Gurgaon General (Lok Sabha) Election Results 2019

Gurgaon Lok Sabha Election Summary

Coming into renewed existence in 2008, as part of the Delimitation Commission of India's recommendations, Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency has altered the political balance in the state of Haryana in this general election. AAP candidate Yogendra Yadav, a renowned political scientist and one of Kejriwal's chief aides, has won with a thumping majority. Rao Inderjeet Singh defeated his closest rival Zakir Hussain of Indian National Lok Dal by a margin of 274722 votes. Yadav received 644780 votes. Rao Inderjeet Singh, now the BJP candidate, three- time MLA from Badshahpur, Rao Dharampal was the Congress candidate from this constituency while Zakir Hussain was candidate from Indian National Lok Dal. Sitting Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjeet Singh, who represented the Congress in the 2009 elections, fought the battle on a BJP ticket this time. The strong anti-incumbency wave hit Singh hard, as his support among Gurgaon's voters dwindled. Newbie Yadav, known for his commitment towards masses, campaigned hard raising questions over the declared assets of the Congress and BJP candidates from Gurgaon. Yadav hinted at the unholy nexus of the builders and politicians in Gurgaon, by claiming that these politicians were hiding majority of their assets, which amounted to hundreds of crores. Academic turned politician Yogendra Yadav campaigned on a door to door basis in this constituency, winning the hearts and minds of many erstwhile Congress and BJP supporters.

Congress pitched Dharampal against Singh, to cut into his vote share. Singh attacked Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress, before shifting to the BJP. This angered the Congress who lobbied for Dharampal to ensure that Inderjeet Singh was defeated. In such circumstances, Yadav also hugely benefitted from the personal and political attacks of Dharampal against Singh. In this four- cornered political battle of Congress, BJP, AAP and INLD, Yadav cut into a prominent vote-share of both Congress and BJP. He also defeated the aspirations of INLD candidate Hussain, by also bagging a number of votes of the non-Muslims and the non-Yadavs in the constituency, who usually vote for INLD. Yadav's debut victory from Gurgaon has heightened the political prospects of the AAP as a whole.

Gurgaon is one of the 10 parliamentary constituencies in the state of Haryana, located in north India. This constituency first came into existence in 1955 and operated till the Lok Sabha elections of 1977, before which it was terminated. The Gurgaon Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 9) consists of 1,244,437 number of electorates in totality, of these 664,532 are males and 579,905 are females as the Election commission of India 2009 data suggests. According to the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Constituencies Order of 2008, the parliamentary constituency of Gurgaon again came into existence in 2008. This constituency is politically relevant, not only in the state of Haryana, but in the larger politics of the country.

The Gurgaon constituency was made operational by merging together four assembly segments of erstwhile Faridabad parliamentary constituency and five assembly segments of erstwhile Mahendragarh parliamentary constituency. The number of assembly constituencies of the parliamentary constituency adjusted as nine assembly segments, out of which Bawal and Pataudi assembly segments are reserved for candidates belonging to the scheduled castes.  

The Gurgaon city which is an integral part of the parliamentary constituency is part of the administrative headquarters as well as the Municipal Corporation of the district. The district is one of the most advanced regions with a whopping population count of 15,14,432 people as per the 2011 census data. The economy of the Gurgaon parliamentary constituency thrives on a strong industrial base, as Gurgaon is known as the Millennium City, contributing to be rated as the third richest city in the country, by housing around 250 large-scale and medium-scale industries. Traditionally however, Gurgaon has been an agricultural district. This parliamentary constituency of Gurgaon has some renowned entertainment hubs across the city.