Shahabad is among the 90 constituencies to go for polls for Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 21. Shahabad falls in the Kurukshetra district. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Krishan Kumar is the current MLA of Shahabad.
In the 2014 Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana Legislative Assembly) Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Krishan Kumar defeated INLD’s candidate Ram Karan by a mare margin of around 600 votes. Kumar registered 45715 votes, while Rama Karan secured 45153 votes.
Shahabad Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 12
Sitting MP, party: Krishan Kumar, BJP
The winning margin in 2014: 562
Runner up name, party: Ram Karan, INLD
Key candidates in Shahabad for 2019 Vidhan Sabha elections
Sitting and Previous MLAs of Shahabad Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency and margin of victories
| Year | Assembly Constituency Name | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes | Margin |
| 2014 | Shahabad | Krishan Kumar | BJP | 45715 | Ram Karan | INLD | 45153 | 562 |
| 2009 | Shahabad | Anil Dhantori | INC | 30843 | Jitender Kumar | INLD | 27102 | 3741 |
| 2005 | Shahabad | Kharaiti Lal | INC | 36377 | Onkar Singh | INLD | 34465 | 1912 |
| 2000 | Shahabad | Kapoor Chand | BJP | 28490 | Tara Singh | INC | 24496 | 3994 |
| 1996 | Shahabad | Kapoor Chand | BJP | 27307 | Mohinder Singh | SAP | 19664 | 7643 |
| 1991 | Shahabad | Kharaiti Lal | BJP | 18165 | Onkar Singh | JP | 17524 | 641 |
| 1987 | Shahabad | Harnam Singh | CPI | 23831 | Khariti Lal | IND | 12130 | 11701 |
| 1982 | Shahabad | Tara Singh | INC | 19507 | Raghubir Chand | BJP | 19276 | 231 |
| 1977 | Shahabad | Surinder Singh | JNP | 20327 | Amir Chand | INC | 7182 | 13145 |
| 1972 | Shahabad | Amir Chand | INC | 14735 | Harnam Singh | CPI | 14224 | 511 |
| 1968 | Shahabad | Jagdish Chander | INC | 10215 | Jagjit Singh | VHP | 8583 | 1632 |
| 1967 | Shahabad | J. Chander | INC | 11074 | K. Chand | BJS | 10778 | 296 |
Important dates for Haryana Assembly Elections
| 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.
