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Kurukshetra, Haryana — Lok Sabha Election Results

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

Kurukshetra (Haryana) was won by Nayab Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 384,591 votes over Nirmal Singh. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Kurukshetra, Haryana, from 1977 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1977–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1977 Raghbir Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 322,164 76.9% Devdutt Puri (Indian National Congress) 250,842 (59.9 pts)
1980 Manohar Lal Janata Party (Secular) 159,196 37.4% Bishan Singh (Janata Party) 27,929 (6.6 pts)
1984 Harpal Singh Indian National Congress 275,112 54.1% Manohar Lal (LKD) 143,276 (28.2 pts)
1989 Gurdial Singh Saini Janata Dal 301,640 49.7% Harpal Singh (Indian National Congress) 38,188 (6.3 pts)
1991 Tara Singh Indian National Congress 212,783 33.4% Shyam Singh (Janata Party) 30,025 (4.7 pts)
1996 Om Parkash Jindal HVP 292,172 36.5% Kalasho Devi (SAP) 51,777 (6.5 pts)
1998 Kailasho Devi HLD(R) 333,387 43.6% Kuldip Sharma (Indian National Congress) 141,520 (18.5 pts)
1999 Prof Kailasho Devi Indian National Lok Dal 438,701 60.6% Om Parkash Jindal (Indian National Congress) 163,610 (22.6 pts)
2004 Naveen Jindal Indian National Congress 362,054 42.6% Abhay Singh Chautala (Indian National Lok Dal) 160,190 (18.8 pts)
2009 Naveen Jindal Indian National Congress 397,204 45.4% Ashok Kumar Arora (Indian National Lok Dal) 118,729 (13.6 pts)
2014 Raj Kumar Saini Bharatiya Janata Party 418,112 36.8% Balbir Singh Saini (Indian National Lok Dal) 129,736 (11.4 pts)
2019 Nayab Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 688,629 56.1% Nirmal Singh (Indian National Congress) 384,591 (31.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raghbir Singh Bharatiya Lok Dal 322,164 76.9%
Devdutt Puri Indian National Congress 71,322 17.0%
Harnam Singh Communist Party of India 11,268 2.7%
Bhim Independent 4,875 1.2%
Sardarilal Independent 3,240 0.8%
Nannumal Independent 2,822 0.7%
K. K. Toofan Independent 2,656 0.6%
Kartar Singh Independent 510 0.1%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manohar Lal Janata Party (Secular) 159,196 37.4%
Bishan Singh Janata Party 131,267 30.8%
Jagjit Singh Marwaha Congress (I) 109,573 25.7%
Milkhi Ram Aggarwal Independent 5,484 1.3%
Jagdish Independent 3,801 0.9%
Pratap Singh Pawaria Independent 3,446 0.8%
Vinod Kumar Independent 2,465 0.6%
Phula Ram Independent 1,837 0.4%
Kapoora Independent 1,654 0.4%
Nand Kishore Bhardwaj All India Forward Bloc 1,650 0.4%
Ved Prakash Independent 1,575 0.4%
Harbial Singh Chitranjana Independent 1,287 0.3%
Makhan Lal Independent 1,178 0.3%
Raghunandan Lal Vaid Independent 900 0.2%
Ishwar Chand Latka Independent 663 0.2%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harpal Singh Indian National Congress 275,112 54.1%
Manohar Lal LKD 131,836 25.9%
Bishan Singh Janata Party 40,410 7.9%
Kamla Bharatiya Janata Party 37,432 7.4%
Surjeet Singh Kayshap Independent 4,675 0.9%
Faquiria Independent 2,675 0.5%
Kala Independent 1,941 0.4%
Babu Ram Saini Independent 1,788 0.4%
Ramesh Kumar Independent 1,684 0.3%
K.K. Toofan Independent 1,496 0.3%
Ram Lal Garg Independent 1,479 0.3%
Gurdial Singh Saini Independent 1,435 0.3%
Vichitra Nand Independent 1,044 0.2%
Sunil Kumar Independent 974 0.2%
Partap Singh Independent 910 0.2%
Balbir Singh Independent 894 0.2%
Hukum Singh Saini Independent 889 0.2%
Rakesh Kumar Independent 826 0.2%
Ramji Lal Independent 798 0.2%
Gian Singh Maniani Independent 414 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gurdial Singh Saini Janata Dal 301,640 49.7%
Harpal Singh Indian National Congress 263,452 43.4%
Gian Singh JNP (JP) 12,281 2.0%
Harbans Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 8,912 1.5%
Fazuir Chand Independent 2,868 0.5%
Ramji Lal Independent 2,819 0.5%
Ram Lal Independent 2,276 0.4%
Rampal Independent 1,506 0.2%
Gurdev Singh Saini Independent 1,405 0.2%
Lachman Dass DDP 1,233 0.2%
Raghubir Independent 858 0.1%
Jitender Independent 703 0.1%
Lal Singh Saini LKD (B) 663 0.1%
Devidayal Independent 616 0.1%
Surinder Kumar Independent 578 0.1%
Jagdish Parsad Independent 534 0.1%
Ramesh Gupta Independent 512 0.1%
Partap Singh Independent 505 0.1%
Ram Singh Independent 460 0.1%
Karam Chand Independent 436 0.1%
Angrej Independent 370 0.1%
Mamchand Independent 345 0.1%
Sumer Chand Yatri Independent 330 0.1%
Amar Nath Independent 321 0.1%
Durga Parsad Independent 289 0.0%
Gulu Ram Independent 278 0.0%
Manjit Singh Independent 247 0.0%
Mahender Singh Independent 220 0.0%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tara Singh Indian National Congress 212,783 33.4%
Shyam Singh Janata Party 182,758 28.7%
Gurdial Singh Janata Dal 135,117 21.2%
Shiv Partap Bajaj Bharatiya Janata Party 79,653 12.5%
Vishav Nath Independent 5,976 0.9%
Lachhman Dass DDP 4,520 0.7%
Chanda Independent 4,062 0.6%
Partap Singh Independent 3,150 0.5%
Jasbir Singh Independent 2,410 0.4%
Krishna Dutt Independent 1,705 0.3%
Roshan Lal Independent 1,364 0.2%
Prem Nath Independent 1,203 0.2%
Harish Gargi Independent 1,039 0.2%
Ram Pal Independent 553 0.1%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Om Parkash Jindal HVP 292,172 36.5%
Kalasho Devi SAP 240,395 30.0%
Tara Singh Indian National Congress 142,302 17.8%
Singh Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 52,670 6.6%
Jagdeep Singh Cheema AIIC(T) 25,641 3.2%
S.M.Ashri JSTP 9,305 1.2%
Amir Singh Janata Dal 7,032 0.9%
Narender Nath Independent 4,185 0.5%
Sarjit Singh Independent 3,388 0.4%
Vinod Kumar Independent 3,282 0.4%
Ramji Lal Independent 3,195 0.4%
Om Parkash Independent 2,525 0.3%
Ram Dular Tiwari BLP 1,900 0.2%
Chintaman Independent 1,838 0.2%
Rajender Independent 1,614 0.2%
Ram Charan Independent 1,449 0.2%
Kishori Lal Independent 1,444 0.2%
Krishan Dutt Independent 1,243 0.2%
Shamsher Singh BKD(J) 882 0.1%
Hari Kishan Independent 806 0.1%
Ram Pal Independent 783 0.1%
Yash Aggarwal Independent 759 0.1%
Dharam Pal Independent 722 0.1%
Kuldeep Kumar Independent 713 0.1%
Ratan Singh Independent 691 0.1%
Yogender Singh Independent 539 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kailasho Devi HLD(R) 333,387 43.6%
Kuldip Sharma Indian National Congress 191,867 25.1%
Jatinder Singh Kaka HVP 181,791 23.8%
Shyam Singh Rana SJP(R) 42,105 5.5%
Hawa Singh AIIC(S) 6,559 0.9%
Balbir Independent 2,368 0.3%
Mahinder Singh Samajwadi Party 2,285 0.3%
Bali Ram Independent 2,274 0.3%
Amar Sharma Shiv Sena 1,264 0.2%
Gurnam Singh Independent 705 0.1%
Raj Kumar Independent 629 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Prof Kailasho Devi Indian National Lok Dal 438,701 60.6%
Om Parkash Jindal Indian National Congress 275,091 38.0%
Om Parkash Independent 3,177 0.4%
Balbir Singh Independent 2,814 0.4%
Dharm Singh Independent 1,567 0.2%
Rajender Parshad Independent 1,097 0.2%
Tilak Raj Independent 791 0.1%
Ramji Lal Independent 519 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Naveen Jindal Indian National Congress 362,054 42.6%
Abhay Singh Chautala Indian National Lok Dal 201,864 23.7%
Gurdayal Singh Saini Bharatiya Janata Party 126,910 14.9%
Jatinder Singh ( Kakka) HVP 77,136 9.1%
Sardar Jagmeet Singh Saini ES 31,202 3.7%
Mona Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 23,057 2.7%
Raghubir Chand Independent 8,667 1.0%
Sunil Gupta Independent 7,381 0.9%
Roop Chand Independent 3,470 0.4%
Vishal Jolly Samajwadi Party 2,310 0.3%
Bhupender Singh Independent 2,169 0.3%
Jagir Singh Independent 1,623 0.2%
Jai Singh Independent 1,346 0.2%
Jagmohan Independent 964 0.1%
Atam Prakash Independent 705 0.1%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Naveen Jindal Indian National Congress 397,204 45.4%
Ashok Kumar Arora Indian National Lok Dal 278,475 31.8%
Gurdyal Singh Saini Bahujan Samaj Party 151,231 17.3%
Jaswant Singh Cheema HJCBL 16,839 1.9%
Subhash Mahendra Independent 8,126 0.9%
Suneeta Dhariwal Independent 7,139 0.8%
Vishnu Bhagwan Aggarwal Independent 7,053 0.8%
Pardhan Chand Chauhan Samajwadi Party 2,443 0.3%
Virender Singh Independent 2,132 0.2%
Ran Singh Independent 1,460 0.2%
Dr. Ashwini Sharma Hrittwal Independent 1,156 0.1%
Atam Parkash Independent 926 0.1%
Tarsem Lal Independent 639 0.1%
Yash Pal Independent 631 0.1%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Raj Kumar Saini Bharatiya Janata Party 418,112 36.8%
Balbir Singh Saini Indian National Lok Dal 288,376 25.4%
Naveen Jindal Indian National Congress 287,722 25.3%
Chattar Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 68,926 6.1%
Balwinder Kaur Aam Aadmi Party 32,554 2.9%
Raj Kumar Saini Independent 6,061 0.5%
Jasvinder Jasht Bhukhri Independent 3,887 0.3%
Ashwani Malhotra All India Trinamool Congress 3,251 0.3%
Chuni Manoj Kumar Independent 2,770 0.2%
Ranbir Singh Sharma Independent 2,765 0.2%
None Of The Above Independent 2,482 0.2%
Rameshwar Kumar Saini BSCP 2,344 0.2%
Vishnu Bhagwan Aggarwal Independent 2,083 0.2%
Davinder Kumar Independent 2,041 0.2%
Master Dharampal Dhiman Brahaman Independent 1,994 0.2%
Kuldeep Singh Mallhi RPI 1,665 0.1%
Ram Kishan LPP(DC) 1,635 0.1%
Anil Kumar Independent 1,593 0.1%
Kanta Allaria IBSP(K) 1,534 0.1%
Onkar Singh NJC(AB) 1,483 0.1%
Gurmeet Singh LD 1,092 0.1%
Kiran Pal BIP 762 0.1%
Ca. Satish Singal Independent 760 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Nayab Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 688,629 56.1%
Nirmal Singh Indian National Congress 304,038 24.8%
Shashi Bahujan Samaj Party 75,625 6.2%
Jai Bhagwan Sharma (Dd) JJP 68,513 5.6%
Arjun Singh Chautala Indian National Lok Dal 60,679 4.9%
Ashwini Sharma Hrittwal Independent 4,611 0.4%
Sandeep Singh Independent 3,114 0.3%
Cs Kanwaljit Singh Independent 2,811 0.2%
Balveer Singh Independent 2,449 0.2%
Sumer Chand PPI(D) 2,313 0.2%
Anil Yogi Upadhyay Independent 1,940 0.2%
Ramesh Chander Khatkar Independent 1,467 0.1%
Jai Parkash Sharma Independent 1,344 0.1%
Vikram Singh BSCP 1,186 0.1%
Rameshwar (Foji) Independent 1,129 0.1%
Subhash Chand Bedi PSP(L) 1,091 0.1%
Jyoti Hibana NP 985 0.1%
Sachin Gaba Independent 921 0.1%
Roshan Lal Muwal Independent 888 0.1%
Satish Kumar Singal Independent 845 0.1%
Ram Narayan BJSP 766 0.1%
Sandeep Kumar Kaushik RLP 686 0.1%
Raj Kumari BPP 507 0.0%
Nitin AAP(P) 467 0.0%

Margin Over Time

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

1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 59.9 pts 1980: Janata Party (Secular) margin 6.6 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 28.2 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 6.3 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 4.7 pts 1996: HVP margin 6.5 pts 1998: HLD(R) margin 18.5 pts 1999: Indian National Lok Dal margin 22.6 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 18.8 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 13.6 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 11.4 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 31.3 pts 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Kurukshetra has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party (Secular), Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, HVP, HLD(R), Indian National Lok Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Kurukshetra in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Nayab Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Kurukshetra, Haryana, in 2019 with 688,629 votes (56.1%), a margin of 384,591 votes over Nirmal Singh.

Which parties have won Kurukshetra since 1977?

Since 1977, Kurukshetra has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, HLD(R), HVP, Indian National Congress, Indian National Lok Dal, Janata Dal, Janata Party (Secular).

What was the closest result in Kurukshetra?

The closest result on record for Kurukshetra was 1991, when Indian National Congress beat Janata Party by just 30,025 votes (4.7 percentage points).

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