Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim: PC Sharma of Congress defeated BJP minister Umashankar Gupta
The sitting MLA from Bhopal Dakshin-Pashchim is BJP's Umashankar Gupta, Minister of Revenue and Science & Technology in the Government of Madhya Pradesh.
Bhopal: The counting of votes began in Madhya Pradesh on 11 December at 8:00 AM. As of now, PC Sharma of Congress defeated BJP minister Umashankar Gupta.
Party workers of the BJP, BSP, GGP and the Congress assembled at the counting center. Bhopal Dakshin-Pashchim constituency comes under Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh. The city of Bhopal serves as its administrative headquarters and it is also a part of Bhopal division.
The sitting MLA from Bhopal Dakshin-Pashchim is BJP's Umashankar Gupta, Minister of Revenue and Science & Technology in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. Gupta defeated Congress' Sanjeev Saxena by a margin of 18,198 votes in the 2013 Assembly elections.
In the 2018 Assembly elections, Gupta was up against PC Sharma of the Congress were a day later, the Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim constituency saw a voter turnout of 62.58 percent.
The district has a sex ratio of 918 females for every 1000 males and a literacy rate of 80.37%.
MP's 230 constituencies went to polls on November 28. The BJP’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan is seeking a fourth term as chief minister, while the Congress is trying to get back the state it lost to the BJP in 2003. Election results will be declared on December 11.