Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Haryana legislative assembly election, 2014
15 October 2014
All 90 seats to the Haryana Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Manohar Lal Khattar Om Prakash Chautala Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Party BJP INLD INC
Alliance NDA None UPA
Last election 4 31 40
Seats won 47 19 15
Seat change Increase43 Decrease12 Decrease25
Chief Minister before election

Bhupinder Singh Hooda
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Lal Khattar
BJP

A general election was held on 15 October 2014 to elect 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. The term of previous assembly elected in 2009 was to expire on 27 October 2014. The results were announced on 19 October.[1] The BJP won the majority in the Assembly.[2][3] Manohar Lal Khattar was chosen to head the new government.

Parties contending

Four major parties contested the election - the Indian National Congress (INC, incumbent), the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC).[4] Others that contested the elections included candidates from the Bahujan Samaj Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party (Marxist), Samajwadi Party, Shiromani Akali Dal (an alliance partner of BJP in neighbouring Punjab [5]), other regional parties and independents.[6]

Caste and religion data

Castes of Haryana[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
CastePopulation (%)Notes
OBCs 26% includes 8% Ahir or Yadavs, 6% Saini, 5% Gujar, 7 % ( Jangra, Dhiman , Kashyap , Prajapati,गोस्वामी या गिरी ,कम्बोज )
Dalits(SCs) 20%[10] includes 17% Jatav or Ravidasi , 3% Valmikis etc
Jats 30% 23% वैदिक या हिंदू Jat, 1% बिश्नोई जाट Including ( 4% Sikh Jatt and 2% मुस्लिम Jat , etc )
Forward caste 18% includes ( 7% Brahmin ), ( 3% Baniyas ) ( 4% Punjabi-Khatri-Arora ) ( 2% Rajputs ), (2% त्यागी औऱ रोड़ मराठा )
Muslims 7% most them are meo muslims
Adivasis(STs) 0.3% [16][17]
Others 0.4% includes Jains and Christians.

[18] Dalits are 20% of total Haryana population of 2.5 crore.[10] Out of 80 castes, 63 castes/communities have been notified either as a Scheduled Caste or Backward Class in Haryana.[19]

Date

The Election Commission of India announced, on 12 September 2014, Haryana's Legislative Assembly election under Article 324 and 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951. The announcement stated 90 assembly seats to be contested, of which 17 constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Castes candidates.[20]

Election

Voting was held on 15 October and the result was announced four days later. Voter turnout for the Assembly election set a new state record with 76.54%.[21] A total of 1,351 candidates, of which 116 were women, contested for the 90 seats (an average of 15 candidates per seat). This was the highest number of total and women candidates in Haryana assembly elections since its formation in 1966.[21]

Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) was used along with EVMs in 6 out of 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana-Thanesar, Karnal, Panipat city, Sonipat, Rohtak and Gurgaon.[22][23][24]

Among other practices to ensure a fair election, photo electoral rolls and photo identification were mandatory during the election.[20] Each polling booth was provided with multiple Awareness Observers as non-participating members to verify free and fair voting and access.[25][26] Every polling station was also equipped with basic minimum facilities such as access to drinking water, toilet and a ramp for the disabled.[20] The voters cast their vote at 16,244 polling booths. The poll was conducted using electronic voting machines.[20]

Exit polls

Publish Date Source Polling Organisation
Congress BJP INLD HJC Others
15 October 2014 [27] News 24 – Chanakya 10 (±5) 52 (±7) 23 (±7) 5 (±3)
[28] Times Now 15 37 28 6 4
[28] ABP News – Nielsen 10 46 29 2 3
[28] India TV – CVoter 15 (±3) 37 (±3) 28 (±3) 6 (±3) 4 (±3)

Result

The BJP won a majority with 47 seats. With BJP's alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), which won 1 seat, the NDA alliance of BJP and SAD won 48 seats.[2][3]

PartySeats won[2]Vote %Seat change
Bharatiya Janata Party4733.2Increase 43
Indian National Lok Dal1924.1Decrease 12
Indian National Congress1520.6Decrease 25
Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)23.6Decrease 4
Bahujan Samaj Party14.4Decrease 1
Shiromani Akali Dal10.6Decrease 1
Independent5Decrease 4
Total 90

Government formation

The BJP was scheduled to meet on 21 October to choose a chief minister; a swearing-in ceremony was expected before Diwali on 23 October. The BJP parliamentary board deputed Venkaiah Naidu and Dinesh Sharma as observers for the meeting. Leading contenders for the post were Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh activist Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana BJP president Ram Bilas Sharma, BJP spokesperson Abhimanyu, MLA Anil Vij and BJP Kisan cell leader O.P. Dhankar. Khattar was speculated to be leading the race.[29][30] Khattar was then chosen to head the new government and was sworn in on 26 October.[31]

Assembly members : Thirteenth Vidhan Sabha

NameGenderConstituencyPartyNotes
Shri Abhay Singh ChautalaMaleEllenabadINLD
Shri Zakir HussainMaleNuhINLD
Smt. Naina Singh ChautalaFemaleDabwaliINLD
Shri. Randhir Singh KapriwasMaleRewariBJP
Shri Kanwar PalMaleJagadhriBJP
Shri Vipul GoyalMaleFaridabadBJP
Shri Anand Singh DangiMaleMehamINC
Shri Krishan KumarMaleShahabadBJP
Shri Anil VijMaleAmbala CanttBJP
Smt. Santosh YadavFemaleAteliBJP
Shri. Karan Dev KambojMaleIndriBJP
Shri Subhash SudhaMaleThanesarBJP
Shri Abhe Singh YadavMaleNangal ChaudharyBJP
Smt. Rohita RewriFemalePanipat CityBJP
Shri Manish GroverMaleRohtakBJP
Shri Bhupinder Singh HoodaMaleGarhi Sampla KiloiINC
Shri Shyam SinghMaleRadaurBJP
Shri Balkaur SinghMaleKalanwaliSAD
Shri Ram Bilas SharmaMaleMahendergarhBJP
Shri Gian Chand GuptaMalePanchkulaBJP
Shri O.P. BarwaMaleLoharuINLD
Shri Narbir Singh,RaoMaleBadshahpurBJP
Shri Ravinder MachhrouliMaleSamalkhaIndependent
Shri Tejpal TanwarMaleSohanaBJP
Shri Ghanshyam DassMaleYamuna NagarBJP
Smt. Bimla ChaudharyFemalePataudiBJP
Smt. Geeta BhukkalFemaleJhajjarINC
Shri Ghansyam SarafMaleBhiwaniBJP
Shri Makhan Lal SinglaMaleSirsaINLD
Shri Hari Chand MiddhaMaleJindINLD
Sardar J.S. SandhuMalePehowaINLD
Shri Jagbir Singh MalikMaleGohanaINC
Shri Udai BhanMaleHodalINC
Shri Jai TirathMaleRaiINC
Shri JaiveerMaleKharkhaudaINC
Shri Kehar Singh RawatMaleHathinINLD
Prof. Ravinder BaliyalaMaleRatiaINLD
Shri JasbirMaleSaffidonIndependent
Smt. Kavita JainFemaleSonepatBJP
Smt. Kiran ChoudharyFemaleToshamINC
Shri Ramchand KambojMaleRaniaINLD
Shri Krishan Lal PanwarMaleIsranaBJP
Shri Lalit NagarMaleTigaonINC
Shri Kuldeep SharmaMaleGanaurINC
Smt. Seema TrikhaFemaleBadkhalBJP
Shri Bhagwan DassMaleNilokheriBJP
Shri Rahish KhanMalePunahanaIndependent
Shri Harvinder KalyanMaleGharaundaBJP
Shri Om PrakashMaleNarnaulBJP
Shri Om Prakash DhankharMaleBadliBJP
Shri Anoop DhanakMaleUklanaINLD
Ch. Naseem AhmedMaleFerozepur JhirkaINLD
Smt. PremlataFemaleUchana KalanBJP
Shri Mahipal DhandaMalePanipat RuralBJP
Shri Subhash ChanderMaleTohanaBJP
Smt. Latika SharmaFemaleKalkaBJP
Shri Parminder Singh DhullMaleJulanaINLD
Shri Kulwant RamMaleGuhlaBJP
Shri Pirthi SinghMaleNarwanaINLD
Shri Balwant SinghMaleFatehabadINLD
Col. Raghbir Singh (Badhra)MaleBadhraINLD
Shri Tekchand SharmaMalePrithlaBSP
Dr. Raghuvir Singh KadianMaleBeriINC
Shri Santosh SarwanMaleMullanaBJP
Shri Naresh KaushikMaleBahadurgarhBJP
Shri Balwant SinghMaleSadhauraBJP
Shri Bishamber SinghMaleBawani KheraBJP
Shri Nayab SinghMaleNaraingarhBJP
Shri Ved NarangMaleBarwalaINLD
Dr. Banwari LalMaleBawalBJP
Shri Jai PrakashMaleKalayatIndependent
Shri Randeep Singh SurjewalaMaleKaithalINC
Shri. Kuldeep BishnoiMaleAdampurHJC BL
Shri Ranbir GangwaMaleNalwaINLD
Capt. AbhimanyuMaleNarnaundBJP
Shri RajdeepMaleDadriINLD
Dr. Kamal GuptaMaleHisarBJP
Smt. ShakuntlaFemaleKalanaurINC
Pt M oolChand SharmaMaleBallabhgarhBJP
Dr. Pawan SainiMaleLadwaBJP
Shri Nagender BhadanaMaleFaridabad NitINLD
Shri Sri Krishan HoodaMaleBarodaINC
Shri Karan Singh DalalMalePalwalINC
Shri Umesh AggarwalMaleGurgaonBJP
Shri Dinesh KaushikMalePundriIndependent
Shri. Manohar Lal KhattarMaleKarnalBJPCM
Shri Aseem GoelMaleAmbala CityBJP
Smt. Renuka BishnoiFemaleHansiHJC BL
Shri Bikram SinghMaleKosliBJP
Sardar Bakhshish Singh VirkMaleAsandhBJP

References

  1. ↑ "Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra and bye elections to the Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies of various States Regarding" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Haryana Results
  3. 1 2 http://www.livemint.com/Politics/zOtnyLrdrTbCfSfUcUa1bN/Haryana-Assembly-results-Early-trends-hint-at-clear-win-for.html
  4. ↑ A multi-cornered fight in Haryana LiveMint (14 October 2014)
  5. ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/assembly-polls/alliance-with-inld-not-to-sour-ties-with-bjp-akali-dal-leader-sukhbir-singh-badal-603198?curl=1413761478
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  7. ↑ "How polarisation of non-Jat votes brought BJP to shores in Haryana".
  8. ↑ "Explained: Jat and non-Jat, two vote banks that can swing Haryana".
  9. ↑ "Brahmins in India".
  10. 1 2 3 "Haryana Dalit attacks: 7-fold jump in 3 govts".
  11. ↑ "Time for Cong to grab Jat bull by the horns".
  12. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Dalits-rise-upper-castes-envy-in-Haryana/articleshow/49488949.cms
  13. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-the-Jat-community-is-up-in-arms/articleshow/51064424.cms
  14. ↑ "Manohar Lal Khattar's govt caught on the backfoot with Jat stir: Here's how Haryana can solve the issue".
  15. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2600996/Caste-factor-vital-Haryana-polls-parties-reach-communities.html
  16. ↑ "Bihar brings all Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes' families under National Food Security Act".
  17. ↑ "Nitish banks on caste calculations, Muslims".
  18. ↑ http://www.thequint.com/deqoded/2016/02/20/sorry-jats-of-haryana-youre-just-not-backward-enough
  19. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/backward-march-what-the-jats-want/
  20. 1 2 3 4 Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra Election Commission of India, Govt of India (2014)
  21. 1 2 http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maharashtra-haryana-assembly-poll-results-counting-of-votes/1/396519.html
  22. ↑ Instructions on the use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail system (VVPAT) ECI
  23. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/haryana/six-haryana-assembly-constituencies-to-have-vvpat-system_1475181.html
  24. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  25. ↑ Awareness Observers Chief Elections Officer, Haryana (2014)
  26. ↑ Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election 2014
  27. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  28. 1 2 3 http://ibnlive.in.com/news/exit-polls-predict-bjp-surge-party-set-to-form-government-in-haryana-maharashtra/506381-37-64.html
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  30. ↑ http://zeenews.india.com/news/haryana/manohar-lal-khattar-leads-the-race-to-become-next-haryana-cm-reports_1487306.html
  31. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/punjab-and-haryana/rss-pracharak-manohar-lal-khattar-to-be-next-haryana-chief-minister/
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