Chandigarh, October 14: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parmod Kumar Vij won the Panipat City Vidhan Sabha Seat in Haryana. Vij won the Panipat City seat by defeating Sanjay Aggarwal of the Congress party by a massive margin of 39,545 votes. In the last assembly polls in Haryana in 2014, Rohita Rewri of BJP had won the assembly seat by defeating a Congress candidate by a margin of 53721 votes. Polling in all the 90 seats in Haryana will be held on the same day along with assembly elections in Maharashtra on October 21. In Haryana, the BJP-led Manohar Lal Khattar government is currently in power. Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Full List of Constituencies With Current MLA Names and How BJP, Congress, INLD Performed in 2014.
The counting of votes and results was announced on October 24, 2019. At present, the sitting MLA from the Panipat City constituency is Rohita Rewri of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This year, the BJP has fielded Parmod Kumar Vij for the upcoming polls in the state while the Congress has given its ticket to Sanjay Aggarwal for the Panipat City constituency. The term of the Haryana assembly ends on November 2.
In September this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced the election schedule for Haryana and Maharashtra. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora informed that there are 1.82 crore registered voters in the state who will go to poll on October 21. Who Will Win Haryana Assembly Elections 2019? Here's What ABP News Opinion Poll Results Predict.
The political parties that were part of the poll battle include BJP, Congress, Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Haryana Janhit Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). In the 2014 Assembly Elections 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 Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
PARMOD KUMAR VIJ (Current MLA) | BJP | 76863 |
RAJENDER JINDI BHAI | IND | 424 |
SURESH SAINI | INLD | 415 |
SANJAY AGGARWAL | INC | 37318 |
DILBAG SINGH | IND | 303 |
RAMESH SINGLA | BSP | 1787 |
NEELAM PRANAMI | IND | 153 |
SWAMI AGNIVESH | IND | 137 |
JAIDEV NAULTHA | Jannayak Janta Party | NA |
MOHIT ARORA | Sarva Hit Party | NA |
VIJAY KUMAR KALRA | Loktanter Suraksha Party | NA |
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Rohita Rewri (Current MLA) | BJP | 92757 |
Virender Kumar Shah | INC | 39036 |
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