# Panipat Rural Assembly constituency

Panipat Rural Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly of Haryana a northern state of India. It is also part of Karnal (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| Till 2009: Constituency did not exist ||||
| 2009 | Om Prakash Jain | Independent politician |
| 2014 | Mahipal Dhanda | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2019 | Mahipal Dhanda | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Mahipal Dhanda | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2024

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Panipat Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Mahipal Dhanda | 101,079 | 50.25% | 9.48 |
| | INC | Sachin Kundu | 50,867 | 25.29% | 18.80 |
| | Independent | Vijay Jain | 43,323 | 21.54% | New |
| | AAP | Sukhvir Malik | 1,682 | 0.84% | New |
| | BSP | Ranbir Singh | 1,615 | 0.80% | 6.26 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,153 | 0.57% | 0.03 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 50,212 | 24.96% | 11.62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,01,139 | 69.51% | 1.63 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,85,756 | | 19.37 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 9.48 | |

### Assembly Election 2019

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Panipat Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Mahipal Dhanda | 67,086 | 40.77 | 0.70 |
| | JJP | Devender Kadian | 45,125 | 27.42 | |
| | Independent | Sandeep Bhardwaj | 20,393 | 12.39 | |
| | BSP | Balkar Malik | 11,619 | 7.06 | 4.45 |
| | INC | Om Parkash Jain | 10,679 | 6.49 | 3.35 |
| | LSP | Lakhmi Chand | 3,831 | 2.33 | |
| | INLD | Kuldeep Rathee | 2,052 | 1.25 | 14.12 |
| | CPI | Jamshed Rana | 1,287 | 0.78 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 897 | 0.55 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,961 | 13.35 | 9.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,64,545 | 67.88 | 8.19 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,42,423 | | 19.03 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 0.70 | |

### Assembly Election 2014

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Panipat Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Mahipal Dhanda | 62,074 | 40.07 | 34.04 |
| | Independent | Dhara Singh | 25,942 | 16.75 | |
| | INLD | Nishan Singh Malik | 23,804 | 15.37 | 2.48 |
| | INC | Khushi Ram Jaglan | 15,247 | 9.84 | 2.67 |
| | Independent | Ramphal Begampur | 5,390 | 3.48 | |
| | Independent | Sanjay Kadyan | 4,156 | 2.68 | |
| | BSP | Ram Niwas Sharma | 4,043 | 2.61 | 5.69 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 36,132 | 23.32 | 16.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,915 | 76.07 | 0.06 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,03,657 | | 61.19 |
| | BJP gain from Independent | BJP gain from Independent | Swing | 15.32 | |

### Assembly Election 2009

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Panipat Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Om Prakash Jain | 23,770 | 24.75 | |
| | INLD | Bimla Kadian | 17,134 | 17.84 | |
| | Independent | Dhara Singh | 12,221 | 12.73 | |
| | INC | Parsani Devi | 12,017 | 12.51 | |
| | HJC(BL) | Bijender Singh Kadyan | 9,830 | 10.24 | |
| | BSP | Satvinder | 7,969 | 8.30 | |
| | BJP | Surender | 5,791 | 6.03 | |
| | Independent | Tilak Raj | 3,869 | 4.03 | |
| | Independent | Pawan Kumar | 1,185 | 1.23 | |
| | Independent | Mukesh Balmiki | 566 | 0.59 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,636 | 6.91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,031 | 76.01 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,26,347 | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |