Karnal Assembly constituency

Karnal Assembly Constituency is a part of Karnal district. It is one of the nine seats which make up Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1][2]

Karnal Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 21 for the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Haryana
District	Karnal
Lok Sabha constituency	Karnal
Established	1967
Total electors	2,65,466
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jagmohan Anand
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
1957	Arjun Arora		Indian National Congress
1962	Sardar Madho Singh		Communist Party of India
1967	Ram Lal		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1968	Shanti Prasad		Independent
1972	Ram Lal		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1982	Shanti Devi		Indian National Congress
1987	Lachhman Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Jai Parkash Gupta		Indian National Congress
1996	Shashipal Mehta		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Jai Parkash Gupta		Independent
2005	Sumita Singh		Indian National Congress
2009
2014	Manohar Lal Khattar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024^	Nayab Singh Saini
2024	Jagmohan Anand

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Jagmohan Anand	90,006	59.66%	2.77
	INC	Sumita Virk	56,354	37.35%	2.22
	AAP	Sunil Bindal	1,723	1.14%	New
	INLD	Surjeet Singh	950	0.63%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	854	0.57%	0.17
Margin of victory			33,652	22.31%	4.99
Turnout			1,50,871	56.59%	1.31
Registered electors			2,65,466		1.44
	BJP hold		Swing	2.77

Assembly by-election 2024

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly by-election: Karnal^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nayab Singh Saini	95,004	62.43%	1.28
	INC	Tarlochan Singh	53,464	35.13%	7.45
	JJP	Rajinder	1,073	0.71%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,113	0.73%	0.83
Margin of victory			41,540	27.30%	8.73
Turnout			1,52,172	57.90%	5.53
Registered electors			2,62,821		9.75
	BJP hold		Swing	1.28

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Lal Khattar	79,906	63.72	4.97
	INC	Tarlochan Singh	34,718	27.68	18.56
	JJP	Tej Bahadur	3,192	2.55	New
	BSP	Satish Balmiki	2,597	2.07	0.38
	NOTA	Nota	1,956	1.56	New
	AAP	Mahinder Pal Rathi	1,402	1.12	New
	Independent	Satpal Sahil Hindustani	858	0.68	New
Margin of victory			45,188	36.03	9.39
Turnout			1,25,408	52.37	15.47
Registered electors			2,39,477		15.71
	BJP hold		Swing	4.97

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Manohar Lal Khattar	82,485	58.75	44.06
	Independent	Jai Parkash	18,712	13.33	New
	INLD	Manoj Wadhwa	17,685	12.60	8.71
	INC	Surender Narwal	12,804	9.12	26.31
	BSP	Ranbir Singh	3,437	2.45	8.54
	Independent	Suresh Matlauda	2,230	1.59	New
	HJC(BL)	Tejpal Garg	943	0.67	31.08
Margin of victory			63,773	45.42	41.74
Turnout			1,40,405	67.84	4.00
Registered electors			2,06,972		30.42
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	23.32

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sumita Singh	35,894	35.43	17.57
	HJC(BL)	Jai Parkash	32,163	31.75	New
	BJP	Chander Parkash Kathuria	14,883	14.69	0.68
	BSP	Balvinder Singh Kalra	11,128	10.98	9.76
	INLD	Ashok	3,932	3.88	2.66
	Independent	Sushil Kumar	884	0.87	New
	Independent	Anand Parkash	680	0.67	New
	Independent	Narender Saroha	525	0.52	New
Margin of victory			3,731	3.68	30.13
Turnout			1,01,307	63.84	0.55
Registered electors			1,58,695		0.13
	INC hold		Swing	17.57

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sumita Singh	53,300	53.01	42.56
	Independent	Jai Parkash	19,303	19.20	New
	BJP	Shashipal Mehta	15,455	15.37	17.61
	INLD	Dharam Pal Gupta	6,574	6.54	New
	BRP	Pt Kimti Lal Sharma	2,971	2.95	New
	BSP	Zile Singh	1,229	1.22	0.52
	Independent	Ramesh Kumar	646	0.64	New
Margin of victory			33,997	33.81	29.37
Turnout			1,00,556	63.28	3.63
Registered electors			1,58,894		12.60
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	15.59

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jai Parkash	31,495	37.41	New
	BJP	Satish Kalra	27,762	32.98	4.55
	INC	Suresh Gupta S/O Som Datt	8,790	10.44	18.19
	Independent	Suresh Gupta S/O Daya Ram	8,276	9.83	New
	Independent	Nathi Ram	3,177	3.77	New
	Independent	Narender Kumar	825	0.98	New
	Independent	Bhagat Ram	797	0.95	New
	Independent	Brij Bhushan	779	0.93	New
	Independent	Suresh Kumar S/O Dharam Pal	625	0.74	New
	BSP	Palvinder Singh	594	0.71	1.70
Margin of victory			3,733	4.43	4.46
Turnout			84,185	59.69	6.09
Registered electors			1,41,114		1.95
	Independent gain from BJP		Swing	0.12

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shashipal Mehta	35,511	37.53	13.75
	INC	Jai Parkash	27,093	28.63	23.00
	AIIC(T)	Suresh Kumar	15,936	16.84	New
	Samata Party	Brij Kumar	7,044	7.44	New
	BSP	Suresh Kumar S/O Badlu Ram	2,272	2.40	New
	JD	Ishwar Singh	1,878	1.98	New
	Independent	Balwinder Singh	1,567	1.66	New
Margin of victory			8,418	8.90	18.97
Turnout			94,627	67.90	4.20
Registered electors			1,43,925		25.35
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	14.11

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jai Parkash	36,485	51.63	7.59
	BJP	Chetan Dass	16,798	23.77	28.77
	Independent	Dalbir Singh Sandhu	7,690	10.88	New
	JP	Brij Kumar	4,000	5.66	New
	HVP	Darshan Lal	2,634	3.73	New
	Independent	Suraj Parkash	360	0.51	New
Margin of victory			19,687	27.86	19.36
Turnout			70,660	63.07	0.42
Registered electors			1,14,814		16.24
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	0.90

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lachhman Dass	32,156	52.54	19.58
	INC	Jai Prakash	26,955	44.04	12.58
	Independent	Pardeep Kumar	381	0.62	New
	Independent	Kashmira Singh	327	0.53	New
Margin of victory			5,201	8.50	15.16
Turnout			61,205	62.44	6.89
Registered electors			98,769		27.23
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	4.08

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanti Devi	30,267	56.62	37.65
	BJP	Ram Lal	17,618	32.96	New
	Independent	Paramjit Singh	1,814	3.39	New
	JP	Avtar Singh	1,340	2.51	63.05
	Independent	Kallu Ram	1,108	2.07	New
	Independent	Bhartu Ram	418	0.78	New
Margin of victory			12,649	23.66	22.92
Turnout			53,457	69.70	7.36
Registered electors			77,633		24.02
	INC gain from JP		Swing	8.93

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ram Lal	25,236	65.55	New
	INC	Ram Sarup	7,303	18.97	23.21
	Independent	Ram Piara	4,937	12.82	New
	Independent	Shanti Prasad	885	2.30	New
Margin of victory			17,933	46.58	44.43
Turnout			38,497	62.20	7.21
Registered electors			62,599		7.62
	JP gain from ABJS		Swing	21.21

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Ram Lal	17,719	44.34	18.63
	INC	Shanti Devi	16,857	42.18	20.06
	Independent	Balwan Singh	1,602	4.01	New
	Independent	Piara Lal	1,243	3.11	New
	Independent	Kali Ram	1,203	3.01	New
	Independent	Kallu	616	1.54	New
	Independent	Radhe Shayam	542	1.36	New
	Independent	Kashmira Singh	180	0.45	New
Margin of victory			862	2.16	5.18
Turnout			39,962	70.36	7.09
Registered electors			58,165		11.22
	ABJS gain from Independent		Swing	11.29

Assembly Election 1968

1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shanti Prasad	10,648	33.05	New
	ABJS	Ram Lal	8,285	25.71	5.67
	INC	Roshan Lal	7,127	22.12	2.59
	BKD	Ram Piara	6,162	19.12	New
Margin of victory			2,363	7.33	0.66
Turnout			32,222	63.01	11.31
Registered electors			52,295		2.27
	Independent gain from ABJS		Swing	1.67

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Karnal^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Ram Lal	11,702	31.38
	INC	L. Ram	9,215	24.71
	Independent	R. Piara	9,080	24.35
	Independent	S. Prasad	5,176	13.88
	Independent	P. Lal	1,924	5.16
	Independent	S. Sunder	196	0.53
Margin of victory			2,487	6.67
Turnout			37,293	76.29
Registered electors			51,136
	ABJS gain from CPI		Swing