Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency)

Indian Lok Sabha constituencies in Haryana state, Bhiwani-Manendragarh Lok Sabha constituency is numbered 8

Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: भिवानी-महेंद्रगढ़ लोकसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 10 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Haryana state in northern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.

This constituency was created by merging four assembly segments, Ateli, Mahendragarh, Narnaul and Nangal Chaudhry of the erstwhile Mahendragarh constituency and five assembly segments, Loharu, Badhra, Dadri, Bhiwani and Tosham of the erstwhile Bhiwani constituency.[1] This constituency covers the major part of Bhiwani district and the entire Mahendragarh district.

Assembly segments

At present, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency comprises nine Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) constituencies. These are:

Constituency
number
Name Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
District Number of
electorates (2009)[2]
54 Loharu None Bhiwani 138,541
55 Badhra None Bhiwani 143,046
56 Dadri None Bhiwani 142,507
57 Bhiwani None Bhiwani 133,258
58 Tosham None Bhiwani 152,160
68 Ateli None Mahendragarh 143,404
69 Mahendragarh None Mahendragarh 144,606
70 Narnaul None Mahendragarh 103,733
71 Nangal Chaudhry None Mahendragarh 114,375
Total: 1,215,630

Members of Parliament

Key

 INC    BJP  

ElectionMemberParty
2009 Shruti Choudhry Indian National Congress
2014 Dharambir Bharatiya Janata Party

General elections 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Bhiwani-Mahendragarh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Dharamveer 4,04,542 39.26 N/A
INLD Rao Bahadur Singh 2,75,148 26.70 -1.90
INC Shruti Choudhry 2,68,115 26.02 -9.01
BSP Vedpal Tanwar 27,834 2.70 -4.41
NOTA None of the above 1,994 0.19 N/A
Majority 1,29,394 12.56 +6.13
Turnout 10,30,431
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

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