Haryana Election Result 2024: Savitri Jindal has emerged victorious in the fiercely contested Hisar Assembly seat as an independent candidate. Running without the backing of any political party, Jindal defeated candidates from major parties including the BJP, Congress, JJP, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by a margin of 18,941 votes from her nearest rival Congress leader Ramniwas Rara.
Her victory comes after a closely watched contest where BJP’s Kamal Gupta, Congress’ Ramniwas Rara, JJP’s Ravi Ahuja, and AAP’s Sanjay Satrodia were all in the fray.
After casting her vote on October 5, Jindal had expressed confidence in her victory, saying, "I am contesting this election on behalf of the Hisar family, and I am confident I will win. The entire Hisar family is with me, so I do not need any party."
Known for her two-term stint as an MLA from this urban seat and as a minister in Bhupinder Hooda’s Congress-led government, Jindal sought "one last chance" to complete the developmental works of Hisar and serve its people.
With this win, she unseated the BJP’s sitting MLA Kamal Gupta, who had won the seat in both the 2014 and 2019 elections.
India’s Wealthiest Woman Savitri Jindal And Her Connection With Hisar
At 75, Savitri Jindal is India’s wealthiest woman being chairperson of the OP Jindal Group, according to Forbes. As per Bloomberg, she is the 47th richest woman in the world. She had filed her nomination as an independent candidate on 12 September.
Her son Naveen Jindal had quit the Congress to join the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha Election 2024. He was elected a Member of Parliament of the Kurukshetra constituency in Haryana.
With an estimated net worth of $33 billion, Savitri Jindal’s decision to contest as an independent came after being denied the BJP ticket, which was retained by Kamal Gupta, the sitting MLA and state Health Minister. Gupta, who defeated Jindal in 2014 by nearly 13,000 votes, eyed a third consecutive victory in the election.
Jindal's family shares a long bond with the Hisar constituency. Her late husband, Om Prakash Jindal, founded the Jindal Group and represented the constituency in three Assembly elections, serving as a minister in Haryana before his untimely death in a helicopter crash in 2005. Savitri Jindal herself entered politics after his passing, winning the Hisar bypolls in 2005.
Haryana Election 2024
Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 67.90 per cent after polling for the 90-member state assembly was held on October 5, according to the updated figures of the Election Commission. In the 2019 assembly polls, the state had logged 68.31 per cent turnout and in the recent Lok Sabha elections 2024 for 10 seats, the turnout was 64.8 per cent.
Ellenabad assembly seat in Sirsa district witnessed the highest voter turnout at over 80 per cent,
Among Haryana's districts, the highest voting was registered at 75.36 per cent in Sirsa while the lowest 56.49 per cent in Faridabad district, Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal informed.
As of the latest trends available on the Election Commission's website, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading/won 50 seats, crossing the majority mark in the 90-member Assembly. The Congress, meanwhile, was ahead or had won in 35 seats, followed by Independents on five seats, and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) each leading on one seat.