Nilokheri is one of the 90 constituencies to go for polls for Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 21. It is situated in the Nilokheri district and is a part of the Kurukshetra parliamentary constituency. Bhagwan Dass Kabir Panthi is the current MLA of Nilokheri.
In the 2014 Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana Legislative Assembly) Elections, BJP candidate Bhagwan Dass Kabir Panthi defeated INLD candidate Mamu Ram by nearly 35 thousand votes.
Out of the 90 Assembly constituencies in Haryana, 17 are reserved for Scheduled Castes as per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
Demography of Nilokheri Assembly
As of 2011 India census, Nilokheri had a population of 16,405. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Nilokheri has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 69%. In Nilokheri, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Nilokheri Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 19
Total electors: 2,08,495
Female electors: 97,771
Male electors: 1,10,724
Sitting MLA, party: Bhagwan Dass Kabir Panthi, BJP
The winning margin in 2014: 34410
Runner up name, party: Mamu Ram, INLD
Key candidates in Nilokheri for 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections
Sitting and Previous MLAs of Nilokheri Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency and margin of victories
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 2014 | Bhagwan Dass Kabir Panthi | BJP | 58354 | Mamu Ram | INLD | 23944 | 34410 |
| 2009 | Mamu Ram | INLD | 47001 | Meena Rani | INC | 30278 | 16723 |
| 2005 | Jai Singh Rana | INC | 37931 | Bakshish Singh | BJP | 25537 | 12394 |
| 2000 | Dharm Pal | INLD | 43326 | Jai Singh | INC | 34072 | 9254 |
| 1996 | Jai Singh | INC | 31536 | Bakshish Singh | SAP | 21954 | 9582 |
| 1991 | Jai Singh | IND | 24099 | Ishwar Singh | JP | 11280 | 12819 |
| 1987 | Jai Singh | IND | 17757 | Devi Singh | LKD | 14071 | 3686 |
| 1982 | Chanda Singh | IND | 18874 | Shiv Ram | INC | 15141 | 3733 |
| 1977 | Shiv Ram | JNP | 16953 | Daljit Singh | IND | 7757 | 9196 |
| 1972 | Shib Ram | BJS | 10764 | Chanda Singh | INC | 10428 | 336 |
| 1968 | Chanda Singh | IND | 15155 | Ram Sarup Giri | INC | 8617 | 6538 |
| 1967 | S. Ram | BJS | 10605 | C. Singh | IND | 9294 | 1311 |
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. The term of the current Haryana Assembly will end on 2 November.
