Hisar Assembly Elections 2024: Savitri Jindal, the wealthiest woman in India, won the Hisar assembly seat as an independent candidate. Jindal, who is the mother of BJP's Kurukshetra MP Naveen Jindal, defeated her nearest rival and Congress candidate Ram Niwas Rana by a margin of 18,941 votes. Jindal polled 49,231 votes while the Congress candidate secured 30,290 votes. BJP candidate and outgoing MLA Kamal Gupta was at the third spot with 17,385 votes.
The Hisar Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Haryana. It is the constituency number 52 of Haryana Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The BJP and Congress are the main parties in the seat. BJP’s Kamal Gupta won the election both in 2014 and 2019 Assembly Elections.
Hisar Assembly Constituency Demographic Profile
According to the Election Commission, in 2014, there were 1,55,670 electors, out of whom 82,726 were male and 72,944 were female. 230 were service electors. There were 1,09,068 voters in the constituency. 70.06 per cent people had polled their votes. There were 1,08,604 valid votes polled, out of which 1,08,368 were on the EVM, and 236 were through postal ballots.
In 2019, there were 1,65,025 electors in 2019, out of whom there were 87,241 male and 77,782 female. The total number of voters in the constituency was 98,692, out of which 53,846 were male and 44,559 were female. The voter turnout in the constituency in 2019 was 59.8 per cent. There were 97,054 valid votes polled, of which 96885 were on EVM and 169 were on postal ballots.
Hisar Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2024: Poll Date
The Hisar constituency in Haryana held in single-phased Assembly polls on October 5, along with the other 89 constituencies of the state.
Hisar Assembly Election 2024 Candidates
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Dr Kamal Gupta, Congress party's Ram Niwas Rara, Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) Shyam Lal, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Sanjay Satrodia, Jannayak Janta Party's (JJP) Ravinder Ravi Ahuja and Independent candidate Savitri Jindal are the main candidates in the Hisar Legislative Assembly constituency of Haryana. The JJP is in an alliance with the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) in the state, while the INLD has tied up with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
Hisar Constituency 2014 and 2008 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In 2014, BJP's Kamal Gupta won the election, defeating Congress' Savitri Jindal by a margin of 13,646 votes. The BJP candidate got 42,285 votes while the Congress candidate received 28,639 votes.
In 2019, BJP's Kamal Gupta won the seat, defeating Congress' Niwas Rara by a margin of 15832 votes. The BJP leader was polled 49675 votes while the Congress candidate got 33843 votes.
Hisar Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 1967: S Lata (Congress)
- 1968: Balwant Rai Tayal (Bharatiya Kranti Dal)
- 1972: Gulab Singh Dhiman (Congress)
- 1977: Balwant Rai Tayal (Janata Party)
- 1982: Om Prakash Mahajan (Independent)
- 1987: Hari Singh Saini (Lokdal)
- 1991: Om Prakash Jindal (Haryana Vikas Party)
- 1996: Om Prakash Mahajan (Independent)
- 2000: Om Prakash Jindal (Congress)
- 2005: Om Prakash Jindal (Congress)
- 2009: Savitri Jindal (Congress)
- 2014: Kamal Gupta (BJP)
- 2019: Kamal Gupta (BJP)
Hisar Constituency Voter Turnout in 2014 and 2019
The voter turnout in the constituency in 2019 was 59.8 per cent and 70.06 per cent people had polled their votes in 2014.
