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{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Haryana, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency

|image = Haryana_Wahlkreise_Lok_Sabha.svg
|caption = [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies in [[Haryana]], Kurukshetra is numbered 2
|Existence = 1977
|CurrentMPParty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Reservation=None
|CurrentMP = [[Nayab Singh|Nayab Singh Saini]]
|ElectedByYear = [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|State = [[Haryana]]
|Successful Party =
|AssemblyConstituencies =
[[Radaur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radaur]] [[Ladwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ladwa]] [[Shahbad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shahbad]] [[Thanesar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Thanesar]] [[Pehowa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pehowa]] [[Guhla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Guhla]] [[Kalayat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalayat]] [[Kaithal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaithal]] [[Pundri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pundri]]
|Electorate =
}}
'''Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 10 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Haryana]] state in [[India]]. This constituency covers the entire [[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]] and [[Kaithal district|Kaithal]] districts and part of [[Yamunanagar district]].

Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat was initially Kaithal Lok Sabha seat and till 1977 its headquarters was also Kaithal. Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat came into existence in 1977. Elections from 2nd to 5th Lok Sabha were held at Kaithal Lok Sabha seat

==Assembly segments==
At present, Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine [[Vidhan Sabha]] (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/ERoll%202009.pdf |title=Parliamentary/Assembly Constituency wise Electors in Final Roll 2009 |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409213734/http://ceoharyana.nic.in/pdf/ERoll%202009.pdf |archivedate=9 April 2009 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!District
!style="font-size:75%"|Number of electorates (2009)
|-
|10
|[[Radaur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Radaur]]
|None
|[[Yamunanagar district|Yamunanagar]]
|131,242
|-
|11
|[[Ladwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ladwa]]
|None
|[[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]]
|126,704
|-
|12
|[[Shahbad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shahbad]]
|SC
|[[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]]
|117,740
|-
|13
|[[Thanesar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Thanesar]]
|None
|[[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]]
|107,633
|-
|14
|[[Pehowa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pehowa]]
|None
|[[Kurukshetra district|Kurukshetra]]
|125,742
|-
|15
|[[Guhla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Guhla]]
|SC
|[[Kaithal district|Kaithal]]
|135,018
|-
|16
|[[Kalayat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalayat]]
|None
|[[Kaithal district|Kaithal]]
|153,366
|-
|17
|[[Kaithal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kaithal]]
|None
|[[Kaithal district|Kaithal]]
|133,129
|-
|18
|[[Pundri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pundri]]
|None
|[[Kaithal district|Kaithal]]
|137,831
|-
|colspan="4" align="right" bgcolor="fff999"|Total:
|bgcolor="fff999"|1,168,405
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Winner
! Party
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|[[Mool Chand Jain]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|Dev Dutt Puri
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|Raghubir Singh Virk
| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|Manohar Lal Saini
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|Sardar Harpal Singh
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|Gurdial Singh Saini
|[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|Tara Singh
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[O. P. Jindal]]
|[[Haryana Vikas Party]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Kailasho Devi|Kailasho Devi Saini]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Lok Dal]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Naveen Jindal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Raj Kumar Saini]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Nayab Singh|Nayab Singh Saini]]
|}

==Election Results==
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Kurukshetra]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Nayab Singh|Nayab Singh Saini]]
|votes = 6,86,588
|percentage = 55.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Nirmal Singh (Haryana)|Nirmal Singh]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 3,03,722
|percentage = 24.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Shashi
|votes = 75,533
|percentage = 6.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jannayak Janata Party
|candidate = Jai Bhagwan Sharma
|votes = 68,437
|percentage = 5.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Arjun Chautala
|party = Indian National Lok Dal
|votes = 60,574
|percentage = 4.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,84,591
|percentage = 31.27
|change = +19.85
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 12,31,165
|percentage = 74.29
|change = -1.51
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Kurukshetra]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Raj Kumar Saini]]
|votes = 4,18,112
|percentage = 36.81
|change = +36.81
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Lok Dal
|candidate = Balbir Saini
|votes = 2,88,376
|percentage = 25.39
|change = -6.42
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Naveen Jindal]]
|votes = 2,87,722
|percentage = 25.33
|change = -20.04
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Chhattar Singh
|votes = 68,926
|percentage = 6.07
|change = -11.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,482
|percentage = 0.22
|change = N/A
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,29,736
|percentage = 11.42
|change = -2.14
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,35,892
|percentage = 75.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = +36.81
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Kurukshetra]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Naveen Jindal]]
|votes = 3,97,204
|percentage = 45.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Lok Dal
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Arora
|votes = 2,78,475
|percentage =31.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Gurdyal Singh Saini
|votes = 1,51,231
|percentage =17.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)
|candidate = Jaswant Singh Cheema
|votes =16,839
|percentage =1.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,18,729
|percentage = 13.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =8,75,536
|percentage = 75.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =Indian National Congress

|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
*[[Kurukshetra district]]
*[[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Haryana}}
{{Haryana}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord missing|Haryana}}

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Haryana]]
[[Category:Kurukshetra district]]
[[Category:Kaithal district]]
[[Category:Yamunanagar district]]

Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency - Revision history

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