2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

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.

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
15 October 2014
All 90 seats to the Haryana Legislative Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout76.54% (4.17%)
  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 43 12 25
Percentage 33.20% 24.11% 20.58%
Swing 24.16% 1.68% 14.50%
Chief Minister before election

Bhupinder Singh Hooda
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Manohar Lal Khattar
BJP

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 of India (Marxist), Samajwadi Party, Shiromani Akali Dal (an alliance partner of BJP in neighbouring Punjab [5]), other regional parties and independents.[6]

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.[7]

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%.[8] 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.[8]

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.[9][10][11]

Among other practices to ensure a fair election, photo electoral rolls and photo identification were mandatory during the election.[7] Each polling booth was provided with multiple Awareness Observers as non-participating members to verify free and fair voting and access.[12][13] Every polling station was also equipped with basic minimum facilities such as access to drinking water, toilet and a ramp for the disabled.[7] The voters cast their vote at 16,244 polling booths. The poll was conducted using electronic voting machines.[7]

Exit polls
Publish Date Source Polling Organisation
Congress BJP INLD HJC Others
15 October 2014 [14] News 24 – Chanakya 10 (±5) 52 (±7) 23 (±7) 5 (±3)
[15] Times Now 15 37 28 6 4
[15] ABP News – Nielsen 10 46 29 2 3
[15] 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]

Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 41,25,28533.2 4743
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) 29,96,20324.1 1912
Indian National Congress (INC) 25,57,94020.6 1525
Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) (HJC(BL)) 4,43,4443.6 24
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 5,42,9854.4 11
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 76,9850.6 11
Independents 13,17,63310.6 54
None of the Above (NOTA) 53,6130.4- N/A
Total 1,24,26,968100.00 90±0
Valid votes 1,24,26,968 99.94
Invalid votes 7,311 0.06
Votes cast / turnout 1,24,34,279 76.54
Abstentions 38,69,463 23.46
Registered voters 1,63,03,742

Winners

Some of the 90 winners are:

ConstituencyDistrictCandidate wonParty Won
NarnaundHisarCaptain AbhimanyuBharatiya Janata Party
AdamnpurHisarKuldeep BishnoiHaryana Janhit Congress-BL
HansiHisarRenuka BishnoiHaryana Janhit Congress-BL
Hisar cityHisarDr. Kamal GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
UklanaHisarAnoop DhanakBharatiya Janata Party
BarwalaHisarVed NarangIndian National Lok Dal
NalwaHisarRanbir Singh Gangwa PrajapatiIndian National Lok Dal
ToshamBhiwaniKiran ChoudhryIndian National Congress
LoharuBhiwaniOm Parkash BarwaIndian National Lok Dal
Bhiwani cityBhiwaniGhanshyam SarafBharatiya Janata Party
Bawani KheraBhiwaniBishamber SinghBharatiya Janata Party
GharaundaKarnalHarwinder KalyanBharatiya Janata Party
Karnal cityKarnalManohar Lal KhattarBharatiya Janata Party

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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 Captain Abhimanyu, MLA Anil Vij and BJP Kisan cell leader O. P. Dhankar. Khattar was speculated to be leading the race.[16][17] Khattar was then chosen to head the new government and was sworn in on 26 October.[18]

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

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