| Kurukshetra | |
| Type: | LS |
| Established: | 1977 |
| Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Reservation: | None |
| Incumbent Image: | Naveen Jindal at the India Economic Summit 2010 cropped.jpg |
| Mp: | Naveen Jindal |
| Latest Election Year: | 2024 |
| State: | Haryana |
| Assembly Cons: | Radaur Ladwa Shahbad Thanesar Pehowa Guhla Kalayat Kaithal Pundri |
Kurukshetra is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in India.[1] This constituency covers the entire Kurukshetra and 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
| Caste | Total voter | Percentage(%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 396,000 | 22 | |
| Jat | 240,000 | 15 | |
| Saini(Hindu+Sikh) | 183,600 | 10.2 | |
| Baniya | 108,000 | 6 | |
| Brahmin | 144,000 | 8 | |
| Punjabi | 126,000 | 7 | |
| Rajput | 54,000 | 3 | |
| Kamboj | 63,000 | 3.5 | |
| Jatt Sikh | 72,000 | 4 | |
| Gurjar | 54,000 | 3 | |
| Ror | 54,000 | 3 | |
| Muslim | 36,000 | 2 | |
| Kashyap | 54,000 | 3 | |
| Ramgarhiya | 36,000 | 2 | |
| Other OBC Gen | 149,400 | 8.3 |
At present, Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:[2]
| Name | District | Member | Party | Leading | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Radaur | Yamunanagar | Bishan Lal Saini | INC | BJP | ||
| 11 | Ladwa | Kurukshetra | Mewa Singh | INC | BJP | ||
| 12 | Shahbad (SC) | Ram Karan | JJP | ||||
| 13 | Thanesar | Subhash Sudha | BJP | BJP | |||
| 14 | Pehowa | Sandeep Singh | BJP | ||||
| 15 | Guhla (SC) | Kaithal | Ishwar Singh | JJP | |||
| 16 | Kalayat | Kamlesh Dhanda | BJP | ||||
| 17 | Kaithal | Leela Ram | BJP | BJP | |||
| 18 | Pundri | Randhir Singh Gollen | Ind | BJP | |||
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Mool Chand Jain | ||
| 1962 | Dev Dutt Puri | ||
| 1967 | Gulzarilal Nanda | ||
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 | Raghubir Singh Virk | ||
| 1980 | Manohar Lal Saini | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1984 | Sardar Harpal Singh | ||
| 1989 | Gurdial Singh Saini | ||
| 1991 | Tara Singh | ||
| 1996 | Om Prakash Jindal | ||
| 1998 | Kailasho Devi | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Naveen Jindal | ||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | Raj Kumar Saini | ||
| 2019 | Nayab Singh Saini | ||
| Naveen Jindal | |||