Kurukshetra Lok Sabha Constituency
Kurukshetra is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in India. This constituency covers the entire Kurukshetra and Kaithal districts and part of Yamunanagar district.
Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat was initially Kaithal Lok Sabha seat and till 1977 its headquarters was also Kaithal. Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat came into existence in 1977. Elections from 2nd to 5th Lok Sabha were held at Kaithal Lok Sabha seat
Voter composition
Caste | Total voter | Percentage(%) |
---|---|---|
SC | 396,000 | 22 |
Jat | 210,000 | 12.7 |
Saini(Hindu+Sikh) | 183,600 | 10.2 |
Baniya | 108,000 | 6 |
Brahmin | 144,000 | 8 |
Gurjar | 183,000 | 10.1 |
Punjabi | 126,000 | 7 |
Rajput | 94,000 | 5 |
Kamboj | 63,000 | 3.5 |
Jatt Sikh | 54,000 | 3 |
Ror | 54,000 | 3 |
Muslim | 36,000 | 2 |
Kashyap | 54,000 | 3 |
Ramgarhiya | 36,000 | 2 |
Other OBC Gen | 149,400 | 8.3 |
Assembly segments
At present, Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:
# | Name | District | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
10 | Radaur | Yamunanagar | Bishan Lal Saini | INC | |
11 | Ladwa | Kurukshetra | Mewa Singh | INC | |
12 | Shahbad (SC) | Ram Karan | JJP | ||
13 | Thanesar | Subhash Sudha | BJP | ||
14 | Pehowa | Sandeep Singh | BJP | ||
15 | Guhla (SC) | Kaithal | Ishwar Singh | JJP | |
16 | Kalayat | Kamlesh Dhanda | BJP | ||
17 | Kaithal | Leela Ram | BJP | ||
18 | Pundri | Randhir Singh Gollen | Ind |
Members of Parliament
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | Mool Chand Jain | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Dev Dutt Puri | ||
1967 | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||
1971 | |||
1977 | Raghubir Singh Virk | Janata Party | |
1980 | Manohar Lal Saini | Janata Party (Secular) | |
1984 | Sardar Harpal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | Gurdial Singh Saini | Janata Dal | |
1991 | Tara Singh | Indian National Congress | |
1996 | Om Prakash Jindal | Haryana Vikas Party | |
1998 | Kailasho Devi | Indian National Lok Dal | |
1999 | |||
2004 | Naveen Jindal | Indian National Congress | |
2009 | |||
2014 | Raj Kumar Saini | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2019 | Nayab Singh Saini | ||
2024 | Naveen Jindal |
Election results
2024
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Naveen Jindal | 542,175 | 44.96 | ![]() | |
AAP | Sushil Gupta | 5,13,154 | 42.55 | New | |
INLD | Abhay Singh Chautala | 78,708 | 6.53 | ![]() | |
BSP | Deepak Mehra | 20,944 | 1.74 | ![]() | |
Independent | Jai Kumar Saini Hamidpur | 8,093 | 0.67 | New | |
JJP | Pala Ram Saini | 6,182 | 0.51 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 2,439 | 0.20 | ||
Majority | 29,021 | 2.41 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 12,05,872 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | ![]() |
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Nayab Singh Saini | 686,588 | 55.98 | ![]() | |
INC | Nirmal Singh | 3,03,722 | 24.71 | ![]() | |
BSP | Shashi | 75,533 | 6.15 | ![]() | |
JJP | Jai Bhagwan Sharma | 68,437 | 5.57 | new | |
INLD | Arjun Chautala | 60,574 | 4.93 | ![]() | |
Majority | 3,84,591 | 31.27 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 12,31,165 | 74.29 | ![]() | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Raj Kumar Saini | 418,112 | 36.81 | ![]() | |
INLD | Balbir Saini | 2,88,376 | 25.39 | ![]() | |
INC | Naveen Jindal | 2,87,722 | 25.33 | ![]() | |
BSP | Chhattar Singh | 68,926 | 6.07 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 2,482 | 0.22 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,29,736 | 11.42 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 11,35,892 | 75.80 | ![]() | ||
BJP gain from INC | Swing | ![]() |
2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Naveen Jindal | 397,204 | 45.36 | ||
INLD | Ashok Kumar Arora | 2,78,475 | 31.80 | ||
BSP | Gurdyal Singh Saini | 1,51,231 | 17.27 | ||
HJC(BL) | Jaswant Singh Cheema | 16,839 | 1.92 | ||
Majority | 1,18,729 | 13.56 | |||
Turnout | 8,75,536 | 75.04 | |||
INC hold | Swing |