Rohtak, May 14 -- The Rohtak parliamentary constituency in Haryana is considered a stronghold of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his son Deepender Hooda, a three-time MP from Rohtak. He is a member of the Upper House now.

The Congress has won the Lok Sabha elections 11 out of 18 times on this Jat dominated parliamentary seat. Bhupinder Singh Hooda has represented the Rohtak parliamentary seat four times, his father Ranbir Singh Hooda twice and son Deepender Hooda on three occasions.

2019 was a major upset for Hooda

The 2019 general polls saw a major upset when BJP's Arvind Sharma, a surgeon by profession, defeated Deepender by a slender margin of 7,503 votes. Hooda lost the 2019 election despite taking lead in five of t...