Shishpal Singh (born 1979) is an Indian politician from

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. He is an MLA from Kalanwali Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community in

Sirsa district Sirsa district is the largest district by area in Haryana state, India. Sirsa is the district headquarters. It is located on National Highway 9 and from the capital Delhi. On 1 September 1975, Sirsa became a district by taking Sirsa and Dabw ...

. He won the

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representing the

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Early life and education

Shishpal is from Kalanwali, Sirsa district, Haryana. He is the son of Om Prakash. He completed M.A. at

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, Kurukshetra.

Career

Shishpal won from Kalanwali Assembly constituency representing the Indian National Congress in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. He polled 53,059 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Rajinder Singh Desujodha of the

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal Party'') is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are ma ...

, by a margin of 19,243 votes.

References

1979 births Haryana MLAs 2019–2024 Indian National Congress politicians from Haryana Living people Haryana MLAs 2024–2029 {{Haryana-INC-politician-stub