Elections in Haryana

Elections in Haryana have been conducted since 1967 to elect the members of Haryana Legislative Assembly and for the members of Lok Sabha. There are 90 assembly constituencies and 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Major Political Parties

Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) are the major political parties in the state. In the past, various parties such as Haryana Vikas Party (HVP), Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) (HJC-BL), Janata Dal (JD), Janata Party (JP), Vishal Haryana Party (VHP), Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) among others have been influential in the state.


Lok Sabha elections

Haryana, after being separated from Punjab, first went to polls in 1967.

Year Lok Sabha Election Party-wise Details
1967 Fourth Lok Sabha Total: 9. INC: 7, BJS: 1, Independent: 1[1]
1971 Fifth Lok Sabha Total: 9. INC: 7, BJS: 1, VHP: 1
1977 Sixth Lok Sabha Total: 10. Janata Party/BLD: 10.
1980 Seventh Lok Sabha Total: 10. Congress(Indira): 5, JP(S): 4, JP: 1
1984 Eighth Lok Sabha Total: 10. INC: 10
1989 Ninth Lok Sabha Total: 10. Janata Dal: 6, INC: 4
1991 Tenth Lok Sabha Total: 10. INC: 9, HVP: 1
1996 Eleventh Lok Sabha Total: 10. BJP: 4 + HVP: 3, INC: 2, Independent: 1
1998 Twelfth Lok Sabha Total: 10. HLD(R): 4 + BSP: 1, INC: 3, NDA: 2 (BJP: 1 and HVP: 1)
1999 Thirteenth Lok Sabha Total: 10. NDA: 10 (BJP: 5 and INLD: 5), INC: 0
2004 Fourteenth Lok Sabha Total: 10. INC: 9, BJP: 1
2009 Fifteenth Lok Sabha Total: 10. INC: 9, HJC(BL): 1
2014 Sixteenth Lok Sabha Total: 10. BJP: 7, INLD: 2, INC: 1

Vidhan Sabha Elections

The elections for the Haryana Vidhan Sabha are being held since 1967.[2]

Year Vidhan Sabha Election Party-wise Details Chief Minister Party
1966 First Assembly* Constituted out of Punjab assembly Bhagwat Dayal Sharma INC
1967 Second Assembly Total: 81. INC: 48, BJS: 12, Independents: 16 Rao Birender Singh VHP (defected from INC)
1968 Third Assembly Total: 81. INC: 48, VHP: 16, BJS: 7 Bansi Lal INC
1972 Fourth Assembly Total: 81. INC: 52, NCO: 12 Bansi Lal
Banarsi Das Gupta		 INC
1977 Fifth Assembly Total: 90. Janata: 75, VHP: 5, INC: 3 Chaudhary Devi Lal
Bhajan Lal		 JP
JP/INC(defected)
1982 Sixth Assembly Total: 90. INC: 36, Lok Dal: 31 + BJP: 6, Independents: 16 Bhajan Lal
Bansi Lal		 INC
1987 Seventh Assembly Total: 90. Lok Dal: 60 + BJP: 16, INC: 5 Chaudhary Devi Lal
Om Prakash Chautala
Banarsi Das Gupta
Hukam Singh		 Lok Dal/JD
1991 Eighth Assembly Total: 90. INC: 51 Bhajan Lal INC
1996 Ninth Assembly Total: 90. HVP: 33 + BJP: 11, SAP: 24, INC: 9 Bansi Lal HVP
2000 Tenth Assembly Total: 90. INLD: 47 + BJP: 6, INC: 21 Om Prakash Chautala INLD
2005 Eleventh Assembly Total: 90. INC: 61, INLD: 9 Bhupinder Singh Hooda INC
2009 Twelfth Assembly Total: 90. INC: 40, INLD: 31, HJC(BL): 6, BJP: 4 Bhupinder Singh Hooda INC
2014 Thirteenth Assembly Total: 90. BJP: 47, INLD: 19, INC: 15 Manohar Lal Khattar BJP


References

  1. ↑ "Lok Sabha Results 1967". Election Commission of India.
  2. ↑ "Election results - Full statistical reports". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
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