Constituency
153. Karnal
Community mirrorHaryana · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-KARNAL
INC 37.6%won by 9.4%BSP 28.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.1% to 9.4%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 65.7% of the vote between them, up from 57.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,16,977
Turnout
66.6%
Valid votes
8,11,029
Margin
76,346
9.41%
Candidates
23 contested · winner INC- 1ARVIND KUMAR SHARMAIndian National Congress · INC3,04,69837.6%
- 2MARATHA VIRENDER VERMABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,28,35228.2%
- 3I.D.SWAMIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,85,43722.9%
- 4DR. RAMESH CHHABRAHJCBL · HJCBL49,2266.1%
- 5MAM CHANDCommunist Party of India · CPI13,5871.7%
- 6ANOOP SINGHIndependent · IND3,4940.4%
- 7MUKESH KUMARIIndependent · IND3,3790.4%
- 8BALWAN SINGH RUHALIndependent · IND3,2480.4%
- 9LAL SINGH KASHYAPIndependent · IND2,0710.3%
- 10ARYA SUSHIL GARGIndependent · IND2,0310.3%
- 11SHIV PARSADIndependent · IND1,6590.2%
- 12RAMESH SINGLAIndependent · IND1,5670.2%
- 13KALPANA SINGHRPIA · RPIA1,5360.2%
- 14ASHOK KUMARIndependent · IND1,4280.2%
- 15DUSHYANT KUMARIndependent · IND1,3750.2%
- 16SUSHIL GURJAR SIRSIIndependent · IND1,2900.2%
- 17MANOJ KUMAR KASHYAPVAJP · VAJP1,1170.1%
- 18NARENDER SAROHAIndependent · IND1,0800.1%
- 19PREM KUMARShiv Sena · SHS1,0310.1%
- 20HAWA SINGHRASJP · RASJP1,0190.1%
- 21RAJIV AHUJASamajwadi Party · SP9850.1%
- 22RAM PALRASAP · RASAP9130.1%
- 23SANJEEVIndependent · IND5060.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BSP swing
- −21.3%
- INC share
- 38.9% → 37.6%
- BSP share
- 8.2% → 28.2%
- Turnout
- 66.0% → 66.6%