Sirsa is one of the 90 constituencies to go for polls for Haryana Legislative Assembly on October 21. Sirsa falls under Sirsa Lok Sabha constituency of Haryana. Makhan Lal Singla is the current MLA of Sirsa.
In the 2014 Haryana Vidhan Sabha (Haryana Legislative Assembly) Elections, INLD candidate Makhan Lal Singla defeated HLP’ Gopal Kanda.
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.
Sirsa Vidhan Sabha Constituency
Constituency number: 45
Total electors: 2,03,302
Female electors: 96,093
Male electors: 1,07,208
Third gender electors: 1
Sitting MLA, party: Makhan Lal Singla, INLD
Runner up name, party: Gopal Kanda, HLP
Sitting and Previous MLAs of Sirsa Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Party | Votes | Margin |
2014 | Makhan Lal Singla | INLD | 46573 | Gopal Kanda | HLP | 43635 | 2938 |
2009 | Gopal Kanda | IND | 38147 | Padam Chand | INLD | 31678 | 6469 |
2005 | Lachhman Dass Arora | INC | 60957 | Padam Chand Jain | INLD | 45653 | 15304 |
2000 | Lachhman Dass Arora | INC | 40522 | Jagdish Chopra | BJP | 25431 | 15091 |
1996 | Ganeshi Lal | BJP | 35419 | Lachhman Dass S/O Dhira Mal | INC | 31599 | 3820 |
1991 | Lachhman Dass | INC | 33102 | Ganeshi Lal | BJP | 14107 | 18995 |
1987 | Hazar Chand | LKD | 30335 | Lachhaman Das Arora | INC | 24637 | 5698 |
1982 | Lachhman Das Arora | IND | 18458 | Mahavir Parshad Rathusaria | BJP | 16678 | 1780 |
1977 | Shankar Lal | JNP | 14276 | Lachhman Das | IND | 9870 | 4406 |
1972 | Premsukh Dass | INC | 22205 | Lachman Dass | IND | 19889 | 2316 |
1968 | Prem Sukh Dass | INC | 17856 | Sushil Chander | IND | 12001 | 5855 |
1967 | L. Dass | BJS | 18805 | S. Ram | INC | 13738 | 5067 |
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.