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Assembly constituency 21 · Haryana

Karnal is assembly constituency number 21 in Haryana, in Karnal district, and one of the segments of the Karnal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Jagmohan Anand of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 59.7% of the vote, 33,652 votes ahead of Sumita Virk (INC).

Karnal · 2024AC 21
  1. 01
    Jagmohan Anand
    BJP
    90,006
    59.66%
  2. 02
    Sumita Virk
    INC
    56,354
    37.35%
  3. 03
    Sunil Bindal
    AAP
    1,723
    1.14%
  4. 04
    Surjeet Singh
    INLD
    950
    0.63%
  5. 05
    Jetender Royal
    JNJP
    269
    0.18%
  6. 7 other candidates · 715 votesNOTA · 854 (0.57%)

Margin 33,652 votes · 22.31% of valid votes

2,66,941
Registered electors
2024 election
56.6%
Turnout
+4.2 pts vs 2019
33,652
Victory margin
22.3% of valid votes
Oct 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 12 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,50,871 valid votes, NOTA included.

Karnal 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Jagmohan AnandMale · 54 yrsBJP90,006
59.66%
2Sumita VirkFemale · 65 yrsINC56,354
37.35%
3Sunil BindalMale · 58 yrsAAP1,723
1.14%
4Surjeet SinghMale · 42 yrsINLD950
0.63%
—NOTANOTA854
0.57%
5Jetender RoyalMale · 57 yrs · SCJNJP269
0.18%
6KamalMale · 40 yrsIndependent242
0.16%
7Varinder Kumar ChawlaMale · 60 yrsIndependent149
0.10%
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8Neeru Bala SainiFemale · 46 yrsIndependent98
0.06%
9Advocate Pardeep SainiMale · 46 yrsRGD63
0.04%
10Hardeep SinghMale · 37 yrsSAD(M)55
0.04%
11DharmenderMale · 32 yrs · SCIndependent55
0.04%
12Yash Dev GoyalMale · 66 yrsIndependent53
0.04%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2019.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024BJP 59.7%INC 37.4%AAP 1.1%JNJP 0.2%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Manohar LalBJP · 63.7% · margin 45,188Turnout52.4%
2024Jagmohan AnandBJP · 59.7% · margin 33,652Turnout56.6%
2024 byeNayab SinghBJP · 62.4% · margin 41,540Turnout58.1%
2014Manohar Lal KhattarBJP · 58.8% · margin 63,773Turnout67.8%
2009Sumita SinghINC · 35.5% · margin 3,731Turnout63.8%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation, plus bye-elections (dashed). Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Karnal bye-election, 25 May 2024

Turnout 58.1% · 1,52,827 of 2,63,119 electors voted

Karnal bye-election 2024-05-25 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Nayab SinghBJP95,004
62.43%
2Tarlochan SinghINC53,464
35.13%
—NOTANOTA1,113
0.73%
3RajinderJNJP1,073
0.71%
4Tilak Raj SinglaRGD331
0.22%
5Engg. Suresh KumarIndependent298
0.20%
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6Suresh KumarPPID279
0.18%
7RohatashRMEP252
0.17%
8Rajender Arya DadupurIndependent214
0.14%
9Shamsher Singh NainIndependent144
0.09%

Karnal result 2019

Karnal 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manohar LalBJP79,906
63.72%
2Tarlochan SinghINC34,718
27.68%
3Tej BahadurJNJP3,192
2.55%
4Satish BalmikiBSP2,597
2.07%
—NOTANOTA1,956
1.56%
5Mahinder Pal RathiAAP1,402
1.12%
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6Satpal Sahil HindustaniIndependent858
0.68%
7Virender SharmaLTSP331
0.26%
8Pardeep HoodaLD176
0.14%
9Master Ramesh Khatri LambardarIndependent171
0.14%
10Sant Dharamveer ChotiwalaJD(U)101
0.08%

Karnal result 2014

Karnal 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Manohar Lal KhattarBJP82,485
58.78%
2Jai Parkash Gupta KarnalIndependent18,712
13.33%
3Manoj WadhwaINLD17,685
12.60%
4Surender NarwalINC12,804
9.12%
5Ranbir SinghBSP3,437
2.45%
6Suresh MatlaudaIndependent2,230
1.59%
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7Tejpal GargHJCBL943
0.67%
—NOTANOTA589
0.42%
8Jai ParkashIndependent423
0.30%
9Tilak RajIndependent363
0.26%
10BishamberSP241
0.17%
11SaritaHALP141
0.10%
12Navjot SinghSAD(M)120
0.09%
13Alka SinghSJSP101
0.07%
14Mahinder Singh ChopraCPI(ML)(L)59
0.04%

Karnal result 2009

Karnal 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sumita SinghINC35,894
35.45%
2Jai ParkashHJCBL32,163
31.76%
3Chander Parkash KathuriaBJP14,883
14.70%
4Balvinder Singh KalraBSP11,128
10.99%
5AshokINLD3,932
3.88%
6Sushil KumarIndependent884
0.87%
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7Anand ParkashIndependent680
0.67%
8Narender SarohaIndependent525
0.52%
9PunitIndependent453
0.45%
10Mulakh RajIndependent385
0.38%
11Lal SinghBSP(K)331
0.33%
Map

Karnal outlined in orange among the other Haryana seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Karnal district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPINCINLDBSPAAPOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Karnal is one of the assembly segments of Karnal. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Karnal candidates.

  • Manohar LalBJP90,018 59.4%
  • Divyanshu BudhirajaINC55,394 36.6%
  • Inder SinghBSP1,967 1.3%
  • Maratha Virender VermaNCP(SP)1,243 0.8%
  • Devender KadianJNJP686 0.5%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 34,624 EVM votes.

Open Karnal Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Karnal.

Who won the Karnal assembly seat in 2024?

Jagmohan Anand of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Karnal in the 2024 Haryana assembly election with 90,006 votes, which was 59.66% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Karnal?

The margin was 33,652 votes (22.31% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sumita Virk of the Indian National Congress with 56,354 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Karnal in 2024?

Turnout was 56.60%: 1,51,100 of 2,66,941 registered electors voted, across 234 polling stations. That is 4.2 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Karnal part of?

Karnal is an assembly segment of the Karnal Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Manohar Lal got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Has Karnal had a bye-election?

Yes. In the bye-election on 25 May 2024, Nayab Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) won by 41,540 votes.

Is Karnal a reserved constituency?

No. Karnal is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Karnal?

The Haryana assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Haryana assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.