Bhopal Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: Sadhvi Pragya has taken a massive lead against Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal. She is set to defeat Singh by over 3.5 lakh votes. The capital city in the Hindi heartland went to polls on May 12. Though the BSP too had fielded its candidate from this seat, the main contest was limited between the BJP and Congress.
The fight between Sadhvi Pragya and Digvijaya Singh was less about politics and more about religion which the BJP claimed the senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister tried to tarnish by coning and peddling terms like “Hindu Terror” or “Saffron Terror”. Sadhvi Pragya, who is a key accused in Malegaon blast and is currently out on bail, had admitted that she was fighting for Rashtra (nation) and Dharm (religion).
BHOPAL RESULT LATEST UPDATES
6:45 pm: Sadhvi Pragya takes a massive lead of over 3.4 lakh in Bhopal.
SADHVI PRAGYA: 826902
DIGVIJAYA SINGH: 482839
02: 45 pm: Sadhvi Pragya maintains a healthy lead in Bhopal.
Current Position
Digvijaya Singh: 307531
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur: 474756
01:15 pm: Sadhvi Pragya takes a massive lead of over 1.4 lakh votes.
11:45 am: BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur is leading over Congress’ Digvijay Singh by 44,222 votes in Bhopal.
8:35 am: Sadhvi Pragya takes an early lead over Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal
8:00 am: Counting begins – The counting has begun in the constituency.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the BJP won this seat by over 3.5 lakh votes. The saffron party’s Alok Sanjar got 7,14,178 votes, while Congress leader PC Sharma could secure just 3,43,482. Bhopal is the stronghold of the BJP which has never lost this seat since 1989. BJP bigwigs like Uma Bharti and Kailash Chandra have represented this seat in the past. This is the first time that Digvijaya Singh is contesting from Bhopal.
The BJP was also in power in the state for the last 15 years until it lost to the Congress in 2018. The saffron party under Shivraj Singh Chouhan got 109 seats and the grand old party led by Kamal Nath managed to get 113 of 230 assembly seats. Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency has eight assembly segments — Berasia, Bhopal Uttar, Narela, Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim, Bhopal Madhya, Govindpura, Huzur, and Sehore.
In the last state election, the saffron party won five —Berasia, Narela, Govindpura, Huzur, and Sehor — assembly seats and the Congress emerged victorious in three seats — Bhopal Uttar, Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim, and Bhopal Madhya. Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency covers the entire district and part of Sehore district. As per the last Census, the Bhopal district had a population of 23,71,061 people. According to the Election Commission, the total electorate in this parliamentary constituency were 1,461,714 in 2009.