Haryana Legislative Assembly Elections 2024 was a crucial juncture that had been witnessed for the state as, in total, 90 seats were up for competition. Haryana has political diversity and, therefore, it indeed witnessed great voter turnout because the people came forward to exercise their democratic rights. The seat is hugely competitive for Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress (INC), Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), and several regional parties as well as independent candidates.
And here is a comprehensive seat-wise break-up of the winners from all major constituencies in Haryana along with an analysis of the political fallout of the election results.
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Ambala City (SC)
One of the main battlefronts is Ambala City. BJP and Congress have fielded very strong candidates for the seat. The result settled in favor of the candidate of BJP that Aarti Rao, who has won the seat with an easy margin. The campaign of Aarti Rao revolved around the subjects of infrastructure development and improvement in civic amenities in an urbanized constituency, which gains maximum votes.
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Panipat City
In the industrial town Panipat city, the contest was hard. Congress candidate Sanjay Aggarwal outmaneuvered the opposition by a narrow margin on the promise of industrial reform, job creation, and youth empowerment, which is very crucial for the Congress party as Panipat has long been a BJP stronghold.
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Rohtak
This is Rohtak, a political heavyweight seat and a stronghold of the Congress party that saw the return of Deepender Singh Hooda. He returned victorious over BJP’s Manish Grover with a big margin. Deepender Hooda had influence in the region as well as focus on agriculture reforms and welfare for the farmers in his favor.
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Gurugram
In the metropolitan constituency of Gurugram, Sudhir Singla of the BJP was a winner. Gurugram has traditionally been a voting constituency for the BJP, especially with the fast-developing urban centers and focus of BJP on infrastructural and technology-based initiatives, hence in this election, voters demanded planning and the need of a smart city.
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Faridabad
Another important urban electorate, Faridabad voted for BJP’s Seema Trikha. Her win was no surprise either as the party has been dominating this area in the last few elections too. The message of development, improved public transport system, and better law and order gave the party a win chance. Trikha was quite popular among the citizens and was ahead of her rivals with her women-centered campaign.
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Hisar
The fight was the fiercest in BJP, Congress, and JJP. There is a great win for Dushyant Chautala of JJP. It is now evident that JJP has found its stronghold in Haryana, mainly in the rural areas, because the policies of Chautala on agriculture and rural developments really came true for the public. Hisar is always a place of political importance but this victory adds more strength to the party JJP in the state.
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Karnal
Karnal is another old BJP stronghold and a home constituency of the incumbent Chief Minister, Manohar Lal Khattar. Khattar’s squeaky-clean image and style of governance with emphasis on transparency and development seemed to have sent him safely back for five more years into his seat.
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Kurukshetra
Politically the most sensitive constituency in terms of cultural and historical importance, Kurukshetra, was swept through by BJP candidate Naresh Kaushik with a considerable margin. His emphasis on tourism development and heritage preservation in the region had impressed the electorate. To say the least, Kaushik and BJP consolidated their politics in this region.
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Sirsa
Located in the Sirsa constituency, which has a share of both rural and urban constituents, this constituency was seen as a hot seat in the battle between BJP and Congress. Ashok Tanwar had won it for Congress. Principal supporters of Ashok Tanwar were the cotton farmers in the region, who made agricultural issues central to his campaign. Sirsa has always been one of the strongholds of Congress; the win has again reached it to those heights.
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Fatehabad
BJP’s Lakshman Yadav managed to defeat the Congress candidate in Fatehabad. The constituency has undergone a lot of changes in the last couple of years. Still, owing to the fact that the BJP is gradually paying focus on local development and infrastructure, it has shifted towards the party. Improving education, health facilities, and infrastructural projects are some promises Yadav made to them to win the trust of voters.
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Yamunanagar
The seat is Yamunanagar, an industrial town of Haryana, going to Shakuntala Jain of BJP. She made a fairly considerable win because of environmental issues, especially regarding the pollution caused by industries and public health services. The BJP remains firmly at the helm in this region based on its development agenda.
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Sonipat
Sonipat has always been a Congress stronghold, and the recent win there for Kuldeep Sharma of Congress is yet another testament. Sharma’s concentration on farm-related issues-more so following recent protests-won him an upper hand as compared to the BJP candidate. Sonipat has always been a constituency that has seen high political temperature; this is the win that augurs steady return for Congress in this region.
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Bhiwani
In Bhiwani, Jayant Singh of Congress emerged close. This district, with substantial agricultural classes, was drawn towards the commitment promised by Singh for irrigation facility improvement and supports to small and marginal farmers. The Congress candidate gained the confidence of voters through grass root campaign activity.
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Mahendragarh
Om Prakash Yadav of BJP comfortably won Mahendragarh. Being a constituency consisting of rural and semi-urban regions, Yadav was preferred as he was speaking of improvement in road connectivity, benefits, and services to the public. Such a win indicated firmifying BJP in southern Haryana.
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Palwal
This constituency has a predominantly rural population, and emphasis on improvement in rural infrastructure, irrigation, and farmer welfare would probably have resonated with this small-town elector, thereby establishing his victory. With the Congress candidate Bhupinder Singh taking the lead at Palwal and defeating BJP’s Rajesh Sharma is the beginning.
Conclusion
2024 Haryana Assembly Elections are evident of dynamic political landscape wherein BJP largely dominated the urban areas, while Congress and JJP scaled up important victories in rural constituencies. Development-oriented exercises by BJP proved crucial with win-through acquisitions, particularly in regions such as Gurugram and Faridabad that are more urbanized. Agrarian issues during Congress along with pro-rural policies of JJP helped both scale up important victories in rural constituencies.
The declared results have dramatically changed the political map of Haryana, and the coming years will test how these parties deliver on their promises and shape the future of the state.
