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In Haryana assembly elections, the number of candidates decreased in some places and increased in others

The board has been laid for Haryana assembly elections and the candidates in the fray have also intensified their campaigning. But the situation in the district is that the number of candidates contesting from some assembly constituencies is decreasing here, while the craze has increased in some places. If we compare the last 20 years i.e. four elections, then the number of candidates in Indri and Gharaunda has decreased compared to the previous elections. Whereas the number of candidates has increased in Nilokheri and Karnal.

The central government may have given reservation to increase the participation of women, but in four elections, the number of women candidates in Nilokheri is decreasing every time. Whereas no woman has contested the election from Gharaunda assembly constituency after 2009. Here, two women contested the election for the last time in 2005 and Rekha Rana won and became MLA.

If we look at the data, only the elections of 1996 and 2014 were such, where the maximum number of candidates contested on all the seats till date. At some places 25 people contested while at other places the figure crossed 35. From the formation of Haryana till the 2024 elections, 974 candidates contested for the Vidhan Sabha on all the six seats including the defunct Jundla seat. Out of these only 72 were successful. At the same time, in the elections held so far, only 53 women have contested.

So many candidates have contested elections so far

Assembly constituency Total candidates Women candidates

Karnal                                         187                               12

Gharaunda                               178                               03 

Indri                                             176                               09

Nilokheri                                     171                                 12

Assandh                                     151                                09

Jundla                                          111                                08

This time so many candidates will contest the elections

Assembly constituency  Total candidates  Women candidates

Nilokheri                                      15                                   02

Assandh                                      14                                   02

Karnal                                          12                                   02

Gharaunda                                08                                  00

Indri                                             06                                   00

Karnal: After 2000, for the first time 12 candidates are contesting the elections except 2014. In 2000 and 2014, 14 candidates contested. Whereas in the last election there were 10 candidates and in 2005 and 2009 there were 11 candidates each. In 1996, the maximum number of candidates contested was 34. None of them was a woman. Except for three times, women have also contested elections since 1982. Like 2014, this time too two women are contesting.

Nilokheri: Except for 2014, for the first time since 1996, 15 candidates are contesting. In 1996, 19 candidates contested. Whereas in 2014, 17 candidates contested. Apart from this, in 1987 and 91, the maximum number of candidates contested was 21 each. None of them was a woman. Here, the trend of women has decreased. This time only two women are contesting. Whereas in the last election, three women contested and before that four women contested. In 2009 also, two women contested, whereas in 2005, for the first time a woman contested.

Indri: This is the first time after 1977 that there are six candidates in Indri. In 1977, the lowest ever number of candidates contested was just four. After this, every time more than 10 candidates were in the fray. Last time there were 11 candidates, before this there were 16 candidates each in 2009 and 14 and 15 candidates each in 2000 and 05. In 1996, the maximum number of candidates contested was 30. Among them, only one was a woman. The special thing is that in the first three elections, only one woman candidate Prasanna Devi contested and won. This time not a single woman is in the fray. In the last two elections also, a woman contested after waiting for about 10 years.

Gharaunda: After 2009, the number of candidates here is continuously decreasing. This time 10 candidates are in the fray. While 15 candidates were in the fray in 2009, 14 in 2014 and 13 in 2019. In 2005, only six candidates contested. In 1996, the maximum number of candidates contested was 35, out of which one was a woman. Women have left the electoral battle here. Not a single woman has contested for the last decade and a half. In 2005, two women contested for the last time and Rekha Rana won and became MLA. Before this, a woman contested for the first time in 1996. Whereas in the seven elections before this, no woman contested.

Asandh: In the 2014 elections, the maximum number of candidates contested was 28. This time, only half of it, i.e. 14, contested the elections. Both times, two women contested. In the last election, 12 candidates contested and no woman contested. Elections were held here for the first time in 1977. The special thing is that in the ten elections held here so far, women have contested six times.