Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: Gopal Kanda trails; Cong's Gokul Setia takes lead

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: Congress candidate Gokul Setia is leading from the Sirsa seat. Gopal Kanda is trailing.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: A moneybag politician having diverse business interests, Gopal Kanda was known for his proximity to the Chautala family. But making a foray into electoral politics in 2009, he contested as an independent candidate and won, later supporting the Indian National Congress (INC) led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda. This alliance earned him a cabinet post as Minister of State for Home in Haryana.

But his political career has been marred by controversies, particularly the 2012 suicide of Geetika Sharma, a former air hostess with his MDLR airlines.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: The Election Commission begins counting of votes for the Haryana assembly election.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Congress candidate Kumari Selja won from Sirsa Lok Sabha (MP) seat with a massive margin of 2,68,497 votes by defeating BJP's Ashok Tanwar.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: In the 2019 elections, Gopal Kanda won the Sirsa seat with a slim margin of 602 votes over Gokul Setia, who had then contested as an independent. It was a triangular contest then, with the BJP polling more than 30,000 votes, while the Congress could gather only 10,000 votes out of 1.42 lakh votes polled.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: Sirsa assembly is predominantly urban and will be one of the most-watched contests in the Haryana assembly elections. The constituency has a blend of Punjabi, Bagri, and Rajasthani culture. It comes under the Sirsa Lok Sabha constituency.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: The ruling BJP's Sirsa candidate Rohtash Jangra withdrew his nomination after the party hinted that it may back incumbent MLA Gopal Kanda, who has been supporting the state government.

"The decision has been taken in the interest of the state and the country. We have to ensure a Congress-mukt Haryana (Congress-free Haryana)," Jangra told news agency PTI.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: Gopal Kanda, the supremo of the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP), is seeking re-election from the Sirsa Assembly seat in the Haryana assembly elections. Backed by the BJP, Kanda is taking on Congress' Gokul Setia.

Sirsa election result 2024 LIVE: Haryana's Sirsa seat is witnessing a key battle between the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) and the Congress. HLP's Gopal Kanda is pitted against Congress' Gokul Setia.