Chandigarh, October 24: Jai Parkash Dalal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Loharu Vidhan Sabha constituency. Dalal defeated his nearest rival Congress's Somvir Singh by a margin of 17,677 votes. The BJP candidate received 61,076 votes, while Gupta got 43,319 votes. Alka Arya of the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) s came at third spot. The counting of votes began on October 24 at 8 am. Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Full List of Constituencies With Current MLA Names and How BJP, Congress, INLD Performed in 2014.

The Loharu Vidhan Sabha constituency falls in the Bhiwani district of Haryana. Voting in Loharu for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 took place on October 21. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 21 announced the election schedule for Haryana. There were 1.82 crore registered voters in the state. Polling for the 90-member Haryana assembly was held along with assembly elections in Maharashtra.  In 2014, Om Parkash Barwa had won the election on INLD’s ticket.

According to the schedule of Haryana polls announced by the Election Commission, nomination papers were filed till October 4 and 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. However, the newly formed JPP managed to dent vote share of both the parties. 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 with a thumping majority and had scripted history in the state. The BJP had won 47 seats, while the Congress managed to win only 15 seats.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
JAI PARKASH DALAL (Current MLA)BJP61365
JAI KUMARIND49
SAJJAN BHARDWAJIND469
SOMVIR SINGHINC43688
SURESH KUMARIND224
BHARATH RAMIND216
RAMESHBSP1812
RAJ SINGH GAGARWASINLD1782
VEDPARKASHIND114
SUBHASH CHANDIND112
ALKA ARYAJannayak Janta PartyNA
AZAD SINGHSwaraj IndiaNA
RAJ KUMARLoktanter Suraksha PartyNA
RAJENDER SINGHRepublican Backward CongressNA

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