Chandigarh, October 14: Mohan Lal Badoli of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won the Rai Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Haryana. Badoli won by a narrow margin of 2662 votes by defeating Congress candidate Jai Tirath. The sitting MLA from the Rai constituency is Jai Tirath of the Congress party. This year, the BJP had fielded Mohan Lal Kaushik Badoli from the Rai seat while the Congress had given its ticket to Tirath Dahiya from the Rai  constituency. The term of the Haryana assembly ends on November 2.

In September this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced the election schedule for Haryana and Maharashtra. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora informed that there are 1.82 crore registered voters in the state. Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Full List of Constituencies With Current MLA Names and How BJP, Congress, INLD Performed in 2014.

According to the schedule of Haryana polls announced by the Election Commission, nomination papers can be filed till October 4 and the deadline for withdrawing them is October 7. The poll panel will scrutinise nominations on October 5. Candidates can withdraw candidature till October 7. In Haryana, the BJP-led Manohar Lal Khattar government is currently in power. Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Full List of Constituencies With Current MLA Names and How BJP, Congress, INLD Performed in 2014.

The political parties that were part of the poll battle include BJP, Congress, Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Haryana Janhit Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). In the 2014 polls in the state, the BJP had won with a thumping majority and had scripted history in the state. The BJP had won 47 seats, while the Congress managed to win only 15 seats.

2019 rai Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
INDERJITINLD637
Mohan Lal Badoli (Current MLA)BJP45377
JAI TIRATHINC42715
PRAMJEETBSP2890
Mohan LalIND175
BIJENDER KUMARIND123
MOHAN ANTILAIFB112
AJIT ANTILJannayak Janta PartyNA
Comrade JaikaranSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)NA
MUKESH TAPSIRashtriya Majdoor Vikas PartyNA
Raj kumar SharmaLoktanter Suraksha PartyNA
SUNIL KUMAR S/O ISHWAR SINGHJanata Dal (United)NA
SUNIL KUMAR S/O GULAB SINGHJai Maha Bharath PartyNA
SUNIL KUMAR S/O BHIM SINGHBharatiya Samtawadi Party (A)NA
SOHAN PARASHARMahila & Yuva Shakti PartyNA

2014 rai Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Jai Tirath (Current MLA)INC36703
InderjeetINLD36700

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