Ambala Cantonment Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Ambala Cantt. Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 4 for the Haryana Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Haryana
District	Ambala
LS constituency	Ambala
Established	1967
Total electors	1,96,870
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Haryana Legislative Assembly

Incumbent Anil Vij
Party	BJP
Elected year	2024

Ambala Cantonment Assembly constituency is one of the 90 assembly seats of Haryana. Ambala city is a part of Ambala district. Anil Vij is current MLA.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1967	D. R. Anand	Indian National Congress
1968	Bhagwan Das	Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1972	Hans Raj Suri	Indian National Congress
1977	Sushma Swaraj	Janata Party
1982	Ram Dass Dhamija	Indian National Congress
1987	Sushma Swaraj	Bharatiya Janata Party
1990^	Anil Vij	Bharatiya Janata Party
1991	Brij Anand	Indian National Congress
1996	Anil Vij	Independent
2000	Anil Vij	Independent
2005	Devender Kumar Bansal	Indian National Congress
2009	Anil Vij	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anil Vij	59,858	44.90	8.14
	Independent	Chitra Sarwara	52,581	39.44	2.96
	INC	Parimal Pari	14,469	10.85	3.84
	INLD	Onkar Singh	2,863	2.15	New
	NOTA	None of the above	641	0.48	0.35
Majority			7,277	5.46
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing	8.14

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anil Vij	64,571	53.04	+0.55
	Independent	Chitra Sarwara	44,406	36.48	New
	INC	Venu Singla	8,534	7.01	−33.30
	BSP	Rajesh Kumar	1,938	1.59	0.89
	NOTA	None of the above	1,013	0.83	0.04
Margin of victory			20,165	16.56	+4.38
Turnout			1,21,735	61.84	−10.80
Registered electors			1,96,870		+12.69
	BJP hold		Swing	+0.55

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anil Vij	66,605	52.49	+3.28
	INC	Ch. Nirmal Singh	51,143	40.31	−2.57
	INLD	Suraj Parkash Jindal	5,407	4.26	+2.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1,007	0.79	New
	BSP	Charan Singh	885	0.70	−2.37
Margin of victory			15,462	12.19	+5.85
Turnout			1,26,888	72.63	+4.79
Registered electors			1,74,704		+18.50
	BJP hold		Swing	+3.28

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Anil Vij	49,219	49.21	+33.52
	INC	Nirmal Singh	42,881	42.87	+12.50
	BSP	Parveen Chauhan	3,065	3.06	+2.07
	INLD	Dr. K. D. Sharma	2,189	2.19	New
Margin of victory			6,338	6.34	+5.28
Turnout			1,00,018	67.84	−0.71
Registered electors			1,47,434		+73.18
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+18.84

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Devender Kumar Bansal	17,723	30.37	7.71
	Independent	Anil Vij	17,108	29.32
	Independent	Hira Lal	13,369	22.91
	BJP	Ravi Sehgal	9,155	15.69	−13.40
	BSP	Maya Ram	583	1.00
Margin of victory			615	1.05	−15.42
Turnout			58,359	68.55	5.43
Registered electors			85,131		−2.97
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-15.20

Assembly Election 2000

2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anil Vij	25,045	45.57
	BJP	Kabir Dev	15,988	29.09	6.91
	INC	Sudershan Dua	12,452	22.66	−6.70
	NCP	Shiv Om	666	1.21
	Independent	Pardeep Chauhan	323	0.59
Margin of victory			9,057	16.48	5.74
Turnout			54,963	63.13	−4.04
Registered electors			87,741		1.14
	Independent hold		Swing	-9.28

Assembly Election 1996

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anil Vij	22,735	40.10
	INC	Raj Rani	16,645	29.36	−25.49
	BJP	Kabir Dev	12,573	22.17	−16.61
	AIIC(T)	Shiv Kumar	1,700	3.00
	BSP	Sewa Singh	1,414	2.49	0.82
	CPI	Pushpa	454	0.80
Margin of victory			6,090	10.74	−5.32
Turnout			56,700	67.17	1.93
Registered electors			86,756		11.72
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-14.75

Assembly Election 1991

1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Brij Anand	27,377	54.85	23.50
	BJP	Anil Kumar	19,360	38.79	−9.80
	JP	Satish	1,447	2.90
	BSP	Mohinder Bir Singh	834	1.67
	JD	Sudesh	350	0.70
Margin of victory			8,017	16.06	−1.18
Turnout			49,912	65.24	−5.94
Registered electors			77,658		18.25
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	6.26

Assembly Election 1987

1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sushma Swaraj	22,473	48.59	28.52
	INC	Ram Dass Dhamija	14,501	31.35	−4.56
	Independent	Brij Anand	7,574	16.38
	Independent	Vijay Pal	550	1.19
	Independent	Naresh Kumar	483	1.04
Margin of victory			7,972	17.24	1.73
Turnout			46,248	71.18	−2.63
Registered electors			65,675		19.10
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	12.68

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ram Dass Dhamija	14,382	35.92	4.21
	JP	Swami Agnivaish	8,171	20.41	−43.04
	BJP	Som Prakash	8,036	20.07
	Independent	Bhagwan Dass	7,147	17.85
	Independent	Shiv Prakash	751	1.88
	Independent	Ajmer Singh	373	0.93
	Independent	Ram Lal	331	0.83
	Independent	Om Prakash	246	0.61
Margin of victory			6,211	15.51	−16.23
Turnout			40,043	73.81	5.99
Registered electors			55,145		19.62
	INC gain from JP		Swing	-27.53

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Sushma Swaraj	19,639	63.45	*New*
	INC	Dev Raj Anand	9,815	31.71	24.87
	Independent	Bansi Lal	830	2.68	New
	Independent	Narendar Datt	295	0.95	New
Margin of victory			9,824	31.74	15.47
Turnout			30,953	67.82	2.36
Registered electors			46,099		15.56
	JP gain from INC		Swing	6.87

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hans Raj Suri	15,687	56.57	10.52
	ABJS	Bhagwan Dass	11,175	40.30	11.31
	Independent	Virender Kumar Syal	616	2.22	New
	Independent	Hari Ram	250	0.90	New
Margin of victory			4,512	16.27	10.71
Turnout			27,728	71.00	8.46
Registered electors			39,893		3.36
	INC gain from ABJS		Swing	4.96

Assembly Election 1968

1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	ABJS	Bhagwan Dass	13,009	51.62	11.79
	INC	Dev Raj Anand	11,606	46.05	4.4
	Independent	Karam Vir Singh	258	1.02	New
	Independent	Avtar Singh	227	0.90	New
	Independent	Sham Lal	103	0.41	New
Margin of victory			1,403	5.57	3.74
Turnout			25,203	62.07	8.90
Registered electors			41,282		6.03
	ABJS gain from INC		Swing	9.97

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Ambala Cantt.
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dev Raj Anand	11,343	41.65	*New*
	ABJS	P. Nath	10,845	39.82	New
	Independent	R. Nath	3,331	12.23	New
	Independent	G. Singh	1,003	3.68	New
	Independent	K. Lall	711	2.61	New
Margin of victory			498	1.83
Turnout			27,233	72.00
Registered electors			38,934
	INC win (new seat)

References

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State of Haryana

Capital: Chandigarh

Topics

Districts and
divisions

Ambala division	Ambala Kurukshetra Panchkula Yamunanagar
Faridabad division	Faridabad Nuh Palwal
Gurgaon division	Gurgaon Mahendragarh Rewari
Hisar division	Fatehabad Hisar Jind Sirsa
Karnal division	Kaithal Karnal Panipat
Rohtak division	Bhiwani Charkhi Dadri Jhajjar Rohtak Sonipat

Major cities

Culture

List of films, Chandrawal, Jagat Jakhar)

Music
- Folk dance
- Saang)
Haryanvi language
- Ahirwati
- Bagri
- Braj Bhasha
- Bangru
- Deshwali
- Khadar
- Loarki
- Mewati
- Pahari)
Haryanvi people

Economy

Power stations and power organisations

Places of interest
Sarasvati civilization (Indus Valley Civilisation)	Adi Badri Balu, Kaithal Banawali Bhirrana Farmana Jognakhera Kanwari Kunal Lohari Ragho Mitathal Rakhigarhi Siswal Sothi
Archaeological	National monuments State monuments
Baoli (Stepwells)s	Kaithal (Bhai ki Baoli) Fatehabad (Rania,_Sirsa#History"Rania) Gurgaon (Akhara Baoli, Badshahpur Baoli, Dhumaspur Baoli) Maham in Rohtak (Choron ki Baoli) Narnaul (Alijaan ki Bawdi)
Buddhist and Hindu sites	Buddhist mounds (Agroha Mound, Sugh Ancient Mound) Buddhist stupas ([Adi Badri, Haryana
Haveli	Nangal Sirohi Hemu Ki Haveli in Rewari Noor Mahal in Karnal Gurugram: (Sikanderpur, Mohammadpur Jharsa, 12 Biswa haveli in Gurgaon gaon, Mahalwala haveli in 8 Biswa of Gurgaon gaon)
Forts	Asigarh Fort (Hansi) Badhshapur Fort Buria Fort Chhachhrauli Fort Dhosi Hill Fort Fatehabad Fort Farrukhnagar Fort Hisar-e-Firoza Fort Kotla Indor Fort Jind Fort Kaithal Fort Gajpat Singh Fort at Karnal Loharu Fort Madhogarh Fort Mahendragarh Fort Meham Fort Nahar Singh Fort at Ballabhgargh Pinjore Fort Raipur Rani Fort Fort of King Saras of Sirsa Tosham Hill Fort
Hills	Dhosi Hill near Narnaul Kotla Hill in Mewat Indor Hill in Mewat Madhogarh Hill near Mahendragarh Mahendragarh Hill Morni Hills in Yamunanagar Tosham Hill in Bhiwani
Caves	Chyvan Rishi Cave at Dhosi Hill Tosham Hill Caverns Nar Narayan Cave in Yamunanagar
Historical	Bhima Devi Temple Complex at Pinjore Dhosi Hill Farrukhnagar Kalayat Ancient Bricks Temple Complex Mughal Bridge at Kernal Harsh ka Tilla at Kurukshetra Nahar Singh Mahal Narnaul Pataudi Palace Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple Surajkund Tomb of Saikh Taiyab at Kaithal Tosham rock inscription Yadavindra Gardens State Protected Monuments Monuments of National Importance
Protected areas	Abubshahar Wildlife Sanctuary Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary Chhilchhila Wildlife Sanctuary Kalesar National Park Khaparwas Wildlife Sanctuary Khol Hi-Raitan Wildlife Sanctuary Morni Nahar Wildlife Sanctuary Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary Sohna Sultanpur Lake Bird Sanctuary
Endangered wildlife breeding	Chinkara Breeding Centre Kairu, Bhiwani Crocodile Breeding Centre, Kurukshetra Deer Park, Hisar Kalesar Elephant Rehabilitation Centre Pheasant Breeding Centre, Morni Pheasant Breeding Centre, Berwala Peacock & Chinkara Breeding Centre, Jhabua Sparrow Conservation Centre, Pinjore Vulture and Sparrow Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore
Zoos	Bhiwani Zoo Hisar Deer Park Rohtak Zoo Pipli Zoo
Herbal parks	Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park, Hisar Ch. Surender Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Tosham Ch. Surender Singh Memorial Herbal Park, Kairu Ch. Devi Lal Herbal Nature Park
Lakes	Badkhal Lake Blue Bird Lake at Hisar Damdama Lake Karna Lake Tilyar Lake at Rohtak
Dams	Anangpur Dam Hathni Kund Barrage Kaushalya Dam Masani barrage Ottu barrage Palla barrage Pathrala barrage Tajewala Barrage
Rivers	Chautang Ghaggar-Hakra River Markanda River Najafgarh_drain Sahibi River Sarasvati River Yamuna
Religious	Adi Badri, Haryana Sarsvati udgam sthal Agroha Dham Baba Thakur Banbhori Devi Brahma Sarovar Bhuteshwar Temple Jayanti Devi Temple Jyotisar Kartikeya Temple Markandeshwar Mata Mansa Devi Mandir Nada Sahib Naugaja Peer Pindara Temple Sannihit Sarovar Sita Mai Temple Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple Sheetla Mata Mandir Gurgaon St. Thomas' Church at Hisar
Offices	High Court Legislative Assembly Raj Bhavan
Public places	Kingdom of Dreams Mall of India The Oberoi
Extreme corners	Easternmost point: Kalesar village Yamuna riverbank in Yamunanagar district Westernmost point: Chautala–Sangari border road crossing in Sirsa district Southernmost point: Kol Gaon hill in Ferozepur Jhirka tehsil of Gurgaon district Northernmost point: Khokhra village riverbank north of Chandigarh–Baddi river bridge in Panchkula district
Highest and lowest	Highest point: Karoh Peak in Sivalik Hills of Panchkula district Lowest natural surface elevation point: Deepest underground cave: Coldest avg temp: Karoh Peak in Sivalik Hills of Panchkula district Hottest avg temp: Hisar Wettest avg rainfall: Morni hills in Sivalik Hills of Panchkula district Driest avg rainfall: Bhiwani
Oldest	Oldest archaeological site: Rakhigarhi 4700 BC or 6700 years old Indus Valley Civilisation in Hisar district Oldest archaeological mine site: Kaliyana hill Indus Valley Civilisation stone mine (3000 BC or 5000 years old) west of Charkhi Dadri

Government and politics
Elections	Elections in Haryana 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
Chief ministers	Banarsi Das Gupta Rao Birender Singh Bansi Lal Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Bhajan Lal Devi Lal Om Prakash Chautala Hukam Singh Bhupinder Singh Hooda Manohar Lal Khattar
Governors	Dharma Vira Birendra Narayan Chakraborty Ranjit Singh Narula Jaisukhlal Hathi Harcharan Singh Brar Surjit Singh Sandhawalia Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney Hari Anand Barari Dhanik Lal Mandal Mahaveer Prasad Babu Parmanand Om Prakash Verma Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai Jagannath Pahadia Kaptan Singh Solanki
State agencies	Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Debt Conciliation Board Doordarshan Haryana Foreign Investment and NRI Cell Forests Department, Haryana Department of Economic and Statistical Analysis, Haryana Department of Environment, Haryana Department of Excise & Taxation, Haryana Department of Finance, Haryana Department of Industries & Commerce, Haryana Department of Industrial Training & Vocational Education, Haryana Department of Institutional Finance & Credit Control, Haryana Department of Labour and Employment (Haryana) Department of Land records & Consolidation, Haryana Department of Revenue and Disaster Management, Haryana Department of Rehabilitation, Haryana Department of Higher Education (Haryana) Department of School Education, Haryana Department of Elementary Education, Haryana Haryana Board of School Education Haryana Civil Medical Services Haryana Environment Protection Council Haryana Land Record Information System Haryana Power Generation Corporation Haryana Police Haryana Roadways Haryana Seeds Development Corporation Haryana State Directorate of Archaeology & Museums Haryana State Legal Services Authority, Haryana Haryana Tourism Corporation Haryana Urban Development Authority Haryana Waqf Board State Counselling Board, Haryana Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam

Sports
Venues	Chaudhary Bansi Lal Cricket Stadium Nahar Singh Stadium Tau Devi Lal Stadium Sector 16 Stadium Mahabir Stadium
Associations	Haryana Cricket Association
Teams	Haryana cricket team Haryana football team Bhiwani Boxing Club

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