Jagadhri is among the 90 constituencies to go for elections for Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 21. Jagadhri falls under the Ambala Lok Sabha constituency and is a part of Ambala district. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kanwar Pal is the current MLA of Jagadhri.
In the 2014 Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana Legislative Assembly) Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kanwar Pal defeated BSP hope Akram Khan by more than 34 thousand votes. Pal received 74203 votes to Khan’s 40047 votes.
Jagadhri Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 08
Sitting MP, party: Kanwar Pal, BJP
The winning margin in 2014:
Runner up name, party: Akram Khan, BSP
Key candidates in Jagadhri for 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections
| INC | BJP |
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)
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| Sh Akram Khan | Kanwarpal Gurjar | – |
Sitting and Previous MLAs of Jagadhri Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency and margin of victoriesImportant dates
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 2014 | Kanwar Pal S/O Chandan Singh | BJP | 74203 | Akram Khan | BSP | 40047 | 34156 |
| 2009 | Akram Khan | BSP | 39868 | Subhash Chand | INC | 35540 | 4328 |
| 2005 | Subhash Chand | INC | 32432 | Rajiv Kumar | BSP | 29238 | 3194 |
| 2000 | Dr. Bishan Lal Saini | BSP | 25952 | Rameshwar Chouhan | BJP | 22670 | 3282 |
| 1996 | Subhash Chand | HVP | 26709 | Bishan Lal Saini | BSP | 20074 | 6635 |
| 1991 | Om Prakash Sharma | HVP | 17316 | Vishan Lal Saini | BSP | 15671 | 1645 |
| 1987 | Brij Mohan | BJP | 31236 | Om Parkash | INC | 18787 | 12449 |
| 1985 | Om Parkash | INC | 20639 | Brij Mohan | BJP | 16656 | 3983 |
| 1977 | Brij Mohan | JNP | 24091 | Om Prakash | INC | 17902 | 6189 |
| 1972 | Om Prakash | IND | 16618 | Sadhu Ram | INC | 12439 | 4179 |
| 1968 | Rameshwar Dass | INC | 13534 | Brijmohan Lal | BJS | 9432 | 4102 |
| 1967 | D. Prakash | BJS | 14665 | G. Singh | INC | 12856 | 1809 |
Important dates
| Notification to be issued on | September 27 |
| Last date for filing nomination | October 4 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | October 5 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | October 7 |
| Date of polling | October 21 |
| Date of Result | October 24 |
In the 2014 Haryana Assembly elections, held on 15 October 2014, the saffron party won the majority in the Assembly and Manohar Lal Khattar was chosen to head the new government.
