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, 2014
ASHWINI KUMAR
BJP
Elections held
15
1967–2024
Most successful party
INC
won 8 of 15
Margin, 2014
3,60,147
30.18% of valid votes
Result, 2014
Runner-up
INCARVIND KUMAR SHARMA
- Votes
- 2,34,670
- Vote share
- 19.66%
- Behind by
- 3,60,147
Electors
16,84,321
Total votes polled
11,93,500
Valid votes
11,93,500
NOTA votes
2,929
0.25% of votes polled
Turnout
70.9%
Full result, 2014
23 candidates · 11,93,500 valid votes
ASHWINI KUMARBJPwon
5,94,817
49.8%
ARVIND KUMAR SHARMAINC
2,34,670
19.7%
JASWINDER SINGH SANDHUINLD
1,87,902
15.7%
MARATHA VIRENDER VERMABSP
1,02,628
8.6%
PARAMJIT SINGHAAAP
32,060
2.7%
MAM CHANDCPI
10,945
0.9%
JAGDISHIND
3,442
0.3%
JAGBIR SINGH RANAIND
2,775
0.2%
MAHMOOD HASSANIND
2,723
0.2%
PALE RAM KASHYAPRJPE
2,654
0.2%
RAJESH KUMARIND
1,937
0.2%
KISMAT SHARMAIND
1,757
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 23. 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







