Julana assembly constituency results: Vinesh Phogat wins by over 6000 votes

NEW DELHI: Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat , contesting on a Congress ticket won Julana constituency by a margin of 6,000 votes defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Yogesh Kumar, according to the Election Commission of India.

The party last emerged victorious in Julana constituency in 2005. Phogat's victory marks a notable achievement as the party reclaimed the seat after 19 years.

As of 12:55 PM, according to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) website, Vinesh was leading with a margin of 5,231 votes against her closest competitor BJP candidate Yogesh Kumar.

Julana assembly constituency is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies in Haryana , India. It is located in the Jind district. The Julana Assembly constituency falls under the Sonipat Lok Sabha constituency.

The Election Commission rescheduled the polling date in Haryana to Oct 5 and accordingly revised the counting date for Haryana to Oct 8.

The main candidates for this election were Yogesh Bairagi representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Vinesh Phogat from the Indian National Congress (INC).

Who is Vinesh Phogat?
Indian freestyle wrestler Vinesh Phogat participates in the 53 kg weight category and hails from a family of wrestlers. She is the cousin of Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari. Vinesh has secured numerous medals for India in international competitions such as the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

Notably, she was the first Indian woman wrestler to qualify for the Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the 53 kg category.

Recently, Vinesh Phogat, along with other Indian wrestlers, staged a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The protest targetted Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), who faces allegations of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation from seven female wrestlers. The alleged incidents reportedly occurred over a decade, from 2012 to 2022. The wrestlers demanded that a police complaint be filed against Singh and that he be arrested under the POCSO Act since one of the complainants is a minor.

Vinesh announced her retirement from sports, a day after being disqualified from the "Paris Olympics" stating she no longer had the strength to continue. She was disqualified after being found 100 grams overweight during the weigh-in ahead of her gold medal match.

Julana Key Candidates

Several political parties had announced their candidates for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 , specifically from the Julana constituency. The prominent parties fielding candidates included Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Indian National Lok Dal, and Aam Aadmi Party.

Here is the list of 12 candidates who had contested in Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 from Julana constituency:
Yogesh Kumar of Bharatiya Janata Party; Vinesh Phogat of Indian National Congress; Kavita Rani of Aam Aadmi Party; Surender Lather of Indian National Lok Dal; Amarjeet Dhanda of Jannayak Janta Party; Jogi Sunil Rashtriya of Garib Dal; Amit Sharma of Independent; Inderjeet of Independent; Coach Jasvir Singh Ahlawa of Independent; Prem of Independent; Bijender Kumar of Independent; Ramrattan of Independent.

(Last updated 2:00PM )

Julana Assembly elections result (2019)

In the 2019 Haryana Assembly Elections, the Julana constituency had a total of 173,645 electors, with 126,375 valid votes cast. In the 2019, Haryana Assembly elections, Amarjeet Dhanda of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) emerged victorious from the Julana constituency. Dhanda defeated Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Parminder Singh Dhull by a margin of 24,193 votes. This election saw significant competition between the JJP and BJP in the Julana seat. Dhanda's win marked a notable success for the JJP in this region.

Julana Assembly elections result (2014)

In the 2014 Assembly Elections, Parminder Singh Dhull of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) secured a victory in the Julana constituency. He won with a significant margin of 22,806 votes over his opponent, Dharmnder Singh Dhull of the Indian National Congress, who received 31,826 votes.