayal SharmaWinner | INC(I) | 1,68,059 | 43.5% |
| 2 | Arif Beg | JNP | 1,54,457 | 40.0% |
| 3 | Homi Daji | CPI | 24,370 | 6.3% |
| 4 | Bhaiyalal Shobharam | IND | 8,331 | 2.2% |
| 5 | Washiuddin Khan | IND | 5,913 | 1.5% |
| 6 | Narayandas Khambhra | IND | 4,687 | 1.2% |
| 7 | Vidya Jain | IND | 3,842 | 1.0% |
| 8 | Babulal Sangode | IND | 3,588 | 0.9% |
| 9 | K.C. Gupta | IND | 3,391 | 0.9% |
| 10 | Ramkumar Khare | IND | 3,257 | 0.8% |
| 11 | Shafic Siddiqui | IND | 3,162 | 0.8% |
| 12 | Radheshyam Agrawal | IND | 2,995 | 0.8% |
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