Uchana Kalan Vidhan Sabha Constituency Election Result 2019 in Haryana: Dushyant Chautala of Jannayak Janata Party Wins MLA Seat in Assembly Polls

Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala has won the Uchana Kalan Vidhan Sabha constituency by a margin of over 40,000 votes. Chautala received close to 85,000 votes. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Prem Lata. The BJP Candidate received 41,513 votes. Bahujan Samaj Party's Samarjit came third. Chautala founded JPP on December 9, 2018. The counting of votes began today at 8 am. Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Full List of Constituencies With Current MLA Names and How BJP, Congress, INLD Performed in 2014.

The Uchana Kalan Vidhan Sabha constituency falls in the Jind district of Haryana. Voting in Uchana Kalan for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 took place on October 21. The counting of votes will take place on October 24. Polling for the 90-member Haryana assembly was held along with assembly elections in Maharashtra.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 21 announced the election schedule for Haryana. According to the schedule of Haryana polls announced by the Election Commission, nomination papers were filed till October 4. Nomination papers were scrutinised on October 5. The last date of withdrawal of candidature was October 7. Assembly Elections 2019 Dates: Maharashtra & Haryana Go to Polls in Single-Phase on October 21, Results on October 24.

The main competition in Haryana was between the ruling BJP and the Congress. Haryana Legislative Assembly comprises of 90 seats out of which 17 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and none for Scheduled Tribes (ST). In the 2014 polls in the state, the BJP had won 47 seats, while the Congress managed to win only 15 seats.

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