Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency
Lok Sabha Constituency in Haryana, India
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Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in India.[1] This constituency covers the entire Kurukshetra and Kaithal districts and part of Yamunanagar district.
CountryIndia
| Kurukshetra HR-2 | |
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| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | North India |
| State | Haryana |
| Assembly constituencies | Radaur Ladwa Shahbad Thanesar Pehowa Guhla Kalayat Kaithal Pundri |
| Established | 1977 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2024 |
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.
Assembly segments
At present, Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:[2]
| # | Name | District | Member | Party | Leading
(in 2024) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Radaur | Yamunanagar | Shyam Singh Rana | BJP | BJP | ||
| 11 | Ladwa | Kurukshetra | Nayab Singh Saini | ||||
| 12 | Shahbad (SC) | Ram Karan | INC | AAP | |||
| 13 | Thanesar | Ashok Kumar Arora | BJP | ||||
| 14 | Pehowa | Mandeep Chatha | AAP | ||||
| 15 | Guhla (SC) | Kaithal | Devender Hans | ||||
| 16 | Kalayat | Vikas Saharan | |||||
| 17 | Kaithal | Aditya Surjewala | BJP | ||||
| 18 | Pundri | Satpal Jamba | BJP | ||||
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 Saini | 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 |  11.02 | |
| AAP | Sushil Gupta | 5,13,154 | 42.55 | New | |
| INLD | Abhay Singh Chautala | 78,708 | 6.53 |  1.60 | |
| BSP | Deepak Mehra | 20,944 | 1.74 | 4.41 | |
| Independent | Jai Kumar Saini Hamidpur | 8,093 | 0.67 | New | |
| JJP | Pala Ram Saini | 6,182 | 0.51 | 5.06 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,439 | 0.20 | ||
| Majority | 29,021 | 2.41 | 28.86 | ||
| Turnout | 12,06,961 | 67.06 | 7.23 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | 11.02 |
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2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nayab Singh Saini | 686,588 | 55.98 | 19.17 | |
| INC | Nirmal Singh | 3,03,722 | 24.71 | 0.62 | |
| BSP | Shashi | 75,533 | 6.15 | 0.08 | |
| JJP | Jai Bhagwan Sharma | 68,437 | 5.57 | new | |
| INLD | Arjun Chautala | 60,574 | 4.93 | 20.46 | |
| Majority | 3,84,591 | 31.27 | 19.85 | ||
| Turnout | 12,31,165 | 74.29 | 1.51 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Raj Kumar Saini | 418,112 | 36.81 | 36.81 | |
| INLD | Balbir Saini | 2,88,376 | 25.39 | 6.42 | |
| INC | Naveen Jindal | 2,87,722 | 25.33 | 20.04 | |
| BSP | Chhattar Singh | 68,926 | 6.07 | 11.20 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,482 | 0.22 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,29,736 | 11.42 | 2.14 | ||
| Turnout | 11,35,892 | 75.80 | 0.76 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | 36.81 |
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