2. Kurukshetra is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in region of Haryana in North India. This rural general constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 23.75% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 0%. The estimated literacy level of Kurukshetra is 73.24%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, there were a total of eligible electors and the voter turnout was calculated at %. The seat went to the polls on Phase 6 on Sunday, May 12, 2019.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Raj Kumar of BJP won in this seat by defeating the INLD candidate by a margin of 1,29,736 votes which was 11.46% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 36.92% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 22 contestants in 2014.
In 2009, Naveen Jindal of INC emerged victorious in this seat by defeating the INLD candidate by a margin of 1,18,729 votes which was 13.56% of the total votes polled. INC had a vote share of 45.36% in 2019, in the constituency. There were 14 contestants in 2009.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Parliamentary polls in the seat was 75.82% and in 2009, the constituency registered 75.06% turnout during polling.
As of December 2018, the Member of Parliament from Kurukshetra was: Raj Kumar Saini (BJP) . The 2019 Lok Sabha election results are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
According to the 2014 electoral rolls, the electorate included 8,07,700 men, 6,90,759 women and 0 voters of the third gender.
Refer to the live updating results tables for the latest Kurukshetra Lok Sabha results.
The geographic coordinates of Kurukshetra is: 30 76.75
Constituency and state name in other Indian languages: कुरुक्षेत्र, हरियाणा (Hindi); কুরুক্ষেত্র, হরিয়ানা (Bengali); कुरुक्षेत्र, हरयाणा (Marathi); કુરુક્ક્ષેત્ર, હરિયાણા (Gujarati); குருஷேத்திரம், ஹரியானா (Tamil); కురుక్షేత్ర, హరియాణా (Telugu); ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ, ಹರ್ಯಾಣ (Kannada); കുരുക്ഷേത്ര, ഹരിയാന (Malayalam).
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