Ambala Lok Sabha constituency

Ambala
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Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateHaryana
Assembly constituenciesKalka
Panchkula
Naraingarh
Ambala Cantonment
Ambala City
Mulana
Sadhaura
Jagadhri
Yamunanagar
Established1952
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2024

Ambala is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Haryana state in northern India. This constituency covers the entire Panchkula and Ambala districts and part of Yamunanagar district. It is reserved for the Scheduled caste candidates.

Assembly segments

Ambala Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:[1]

# Name District Member Party Leading

(in 2024)

1 Kalka Panchkula Shakti Rani Sharma BJP BJP
2 Panchkula Chander Mohan INC BJP
3 Naraingarh Ambala Shalley Chaudhary INC INC
4 Ambala Cantonment Anil Vij BJP BJP
5 Ambala City Nirmal Singh INC INC
6 Mulana (SC) Pooja Chaudhary INC INC
7 Sadhaura (SC) Yamunanagar Renu Bala INC INC
8 Jagadhri Akram Khan INC INC
9 Yamunanagar Ghanshyam Dass BJP BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
1952 Tek Chand Indian National Congress
1957 Subhadra Joshi
Chuni Lal
1962 Chuni Lal
1967 Suraj Bhan Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1971 Ram Prakash Chaudhary Indian National Congress
1977 Suraj Bhan Janata Party
1980
1984 Ram Prakash Chaudhary Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996 Suraj Bhan Bharatiya Janata Party
1998 Aman Kumar Nagra Bahujan Samaj Party
1999 Rattan Lal Kataria Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Selja Kumari Indian National Congress
2009
2014 Rattan Lal Kataria Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024 Varun Chaudhary Indian National Congress

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Ambala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Varun Chaudhary 663,657 49.28 Increase18.57
BJP Banto Kataria 6,14,621 45.64 Decrease11.8
BSP Pawan Randhawa 23,583 1.75 Decrease5.57
INLD Gurpreet Singh 8,986 0.67 Decrease0.82
ASP(KR) Kamal Kumar Barara 8,754 0.65
JJP Kiran Punia 6,092 0.45
NOTA None of the above 6,452 0.48 Decrease0.12
Majority 49,036 3.64 Decrease22.37
Turnout 13,44,503[a] 67.34 Decrease3.76
Registered electors 19,96,708
INC gain from BJP Swing
  1. ^ does not include postal ballots

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Ambala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rattan Lal Kataria 746,508 56.72 Increase6.55
INC Selja Kumari 4,04,163 30.71 Increase8.41
BSP Dr. Kapoor Singh 96,296 7.32 Decrease1.09
INLD Ram Pal 19,575 1.49 Decrease9.13
Majority 3,42,345 26.01 Decrease1.86
Turnout 13,17,922 71.10 Decrease0.93
BJP hold Swing

2014

2014 Indian general elections: Ambala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rattan Lal Kataria 612,121 50.17 Increase14.67
INC Raj Kumar Balmiki 2,72,047 22.30 Decrease14.89
INLD Dr. Kusum Sherwal 1,29,571 10.62 N/A
BSP Dr. Kapoor Singh 1,02,627 8.41 Decrease13.35
AAP Surinder Pal Singh 63,626 5.21 New
NOTA None of the Above 7,816 0.64 N/A
Majority 3,40,074 27.87 Increase26.18
Turnout 12,18,995 72.03 Increase3.52
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase12.98

2009

2009 Indian general elections: Ambala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Selja Kumari[2] 322,258 37.17
BJP Rattan Lal Kataria 3,07,688 35.49
BSP Chander Pal 1,88,608 21.76
HJC(BL) Dalvir Singh 30,689 3.54
Majority 14,570 1.68
Turnout 8,66,630 68.51 Decrease2.18
INC hold Swing

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Parliamentary/Assembly Constituency wise Electors in Final Roll 2009" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2009.
  2. ^ Hindustan Times. Selja is a big Dalit leader, says Ambala Congress candidate

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