1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
	1996
All 90 seats to the Haryana Legislative Assembly; 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	78,68,951 (70.5%)
Chief Minister before election; Bhajan Lal; Indian National Congress	Elected Chief Minister ; Bansi Lal; Haryana Vikas Party

Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 1996 were held in Indian state of Haryana to elect 90 members of the state's legislative assembly.^[1] The 90 members were elected by First-past-the-post system from 90 constituencies.^[2]^[3]

Haryana Vikas Party' Bansi Lal was elected Chief Minister of Haryana after his party gained majority seats with help of Bharatiya Janta Party.

Results

Summary of results of the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 1996^[1]

Party		Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote %
	Haryana Vikas Party	65	33	17,16,572	22.7%
	Samta Party	89	24	15,57,914	20.6%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	25	11	6,72,558	8.9%
	Independent	2022	10	11,73,533	15.5%
	Indian National Congress	90	9	15,76,882	20.8%
	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	62	3	2,42,638	3.2%

Elected members

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Kalka	69.97%	Chander Mohan		INC	54,929	40.97%	Sham Lal		BJP	34,300	25.58%	20,629
2	Naraingarh	78.08%	Raj Kumar		HVP	22,309	27.23%	Man Singh S/O Pirthi Chand		BSP	14,262	17.41%	8,047
3	Sadhaura	78.09%	Ramji Lal		Samata Party	26,142	28.41%	Deep Chand		Independent	24,075	26.16%	2,067
4	Chhachhrauli	86.52%	Akram Khan		Independent	22,302	25.15%	Aman Kumar		BSP	21,925	24.73%	377
5	Yamunanagar	66.16%	Kamla Verma		BJP	35,825	35.50%	Malik Chand		Independent	18,369	18.20%	17,456
6	Jagadhri	78.41%	Subhash Chand		HVP	26,709	29.39%	Bishan Lal Saini		BSP	20,074	22.09%	6,635
7	Mulana	73.79%	Risal Singh		Samata Party	22,592	26.46%	Phool Chand		INC	20,930	24.51%	1,662
8	Ambala Cantt.	67.17%	Anil Vij		Independent	22,735	40.10%	Raj Rani		INC	16,645	29.36%	6,090
9	Ambala City	66.74%	Faqir Chand Aggarwal		BJP	28,570	38.18%	Sumer Chand		INC	24,900	33.27%	3,670
10	Naggal	78.33%	Nirmal Singh		Independent	34,822	38.43%	Jasbir Singh Mallaur		HVP	15,162	16.73%	19,660
11	Indri	78.66%	Bhim Sain		Independent	20,930	21.63%	Des Raj		INC	16,698	17.25%	4,232
12	Nilokheri	78.67%	Jai Singh		INC	31,536	36.02%	Bakshish Singh		Samata Party	21,954	25.08%	9,582
13	Karnal	67.90%	Shashipal Mehta		BJP	35,511	37.53%	Jai Parkash		INC	27,093	28.63%	8,418
14	Jundla	69.37%	Nafe Singh		Samata Party	26,722	34.54%	Raj Kumar		INC	15,470	19.99%	11,252
15	Gharaunda	72.59%	Ramesh S/O Sulekh Chand		BJP	20,230	24.19%	Ramesh Kumar Rana S/O Jagpal Singh		Samata Party	20,219	24.18%	11
16	Assandh	65.47%	Krishan Lal		Samata Party	28,333	37.90%	Rajinder Singh		HVP	25,840	34.57%	2,493
17	Panipat	70.02%	Om Parkash		Independent	49,123	42.38%	Balbir Paul		INC	31,508	27.18%	17,615
18	Samalkha	76.07%	Kartar Singh Bhadana		HVP	20,103	23.04%	Phool Pati		Samata Party	17,723	20.31%	2,380
19	Naultha	74.13%	Bijender		HVP	24,790	31.24%	Satbir Singh Kadiyan		Samata Party	23,667	29.82%	1,123
20	Shahbad	77.21%	Kapoor Chand		BJP	27,307	32.29%	Mohinder Singh		Samata Party	19,664	23.26%	7,643
21	Radaur	78.39%	Banta Ram		Samata Party	30,765	36.85%	Ram Singh		INC	21,184	25.38%	9,581
22	Thanesar	76.35%	Ashok Kumar		Samata Party	25,175	25.57%	Ramesh Kumar		Independent	20,200	20.51%	4,975
23	Pehowa	77.22%	Jaswinder Singh		Samata Party	35,482	39.10%	Balbir Singh Saini		INC	21,887	24.12%	13,595
24	Guhla	78.54%	Dillu Ram		INC	34,385	35.75%	Amar Singh		Samata Party	31,599	32.85%	2,786
25	Kaithal	73.79%	Charan Dass		Samata Party	27,384	33.65%	Roshan Lal Tiwari		HVP	23,145	28.44%	4,239
26	Pundri	78.32%	Narender Sharma		Independent	21,542	25.39%	Ishwar Singh		INC	20,311	23.94%	1,231
27	Pai	74.79%	Ram Pal Majra		Samata Party	24,291	31.60%	Nar Singh Dhanda		HVP	22,016	28.64%	2,275
28	Hassangarh	64.73%	Balwant Singh		Samata Party	20,454	34.75%	Veerendra Kumar		AIIC(T)	15,108	25.67%	5,346
29	Kiloi	68.72%	Krishan Hooda		Samata Party	27,884	40.37%	Ram Phool		HVP	19,719	28.55%	8,165
30	Rohtak	70.69%	Kishan Das		HVP	56,863	64.85%	Subhash Batra		INC	24,045	27.42%	32,818
31	Meham	71.51%	Balbir		Samata Party	24,210	32.24%	Anand Singh		INC	23,953	31.89%	257
32	Kalanaur	65.77%	Kartar Devi		INC	16,733	28.47%	Jai Narain		BJP	15,818	26.91%	915
33	Beri	71.53%	Virender Pal		Samata Party	20,522	30.20%	Raghubir Singh		INC	16,435	24.19%	4,087
34	Salhawas	63.76%	Dharmavir		HVP	27,840	41.54%	Suraj Bhan S/O Chandram		INC	11,517	17.18%	16,323
35	Jhajjar	61.96%	Ram Parkash Dahiya		HVP	22,266	32.75%	Kirpa Ram		Janhit Morcha	15,657	23.03%	6,609
36	Badli, Haryana	69.61%	Dheer Pal Singh		Samata Party	23,305	35.01%	Manphool Singh		HVP	17,743	26.66%	5,562
37	Bahadurgarh	63.58%	Nafe Singh S/O Umrao Singh		Samata Party	27,555	33.78%	Raj Pal		HVP	26,657	32.68%	898
38	Baroda	69.02%	Ramesh Kumar		Samata Party	28,181	41.51%	Chander Bhan		HVP	26,197	38.59%	1,984
39	Gohana	68.98%	Jagbir Singh Malik		HVP	22,837	28.88%	Kishan Singh		Samata Party	21,965	27.77%	872
40	Kailana	71.73%	Ramesh Chander		HVP	24,390	30.47%	Ved Singh		Samata Party	22,724	28.38%	1,666
41	Sonipat	64.40%	Dev Raj Diwan		Independent	47,269	53.15%	Om Parkash S/O Hari Singh		SP	10,129	11.39%	37,140
42	Rai	62.85%	Suraj Mal		Samata Party	23,490	32.04%	Mohander		HVP	19,512	26.61%	3,978
43	Rohat	65.56%	Krishana Gahlawat		HVP	23,799	34.34%	Padam Singh		Samata Party	21,676	31.28%	2,123
44	Kalayat	65.01%	Ram Bhaj		HVP	23,351	36.41%	Dina Ram		Samata Party	18,233	28.43%	5,118
45	Narwana	81.04%	Randeep Singh		INC	28,286	32.63%	Jai Parkash		HVP	27,437	31.65%	849
46	Uchana Kalan	71.78%	Birender Singh		AIIC(T)	21,755	28.18%	Bhag Singh		Samata Party	17,843	23.11%	3,912
47	Rajound	70.87%	Satvinder Singh		AIIC(T)	18,179	27.56%	Ram Kumar		Samata Party	15,255	23.13%	2,924
48	Jind	72.64%	Brij Mohan		HVP	40,803	44.48%	Mange Ram Gupta		INC	22,245	24.25%	18,558
49	Julana	72.53%	Satya Narain Lathar		HVP	34,195	46.77%	Suraj Bhan S/O Harnarain		Samata Party	22,425	30.67%	11,770
50	Safidon	76.81%	Ramphal S/O Jodha Ram		Samata Party	21,502	25.22%	Ranbir Singh		HVP	17,301	20.30%	4,201
51	Faridabad	54.70%	Chander Bhatia		BJP	62,925	49.31%	Akagar Chand Chaudhry		INC	28,518	22.35%	34,407
52	Mewla–Maharajpur	52.22%	Krishan Pal		BJP	66,300	46.97%	Mahender Pratap Singh		INC	39,883	28.25%	26,417
53	Ballabgarh	56.63%	Anand Kumar		BJP	51,721	53.54%	Rajender S/O Gaj Raj		INC	19,558	20.25%	32,163
54	Palwal	69.85%	Karan Singh Dalal		HVP	40,219	50.64%	Subhash Chaudhary		BSP	13,832	17.42%	26,387
55	Hassanpur	63.57%	Jagdish Nayar		HVP	28,318	40.97%	Udai Bhan		Independent	22,748	32.91%	5,570
56	Hathin	68.11%	Harsh Kumar		HVP	16,252	23.51%	Ajmat Khan		AIIC(T)	10,131	14.65%	6,121
57	Ferozepur Jhirka	65.76%	Azad Mohammad		Samata Party	24,056	30.27%	Abdul Razak		HVP	21,414	26.94%	2,642
58	Nuh	63.28%	Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed		AIIC(T)	20,401	30.36%	Hamid Hussain		Samata Party	12,274	18.27%	8,127
59	Taoru	71.26%	Suraj Pal Singh		BJP	29,995	35.06%	Zakir Hussain		INC	18,480	21.60%	11,515
60	Sohna	70.73%	Narbir Singh		HVP	30,411	35.04%	Dharam Pal		INC	20,606	23.74%	9,805
61	Gurgaon	61.81%	Dharambir		INC	33,716	30.38%	Sita Ram Singla		BJP	26,358	23.75%	7,358
62	Pataudi	62.83%	Narayan Singh S/O Bichha Ram		HVP	31,834	43.18%	Ram Veer Singh		Samata Party	16,409	22.26%	15,425
63	Badhra	70.00%	Nripender Sangwan		HVP	42,142	52.98%	Ravinder Singh		Samata Party	14,715	18.50%	27,427
64	Dadri	68.64%	Satpal Sangwan		HVP	33,690	44.81%	Jagjit Singh		INC	22,269	29.62%	11,421
65	Mundhal Khurd	65.38%	Chhatar Singh Chauhan		HVP	33,788	47.50%	Shashi Ranjan		INC	19,017	26.73%	14,771
66	Bhiwani	65.13%	Ram Bhajan		HVP	44,584	59.20%	Shiv Kumar S/O Kedar Nath		INC	19,712	26.17%	24,872
67	Tosham	74.29%	Bansi Lal		HVP	47,274	53.60%	Dharambir		INC	34,472	39.09%	12,802
68	Loharu	67.72%	Somvir Singh		HVP	47,559	57.86%	Hira Nand		Samata Party	11,126	13.54%	36,433
69	Bawani Khera	69.51%	Jagan Nath S/O Gur Dayal		HVP	44,372	57.22%	Raghvir Singh Ranga		Samata Party	13,838	17.84%	30,534
70	Barwala	74.58%	Relu Ram		Independent	30,046	34.91%	Anant Ram		HVP	19,257	22.37%	10,789
71	Narnaund	76.25%	Jaswant Singh		HVP	31,439	41.04%	Virender Singh S/O Diwan Singh		INC	20,666	26.98%	10,773
72	Hansi	73.65%	Attar Singh		HVP	51,767	60.44%	Amir Chand S/O Har Gobind		INC	23,096	26.97%	28,671
73	Bhattu Kalan	84.20%	Mani Ram Godara		HVP	41,433	48.25%	Sampat Singh		Samata Party	33,355	38.84%	8,078
74	Hisar	68.00%	Om Parkash Mahajan		Independent	30,451	32.93%	Hari Singh Saini		INC	26,646	28.81%	3,805
75	Ghirai	73.74%	Kanwal Singh		HVP	21,497	27.20%	Chhatar Pal Singh		Independent	21,171	26.79%	326
76	Tohana	80.58%	Vinod Kumar		Samata Party	39,957	41.71%	S. Harpal Singh		INC	29,575	30.88%	10,382
77	Ratia	76.27%	Ram Saroop Rama		HVP	28,044	34.86%	Atma Singh		Samata Party	17,327	21.54%	10,717
78	Fatehabad	73.94%	Harminder Singh		HVP	36,199	38.71%	Lila Krishan		INC	18,078	19.33%	18,121
79	Adampur	79.66%	Bhajan Lal		INC	54,140	57.15%	Surender Singh		HVP	34,133	36.03%	20,007
80	Darba Kalan	84.49%	Vidya Devi		Samata Party	36,944	38.51%	Prahlad Singh		HVP	36,750	38.31%	194
81	Ellenabad	76.99%	Bhagi Ram		Samata Party	37,107	40.86%	Karnail Singh		HVP	29,909	32.94%	7,198
82	Sirsa	75.26%	Ganeshi Lal		BJP	35,419	35.42%	Lachhman Dass S/O Dhira Mal		INC	31,599	31.60%	3,820
83	Rori	86.34%	Om Parkash S/O Devi Lal		Samata Party	41,867	45.28%	Jagdish Nehra		INC	33,485	36.22%	8,382
84	Dabwali	75.98%	Mani Ram		Samata Party	29,434	35.81%	Jagsir Singh		HVP	20,697	25.18%	8,737
85	Bawal	63.71%	Jaswant Singh		HVP	38,973	47.61%	Shakuntla Bhagwaria		INC	23,974	29.29%	14,999
86	Rewari	65.55%	Ajay Singh Yadav		INC	22,099	26.70%	Randhir Singh Kapriwas		Independent	20,332	24.56%	1,767
87	Jatusana	66.47%	Jagdish Yadav		HVP	38,185	41.31%	Inderjeet Singh		INC	29,304	31.70%	8,881
88	Mahendragarh	70.00%	Ram Bilas Sharma		BJP	19,015	20.84%	Dan Singh		Independent	15,307	16.77%	3,708
89	Ateli	66.50%	Narender Singh		INC	22,114	26.14%	Rao Omprakash Engineer S/O Nand Lal		HVP	19,270	22.78%	2,844
90	Narnaul	69.21%	Kailash Chand Sharma		Independent	25,671	31.19%	Kailash Chand Sharma		BJP	20,325	24.70%	5,346

Bye Elections

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Type A.C.	Winner Candidate	Party
1.	Adampur	Gen	Kuldeep Bishnoi	Indian National Congress
2.	Fatehabad	Gen	Sampat Singh	Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya)^[4]
3.	Jhajjar	SC	Kanta Devi	Haryana Vikas Party

References

1 2 "Statistical Report of General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
↑ For first time, three women contestants from K’shetra
↑ Elections 1996: Haryana stalwarts fight political and personal battle
↑ Devi Lal's Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) makes a spectacle of its poll symbol

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[eci-1] 1 2 "Statistical Report of General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

[2] For first time, three women contestants from K’shetra

[3] Elections 1996: Haryana stalwarts fight political and personal battle

[4] Devi Lal's Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) makes a spectacle of its poll symbol

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