The Nalwa Vidhan Sabha constituency falls in the Hisar district of Haryana. Voting in Nalwa for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 will take place on October 21. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 21 announced the election schedule for Haryana. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora informed Haryana has 1.82 crore registered voters. Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Full List of Constituencies With Current MLA Names and How BJP, Congress, INLD Performed in 2014.

Polling for the 90-member Haryana assembly will be held along with assembly elections in Maharashtra. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded sitting MLA Ranbir Ganwa from the Nalwa Assembly Constituency, while Randhir Panihar is contesting on Congress ticket. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has given ticket to Satpal Kajla. In 2014, Gangwa had won the election on INLD’s ticket.

According to the schedule of Haryana polls announced by the Election Commission, nomination papers can be filed till October 4. Nomination papers were scrutinised on October 5. The last date of withdrawal of candidature was October 7. The voting will take place on October 21. The votes will be counted on October 24, and the results will be announced on the same day. Assembly Elections 2019 Dates: Maharashtra & Haryana Go to Polls in Single-Phase on October 21, Results on October 24.

In Haryana, the BJP-led Manohar Lal Khattar government is currently in power. The main competition in Haryana is 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 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.

2019 nalwa Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
RANBIR GANGWA (Current MLA)BJP47523
RAVINDER MANGALIIND464
RAJ KUMAR KHUNDIAIND418
RANDHIR PANIHARINC37851
ADVOCATE BAJRANG INDALBSP3510
RANDEEP LOHCHABIND1828
SANDEEP HINDUSTANIIND180
SATPAL KAJLAINLD1286
JASBIRIND103
PAWAN KUMARIND102
CHAUDHARY BHAJAN LALBahujan Mukti PartyNA
RAN SINGH PANWARRashtriya Bhagidari Samaj PartyNA
VIRENDER SINGH BAGORIASwaraj IndiaNA
VIRENDER CHOUDHARYJannayak Janta PartyNA
SEEMA SIHAGSarva Hit PartyNA

2014 nalwa Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Ranbir Gangwa (Current MLA)INLD41950
Chander MohanHJCBL34835

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