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Karnal, Haryana — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Karnal (Haryana) was won by Sanjay Bhatia (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 656,142 votes over Kuldip Sharma. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Karnal, Haryana, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1967 M. Ram Indian National Congress 168,204 50.0% R. Nand (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 203 (0.1 pts)
1971 Madho Ram Indian National Congress 152,249 48.1% Rameshwara Nand (Bharatiya Jana Sangh) 35,261 (11.1 pts)
1977 Bhagwat Dayal Bharatiya Lok Dal 340,961 82.0% Jagdish Prasad (Indian National Congress) 276,836 (66.6 pts)
1980 Chiranji Lal Congress (I) 151,786 35.2% Sushma Swaraj (Janata Party) 22,328 (5.2 pts)
1984 Chiranji Lal Indian National Congress 247,063 48.7% Devi Singh (ICJ) 98,952 (19.5 pts)
1989 Chiranjit Lal Indian National Congress 274,465 46.1% Sushma Swaraj (Bharatiya Janata Party) 8,673 (1.5 pts)
1991 Chiranji Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 200,770 32.2% Chasham Pal Singh (Janata Dal) 55,172 (8.8 pts)
1996 Ishwar Dayal Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 338,013 42.2% Chiranji Lal Sharma (Indian National Congress) 191,865 (24.0 pts)
1998 Bhajan Lal Indian National Congress 327,750 41.1% I.D. Swami (Bharatiya Janata Party) 52,061 (6.5 pts)
1999 I.D. Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 433,733 56.2% Bhajan Lal (Indian National Congress) 147,854 (19.2 pts)
2004 Arvind Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress 318,948 38.9% I. D. Swami (Bharatiya Janata Party) 164,762 (20.1 pts)
2009 Arvind Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress 304,698 37.6% Maratha Virender Verma (Bahujan Samaj Party) 76,346 (9.4 pts)
2014 Ashwini Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 594,817 49.8% Arvind Kumar Sharma (Indian National Congress) 360,147 (30.2 pts)
2019 Sanjay Bhatia Bharatiya Janata Party 911,594 70.4% Kuldip Sharma (Indian National Congress) 656,142 (50.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
M. Ram Indian National Congress 168,204 50.0%
R. Nand Bharatiya Jana Sangh 168,001 50.0%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Madho Ram Indian National Congress 152,249 48.1%
Rameshwara Nand Bharatiya Jana Sangh 116,988 36.9%
R. P. Kapoor Congress (O) 22,558 7.1%
Jaikrishan Sharma Independent 7,653 2.4%
Iqbal Krishna Independent 7,069 2.2%
Jogi Ram RPK 6,449 2.0%
Kashmira Singh Independent 3,814 1.2%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhagwat Dayal Bharatiya Lok Dal 340,961 82.0%
Jagdish Prasad Indian National Congress 64,125 15.4%
Dalpat Singh Independent 6,712 1.6%
Surajbhan Independent 2,535 0.6%
Amilal Alias Prithvi Lal Independent 1,504 0.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chiranji Lal Congress (I) 151,786 35.2%
Sushma Swaraj Janata Party 129,458 30.1%
Raghbir Singh Janata Party (Secular) 117,861 27.4%
Jai Singh Independent 9,349 2.2%
Kalawati Independent 2,619 0.6%
Dharam Pal S/O Surjan Independent 2,420 0.6%
Ram Singh Independent 2,011 0.5%
Surender Urf Surender Kumar Independent 1,693 0.4%
Nihal Chand RRP 1,480 0.3%
Hukum Singh RPK 1,424 0.3%
Ram Diya Independent 1,221 0.3%
Susheel Kumar Independent 1,212 0.3%
Amolak Raj Independent 1,180 0.3%
Laxmi Chand Chechi Congress (U) 1,041 0.2%
Suraj Bhan Independent 889 0.2%
Jasbir Singh Independent 747 0.2%
Kharaiti Lal Independent 717 0.2%
Raj Roop Independent 692 0.2%
Ami Lal Independent 611 0.1%
Kashmir Singh Independent 544 0.1%
Manphoola Urf Manphool Singh Independent 526 0.1%
Dharma Pal S/O Teka Ram Independent 420 0.1%
Gian Chand Independent 404 0.1%
Bala Ram Urf Balak Ram Independent 330 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chiranji Lal Indian National Congress 247,063 48.7%
Devi Singh ICJ 148,111 29.2%
Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party 77,870 15.3%
Ved Parkash Independent 9,549 1.9%
Darshan Singh Independent 2,482 0.5%
Kashmira Singh Independent 2,458 0.5%
Ajit Singh Janata Party 2,279 0.4%
Reet Mohan Independent 1,984 0.4%
Gaje Singh Independent 1,372 0.3%
Bhim Raj Independent 1,322 0.3%
Gurnam Singh Independent 1,100 0.2%
Rameshwar Independent 761 0.1%
Harbhagwan Independent 757 0.1%
Sheetal Singh Rawal Independent 744 0.1%
Sher Singh Independent 736 0.1%
Kalawati Independent 718 0.1%
Ram Diya Independent 675 0.1%
Om Prakash Independent 653 0.1%
Gurucharan Independent 625 0.1%
Dalbir Singh Independent 620 0.1%
Dalip Singh Independent 618 0.1%
Ram Singh Independent 579 0.1%
Ram Bhaj Independent 546 0.1%
Mahabir Singh Independent 511 0.1%
Prem Chand Independent 480 0.1%
Jasbir Kaur Independent 477 0.1%
Zile Singh Independent 449 0.1%
Amar Singh Independent 419 0.1%
Parbati Independent 384 0.1%
Bhim Sain Batra Independent 373 0.1%
Jeeta Independent 356 0.1%
Sushil Kumar Aggarwal Independent 328 0.1%
Prithvi Singh Independent 187 0.0%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chiranjit Lal Indian National Congress 274,465 46.1%
Sushma Swaraj Bharatiya Janata Party 265,792 44.6%
Raghbir Singh Communist Party of India 15,161 2.5%
Mai Lal Bahujan Samaj Party 7,631 1.3%
Bir Singh Independent 5,876 1.0%
Bhim Ram Singla DDP 5,064 0.9%
Tejbir Independent 2,433 0.4%
M.C.Sharma Independent 2,081 0.3%
Raghbir Independent 1,689 0.3%
Lal Chand Independent 1,468 0.2%
Kausal Pal JNP (JP) 1,444 0.2%
Chand Ram RPI 1,382 0.2%
Raj Pal Independent 1,245 0.2%
Jai Bhagwan Prajapat Independent 984 0.2%
Samsher Singh Independent 746 0.1%
Raj Bala Independent 717 0.1%
Man Singh Saini Independent 714 0.1%
Jani Bhagwan Independent 702 0.1%
Ram Sharma Independent 607 0.1%
Jogi Ram Independent 598 0.1%
Isham Singh Independent 593 0.1%
Dalipe Independent 573 0.1%
Mohammed Yamin Independent 476 0.1%
Surinder Kumar Independent 471 0.1%
Naresh Kumar Gupta Independent 464 0.1%
Devi Dayal Independent 385 0.1%
Amar Singh Johri Independent 338 0.1%
Parkash Man Parmodi Independent 273 0.0%
Amar Jeet Manocha Independent 248 0.0%
Sumer Chand Independent 208 0.0%
Madan Mohan Independent 198 0.0%
Kulwant Singh Independent 159 0.0%
Satwant Singh Independent 113 0.0%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chiranji Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 200,770 32.2%
Chasham Pal Singh Janata Dal 145,598 23.3%
Ranjit Janata Party 132,444 21.2%
Fateh Chand Vij Bharatiya Janata Party 81,780 13.1%
M.C. Kaushik Independent 13,482 2.2%
Kanwal Singh Bedharak Independent 9,104 1.5%
Krishan Chand Rajput Independent 8,294 1.3%
Phool Singh Kambooj Independent 5,565 0.9%
Devinder Singh Mann LKD 4,527 0.7%
Sunhera Ram Independent 4,468 0.7%
Zila Singh Independent 3,754 0.6%
Param Vir Chauhan Independent 3,072 0.5%
Dalel Singh JKMP 1,993 0.3%
Mahabir Independent 1,451 0.2%
Harish Kumar Independent 1,171 0.2%
Bhim Raj DDP 1,162 0.2%
Kalawati (W) Independent 1,122 0.2%
Raj Kumar Independent 1,037 0.2%
Jogi Ram Independent 936 0.1%
Pawan Kumar Independent 895 0.1%
Shamsher Singh Independent 754 0.1%
Ravinder Kumar Sharma Independent 680 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ishwar Dayal Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 338,013 42.2%
Chiranji Lal Sharma Indian National Congress 146,148 18.2%
Shyam Singh Rana SAP 126,604 15.8%
Raghuveer Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 55,484 6.9%
Chasham Pal Nain Janata Dal 45,797 5.7%
Shamsher Singh Gogi AIIC(T) 27,932 3.5%
Daryao Singh Malik Independent 13,465 1.7%
Mai Lal Independent 6,797 0.8%
Amarjit Singh Rana Independent 6,537 0.8%
Madan Gopal Gupta Independent 5,936 0.7%
Raj Kumar Kashyap Independent 4,775 0.6%
Chhakan Lal Khurana Independent 4,684 0.6%
Harkesh Sharma Shiv Sena 4,395 0.5%
Mahabir Singh Panwar ICS 2,268 0.3%
Gurdial Singh Independent 1,931 0.2%
Sunehra Independent 1,660 0.2%
Randhir Singh Saini Independent 1,582 0.2%
Santosh All India Forward Bloc 1,548 0.2%
Ved Parkash Independent 1,490 0.2%
Jogi Ram Independent 1,335 0.2%
Raj Kumar Independent 1,276 0.2%
Ram Phal Independent 1,250 0.2%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bhajan Lal Indian National Congress 327,750 41.1%
I.D. Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 275,689 34.6%
Umed Singh Kashyap HLD(R) 156,565 19.7%
Chasam Pal Singh Nain Janata Dal 15,900 2.0%
Rajender Singh Verma SJP(R) 9,837 1.2%
Bijender Independent 4,114 0.5%
Ishwar Chand Aggarwal Samajwadi Party 2,827 0.4%
Naresh Independent 1,016 0.1%
Mittar Pal AJBP 996 0.1%
Mohan Rao Saheb Independent 644 0.1%
Manphool Singh Independent 484 0.1%
Laj Pat Rai Independent 423 0.1%
Chhakan Lal Independent 264 0.0%
Som Parkash Kashyap Independent 229 0.0%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
I.D. Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 433,733 56.2%
Bhajan Lal Indian National Congress 285,879 37.1%
Pardeep Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 26,860 3.5%
Ramphal Sharma Independent 7,405 1.0%
Sukhvinder Singh Independent 6,150 0.8%
Bajinder Singh Independent 3,479 0.5%
Nar Singh Dass Gupta Samajwadi Party 3,045 0.4%
Dwarka Parsad Independent 1,258 0.2%
Anoop Singh Independent 816 0.1%
Devi Lal Independent 755 0.1%
Ugar Sain Independent 553 0.1%
Ami Lal Independent 472 0.1%
Om Parkash Independent 354 0.0%
Tapesh Bagati Independent 342 0.0%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arvind Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress 318,948 38.9%
I. D. Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 154,186 18.8%
Ashok Kumar Arora Indian National Lok Dal 113,510 13.9%
Raj Kumar ES 82,430 10.1%
Ashok Kumar Kashyap Bahujan Samaj Party 67,392 8.2%
Kuldip Sharma Independent 27,223 3.3%
Ram Chander Jangra HVP 21,371 2.6%
Naresh Sachdeva Independent 6,282 0.8%
Mahinder Singh Rana Independent 4,807 0.6%
Raghumal Bhatt Samajwadi Party 3,696 0.5%
Ram Mehar Singh Independent 2,490 0.3%
Mahinder Singh CPI (ML) Liberation 2,487 0.3%
Rishi Ram Gupta Independent 2,364 0.3%
Rajbir Singh Chauhan Independent 2,088 0.3%
Angrej Singh Joon RGD 1,977 0.2%
Duli Chand Malik Independent 1,888 0.2%
Surinder Singh Hooda LJP 1,729 0.2%
Raj Kumar Kashyap Independent 1,707 0.2%
Roshan Lal Bindal Shiv Sena 1,315 0.2%
Premo Alias Premvati Kashyap FCI 1,037 0.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arvind Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress 304,698 37.6%
Maratha Virender Verma Bahujan Samaj Party 228,352 28.2%
I.D.Swami Bharatiya Janata Party 185,437 22.9%
Dr. Ramesh Chhabra HJCBL 49,226 6.1%
Mam Chand Communist Party of India 13,587 1.7%
Anoop Singh Independent 3,494 0.4%
Mukesh Kumari Independent 3,379 0.4%
Balwan Singh Ruhal Independent 3,248 0.4%
Lal Singh Kashyap Independent 2,071 0.3%
Arya Sushil Garg Independent 2,031 0.3%
Shiv Parsad Independent 1,659 0.2%
Ramesh Singla Independent 1,567 0.2%
Kalpana Singh RPI(A) 1,536 0.2%
Ashok Kumar Independent 1,428 0.2%
Dushyant Kumar Independent 1,375 0.2%
Sushil Gurjar Sirsi Independent 1,290 0.2%
Manoj Kumar Kashyap VAJP 1,117 0.1%
Narender Saroha Independent 1,080 0.1%
Prem Kumar Shiv Sena 1,031 0.1%
Hawa Singh RASJP 1,019 0.1%
Rajiv Ahuja Samajwadi Party 985 0.1%
Ram Pal RASAP 913 0.1%
Sanjeev Independent 506 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ashwini Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party 594,817 49.8%
Arvind Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress 234,670 19.7%
Jaswinder Singh Sandhu Indian National Lok Dal 187,902 15.7%
Maratha Virender Verma Bahujan Samaj Party 102,628 8.6%
Paramjit Singh Aam Aadmi Party 32,060 2.7%
Mam Chand Communist Party of India 10,945 0.9%
Jagdish Independent 3,442 0.3%
None Of The Above Independent 2,929 0.2%
Jagbir Singh Rana Independent 2,775 0.2%
Mahmood Hassan Independent 2,723 0.2%
Pale Ram Kashyap RJP(E) 2,654 0.2%
Rajesh Kumar Independent 1,937 0.2%
Kismat Sharma Independent 1,757 0.1%
Shashi Saini Independent 1,544 0.1%
Savitri Independent 1,468 0.1%
Ashish AIFB 1,314 0.1%
Mahinder Pal Independent 1,276 0.1%
Arvind Tiwari Independent 1,260 0.1%
Duli Chand LPP(DC) 1,144 0.1%
Ramphal Sharma Independent 940 0.1%
Khatab Singh Mor BSCP 885 0.1%
Puran Singh Panwar RJP 865 0.1%
Davinder Sharma RKP 806 0.1%
Devender Jaglan RPI(A) 759 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Sanjay Bhatia Bharatiya Janata Party 911,594 70.4%
Kuldip Sharma Indian National Congress 255,452 19.7%
Pankaj Bahujan Samaj Party 67,183 5.2%
Krishan Kumar Aggarwal Aam Aadmi Party 22,084 1.7%
Dharmvir Padha Indian National Lok Dal 15,797 1.2%
Parmod Sharma Independent 6,291 0.5%
Vicky Chinalya SNP 3,318 0.3%
Ankur AAP(P) 2,789 0.2%
Naresh Kumar PSP(L) 2,340 0.2%
Kitab Singh PPI(D) 2,118 0.2%
Dinesh Sharma Shiv Sena 1,731 0.1%
Anil Kumar JJJKP 1,243 0.1%
Jagdish Independent 1,186 0.1%
Ishwar Sharma RLP 808 0.1%
Tilak Raj RGD 774 0.1%
Ishwar Chand Salwan AJSP 551 0.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1967: Indian National Congress margin 0.1 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 11.1 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 66.6 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 5.2 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 19.5 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 1.5 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 8.8 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 24.0 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 6.5 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 19.2 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 20.1 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 9.4 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 30.2 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 50.7 pts 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Karnal has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Karnal in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Sanjay Bhatia (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Karnal, Haryana, in 2019 with 911,594 votes (70.4%), a margin of 656,142 votes over Kuldip Sharma.

Which parties have won Karnal since 1967?

Since 1967, Karnal has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Karnal?

The closest result on record for Karnal was 1967, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Jana Sangh by just 203 votes (0.1 percentage points).

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