Garhi Sampla Kiloi: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the outgoing Haryana Assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda won the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat in the Haryana Assembly Elections.
The Garhi Sampa-Kiloi seat is part of the Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency. The former Haryana Chief Minister Hooda faced a challenge from BJP candidate Manju but emerged triumphant by a comfortable margin. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Parveen, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) nominee Kishan and Jannanayak Janata Party candidate Sushila Devi could not make a mark and lost the polls.
A voter turnout of 67.02 per cent was recorded in the Garhi-Sampla- Kiloi constituency in the 2024 polls, the polling for which took place on October 5. In the 2019 polls, Bhupinder Singh Hooda polled 97,755 votes to emerge triumphant and defeated BJP candidate Satish Nandal and JJP's Dr Sandeep Hooda.
Hooda could once again become the Leader of the Opposition. As per the Election Commission of India data, BJP has so far won 29 seats while the Congress has won 28 seats.
The results in Haryana is a major setback to the Congress, which was rejoicing at its performance in the state in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Congress leader Kumari Selja termed the results as disappointing and urged the party high command to introspect.
