# Nalwa Assembly constituency

Nalwa Assembly constituency in Hisar district is one of the 90 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Haryana state in northern India.

## History

Nalwa became a new Assembly constituency of Legislative Assembly of Haryana in the state of Haryana in the 2008 delimitation exercise. Earlier, most of the villages of this constituency were under Adampur, a stronghold of Bhajan Lal. Some of the villages were earlier with the Bawani Khera Constituency.

## Overview

Nalwa is part of Hisar Lok Sabha constituency along with eight other Assembly segments, namely, Uchana in Jind district and Adampur, Uklana, Narnaund, Hansi, Barwala, Hisar and Bawani Khera in Hisar district.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| Till 2009: Constituency did not exist ||||
| 2009 | Sampat Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | Ranbir Singh Gangwa | Indian National Lok Dal |
| 2019 | Ranbir Singh Gangwa | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2024 | Randhir Panihar | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### Assembly Election 2024

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Nalwa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Randhir Panihar | 66,330 | 51.20% | 10.12 |
| | INC | Anil Maan | 54,186 | 41.83% | 9.10 |
| | JJP | Virender Chaudhary | 3,891 | 3.00% | 14.73 |
| | BSP | Sarwan Kumar Verma | 2,611 | 2.02% | 1.02 |
| | AAP | Umesh Sharma | 1,193 | 0.92% | New |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 507 | 0.39% | 0.04 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,144 | 9.37% | 1.01 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,29,546 | 71.82% | 1.93 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,80,098 | | 8.99 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | 10.12 | |

### Assembly Election 2019

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Nalwa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Ranbir Singh Gangwa | 47,523 | 41.09% | 29.97 |
| | INC | Randhir Panihar | 37,851 | 32.72% | 15.7 |
| | JJP | Virender Choudhary | 20,516 | 17.74% | New |
| | BSP | Advocate Bajrang Indal | 3,510 | 3.03% | 1.07 |
| | Independent | Randeep Lohchab | 1,828 | 1.58% | New |
| | INLD | Satpal Kajla | 1,286 | 1.11% | 34.57 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,672 | 8.36% | 2.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,15,668 | 69.89% | 7.31 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,65,498 | | 8.67 |
| | BJP gain from INLD | BJP gain from INLD | Swing | 5.41 | |

### Assembly Election 2014

Ranbir Singh Gangwa Prajapati of Indian National Lok Dal won the 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election on 19 October 2014. He is an ex-member of parliament and a senior leader of Indian national Lokdal party. He defeated ex finance minister and sitting MLA professor Sampat Singh and ex deputy chief minister of Haryana shri Chandermohan Bishnoi with a margin of 7100 votes.
2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Nalwa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INLD | Ranbir Singh Gangwa | 41,950 | 35.68% | 12.56 |
| | HJC(BL) | Chander Mohan | 34,835 | 29.63% | 0.74 |
| | INC | Sampat Singh | 20,014 | 17.02% | 23.42 |
| | BJP | Master Hari Singh | 13,074 | 11.12% | 9.91 |
| | BSP | Pardeep Ambedkar | 2,313 | 1.97% | 1.08 |
| | HLP | Jai Singh Bishnoi | 1,210 | 1.03% | New |
| | CPI(M) | Shankuntla Jakhar | 962 | 0.82% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,115 | 6.05% | 5.51 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,17,582 | 77.20% | 0.18 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,52,300 | | 24.99 |
| | INLD gain from INC | INLD gain from INC | Swing | 4.77 | |

### Assembly Election 2009

Nalwa constituency was represented by an ex-minister of Haryana and senior Congress leader of the Haryana State Assembly, Professor Sampat Singh. He won the October 2009 elections with a margin of 10,901 votes, defeating Jasma Devi of the Haryana Janhit Congress. Jasma Devi is the wife of Bhajan Lal and this was the first defeat of the Bhajanlal clan in Haryana state politics. This defeat led to the downfall of Bhajanlal's Haryana Janhit Congress in literal terms for just after winning, five out of total six MLAs of Haryana Janhit Congress left the HJC and joined the Congress.
2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Nalwa :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Sampat Singh | 38,138 | 40.45% | New |
| | HJC(BL) | Jasma Devi | 27,237 | 28.88% | New |
| | INLD | Ranbir Singh Gangwa | 21,799 | 23.12% | New |
| | BSP | Gangadhar | 2,877 | 3.05% | New |
| | BJP | Madan Rawalwasia | 1,144 | 1.21% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,901 | 11.56% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,295 | 77.38% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,21,852 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |