Sonipat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency (earlier spelt as Sonepat) is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in northern India.

Assembly segments

At present, Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:[1]

  1. Ganaur
  2. Rai
  3. Kharkhauda
  4. Sonipat
  5. Gohana
  6. Baroda
  7. Julana
  8. Safidon
  9. Jind

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha Duration Name of M.P. Party Affiliation
Fifth 1971-77 Mukhtiar Singh Malik
Sixth 1977-80 Mukhtiar Singh Malik Janata Party
Seventh 1980-84 Rizaq Ram Indian National Congress
Eighth 1984-89 Dharampal Singh Malik Indian National Congress
Ninth 1989-91 Kapil Dev Shastri Janata Dal
Tenth 1991-96 Dharampal Singh Malik Indian National Congress
Eleventh 1996-98 Arvind Kumar Sharma Independent
Twelfth 1998-99 Kishan Singh Sangwan Indian National Lok Dal
Thirteenth 1999-04 Kishan Singh Sangwan Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth 2004-2009 Kishan Singh Sangwan Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth 2009-2014 Jitender Singh Malik Indian National Congress
Sixteenth 2014-Incumbent Ramesh Chander Kaushik Bhartiya Janata Party

General elections 2014

General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ramesh Chander Kaushik 347,203 35.23 +10.31
INC Jagbir Singh Malik 269,789 27.37 -20.20
INLD Padam Singh Dahiya 264,404 26.83 +26.83
AAP Jaisingh Thekedar 48,597 4.93 +4.93
NOTA None of the above 2,403 0.24 ---
Majority 77,414 7.85 -14.80
Turnout 985,637
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary/Assembly Constituency wise Electors in Final Roll 2009". Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana.