Karnal

The geographic coordinates of Karnal Assembly constituency are: 29°41'09.6"N 76°57'10.1"E. This constituency falls in Karnal district of Haryana and in the North Haryana region. Karnal shares its borders with four other Assembly constituencies. Other Haryana Assembly constituencies adjacent to Karnal are: Nilokheri, Indri, Gharaunda, Assandh. This constituency shares an inter-state border with .

There were a total of 2,66,616 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2024 Assembly election in Karnal Assembly constituency, of which 1,37,510 were male, 1,29,101 female and 5 of the third gender. In the 2019 Assembly elections, there were a total of 2,39,477 registered voters, of which 1,24,527 were male, 1,14,950 female and 0 from the third gender. In 2014 elections, there were a total of 2,06,972 registered voters in this constituency, of which 1,09,030 were male and 97,942 female. In the 2009 polls, the number of total electors was 1,58,695 which included 85,385 male and 73,310 female voters.

The number of service voters in this Assembly constituency was 294 in 2019, 318 in 2014 and 241 in 2009.

The electorate gender ratio (number of female voters per 1000 male voters) in this constituency in 2024 was 938.85, in 2019 it was 923.14, 898.30 in 2014 and 858.58 in 2009.

The dominant community in Karnal is: Punjabi/Sikh.

Karnal Assembly constituency went to the polls in the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections on Saturday, October 5, 2024. The counting of votes is on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

In the 2019 state Assembly elections, this seat voted on Monday, October 21, 2019 and the results were declared on Thursday, October 24, 2019.

In the 2014 polls, this constituency voted on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 and the results were declared on Sunday, October 19, 2014.

In 2009, Karnal voted on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 and the results were declared on Thursday, October 22, 2009.

According the latest delimitation documents, the extent of 21. Karnal Assembly constituency covers the following areas of Karnal district of Haryana: PCs Karnal I, II and III, Kachhwa-I and II, Pundrak of Karnal-I KC and Karnal (Municipal Council + oG) of Karnal Tehsil.)

According to data released by the Election Commission of India, in the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, the estimated voter turnout in Karnal constituency was 56.37%. In 2019, this seat registered a turnout of 52.29%, while it was 67.84% in 2014 and 63.84% in 2009. The estimated turnout in 2024 was 4.08% compared to the 2019 turnout.

In the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, Manohar Lal of BJP won in this constituency beating Tarlochan Singh of INC by a margin of 45,188 votes which was 36.03% of the total votes cast. In 2014, Manohar Lal Khattar of BJP was the winner in this seat beating Jai Parkash Gupta Karnal of IND by a margin of 63,773 votes which was 45.42% of the total votes polled in the constituency. In the 2009 Assembly elections, Sumita Singh of INC won this seat defeating Jai Parkash of HJCBL by a margin of 3,731 votes which was 3.68% of the total votes polled for the seat.

In the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, Manohar Lal of BJP had a vote share of 63.72% in this seat. In 2014, Manohar Lal Khattar of BJP secured a vote share of 58.75% in this constituency. In the 2009 Assembly elections, Sumita Singh of INC got a vote share of 35.43% in Karnal.