1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

State Assembly elections in India

For Lok Sabha election, see 1996 Indian general election in Haryana.

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

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All 90 seats to the Haryana Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 78,68,951 (70.5%)
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HVP

SAP

BJP

Leader  | Bansi Lal | \--  | \--
Party  | HVP | SAP | BJP
Leader's seat  | Tosham | \--  | \--
Last election  | 12  | New | 2
Seats won  | 33  | 24  | 11
Seat change  |  21  | 24  |  9
Percentage  | 22.7%  | 20.6%  | 8.9%

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| Chief Minister before election

Bhajan Lal
Indian National Congress

| Elected Chief Minister

Bansi Lal
Haryana Vikas Party

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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.

## Parties and alliances

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###   BJP \+ HVP Alliance

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No.  | Party  | Flag  | Symbol  | Leader  | Seats contested

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1. | Haryana Vikas Party |  |  | Bansi Lal | 65
2. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Ramesh Joshi  | 25

###   Indian National Congress

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No.  | Party  | Flag | Symbol  | Leader | Seats contested

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1. | Indian National Congress |  |  | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi | 90

###   Samata Party

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No.  | Party  | Flag | Symbol  | Leader | Seats contested

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1. | Samata Party |  |  | George Fernandes | 89

###   Tiwari Congress

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No.  | Party  | Flag | Symbol  | Leader | Seats contested

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1. | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) |  |  | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | 62

## Results

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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

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* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency

Assembly Constituency  | Turnout  | Winner  | Runner Up  | Margin

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#k  | Names  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %
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 Dangi |  | 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 Surjewala |  | 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 Prakash Chautala 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 | Rao 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

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A.C. No.  | Constituency Name  | Type A.C.  | Winner Candidate  | Party

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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

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1. ^ a b "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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