Panipat Rural is one of the 90 constituencies to go for polls for Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 21. Panipat Rural falls under Panipat District of Haryana. Panipat district was carved out from the Karnal district in 1989. Mahipal Dhanda is the current MLA of Panipat Rural.
In the 2014 Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana Legislative Assembly) Elections, BJP candidate Mahipal Dhanda defeated Independent candidate Dhara Singh Rawal by more than 36 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.
Panipat Rural Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 24
Total electors: 2,35,671
Female electors: 1,07,358
Male electors: 1,28,304
Third gender electors: 9
Sitting MP, party: Mahipal Dhanda, BJP
The winning margin in 2014: 4608
Runner up name, party: Dhara Singh Rawal, IND
Key candidates in Panipat Rural for 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections
Sitting and Previous MLAs of Panipat Rural Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes |
| 2014 | Mahipal Dhanda | BJP | 62074 | Dhara Singh Rawal | IND | 25942 |
| 2009 | Om Prakash Jain | IND | 23770 | Bimla Kadian | INLD | 17134 |
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.
