Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1996

Karnal

Assembly constituency 13 (GEN) · Haryana

State boardHaryana 1996

[01]Result · 1996

#13 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants34

Electors1,43,925

Votes polled97,878

Turnout68.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerShashipal MehtaBharatiya Janata Party35,51137.5% of votes

MARGIN8,418 votes · 8.6 pp35,511 − 27,093

Runner-upJai Parkash Indian National Congress27,09328.6% of votes

BJP 56.7% of top-two votesINC 43.3%

All candidates 34

01 Shashipal MehtaBJP35,511 37.5%
02 Jai ParkashINC27,093 28.6%
03 Suresh KumarAIICT15,936 16.8%
04 Brij KumarSOCIAL7,044 7.4%
05 Suresh Kumar S/o Badlu RamBSP2,272 2.4%
06 Ishwar SinghJD1,878 2.0%
07 Balwinder SinghIND1,567 1.7%
08 SachenderIND355 0.4%
09 Om ParkashIND304 0.3%
09 Suresh Kumar S/o Pritam LalIND304 0.3%
11 Hem RajIND279 0.3%
12 Bhoja RamIND266 0.3%
13 DineshIND259 0.3%
14 Palwinder Singh BediIND224 0.2%
15 Nathi RamICS203 0.2%
16 Harjit SinghIND141 0.2%
17 Rakesh KumarIND100 0.1%
18 Sham SunderIND90 0.1%
19 SurienderIND83 0.1%
20 Sultan SinghIND82 0.1%
21 AashutoshIND81 0.1%
22 Anand ParkashIND74 0.1%
23 Suraj BehalIND69 0.1%
24 Sunil KumarIND57 0.1%
25 Amarjeet SinghIND51 0.1%
26 Madan Gopal GuptaIND50 0.1%
27 Bhagat RamIND49 0.1%
28 Harminder SinghIND43 0.1%
29 Gurdev SinghIND34 0.0%
30 Manjit SinghIND31 0.0%
31 Sunder LalIND29 0.0%
31 Ganga Dhar BhatiaIND29 0.0%
33 Inder KumarIND20 0.0%
34 Ajay KumarIND19 0.0%

Turnout 68.0%

Male 76,32053.0% Female 67,60547.0%

Share of 1,43,925 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males886
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 90 seats, 199670.9%
ReconciliationΣ 34 candidates = 94,627Residual 3,251

Seat history 2024–1967

2024
2.3 pp
Ashok Kumar AroraIndian National Congress
2019
0.7 pp
Subhash SudhaBharatiya Janata Party
2014
19.9 pp
Subhash SudhaBharatiya Janata Party
2009
9.2 pp
Ashok Kumar AroraIndian National Lok Dal
2005
33.9 pp
Sumita SinghIndian National Congress
2000
4.4 pp
Jai ParkashIndependent
1996
8.6 pp
Shashipal MehtaBharatiya Janata Party
1991
27.2 pp
Jai ParkashIndian National Congress
1987
8.4 pp
Lachhman DassBharatiya Janata Party
1982
23.4 pp
Shanti DeviIndian National Congress
1977
46.1 pp
Ram LalJanata Party
1972
0.9 pp
Shib RamBharatiya Jana Sangh
1968
21.6 pp
Chanda SinghIndependent
1967
4.2 pp
S. RamBharatiya Jana Sangh

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 46.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed AIICT polled 15,936 votes, 1.9× the 8,418-vote margin.
15,936 ÷ 8,418 = 1.9
The top two polled 64.0% of votes; the other 32 candidates 32.7% between them.
(35,511 + 27,093) ÷ 97,878 = 64.0% · 32,023 ÷ 97,878 = 32.7%
Turnout of 68.0% was 2.9 pp below the state's median seat (70.9%).
68.0 − 70.9 = −2.9
The margin narrowed from 27.2 pp in 1991 to 8.6 pp.
8.6 − 27.2 = −18.6 pp
Jai Parkash, the 1991 winner, finished second in 1996.
1991 winner name = 1996 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 34 candidate lines94,627
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled97,878
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 3,251

Candidate votes miss the published total by 3,251, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1996 · Haryana · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates34 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 90 seats on the Haryana Vidhan Sabha 1996 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database