KARNAL
Constituency no. 5 in Haryana · Lok Sabha seat contested 15 times since 1967.
Haryana also has an assembly constituency called KARNAL. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 1999
I.D. Swami
BJP
Elections held
15
1967–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 8 of 15
Margin, 1999
1,47,854
19.17% of valid votes
Result, 1999
Runner-up
INCBhajan Lal
- Votes
- 2,85,879
- Vote share
- 37.07%
- Behind by
- 1,47,854
Electors
11,31,448
Total votes polled
7,71,101
Valid votes
7,71,101
NOTA votes
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Turnout
68.2%
Full result, 1999
14 candidates · 7,71,101 valid votes
I.D. SwamiBJPwon
4,33,733
56.3%
Bhajan LalINC
2,85,879
37.1%
Pardeep KumarBSP
26,860
3.5%
Ramphal SharmaIND
7,405
1.0%
Sukhvinder SinghIND
6,150
0.8%
Bajinder SinghIND
3,479
0.5%
Nar Singh Dass GuptaSP
3,045
0.4%
Dwarka ParsadIND
1,258
0.2%
Anoop SinghIND
816
0.1%
Devi LalIND
755
0.1%
Ugar SainIND
553
0.1%
Ami LalIND
472
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 14. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 15 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | MANOHAR LAL | BJP | 7,39,285 | 54.93% | DIVYANSHU BUDHIRAJA | 2,32,577 |
| 2019 | Sanjay Bhatia | BJP | 9,11,594 | 70.08% | Kuldip Sharma | 6,56,142 |
| 2014 | ASHWINI KUMAR | BJP | 5,94,817 | 49.84% | ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA | 3,60,147 |
| 2009 | ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA | INC | 3,04,698 | 37.57% | MARATHA VIRENDER VERMA | 76,346 |
| 2004 | ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA | INC | 3,18,948 | 38.95% | I. D. SWAMI | 1,64,762 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
Turnout and closeness over time
Turnout
Winning margin
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this page exists to answer.
Who won the KARNAL constituency in 2024?
MANOHAR LAL (BJP) won KARNAL in 2024, by a margin of 2,32,577 votes.
Which party has won KARNAL the most times?
INC, with 8 of the 15 wins recorded since 1967.
How many times has KARNAL gone to the polls?
15 times, from 1967 to 2024.
Who has won KARNAL the most times?
ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA, with 2 wins between 2004 and 2009.
