Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Haryana legislative assembly election, 2014
India
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 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]
Caste Population (%) Notes
OBCs 30% includes Ahirs Yadavs
Dalits(SCs) 20%[10] includes Valmikis
Jats 24%[16] -
Forward caste 19% includes Brahmins(6%), Baniyas ,Rajputs, Aggarwals and Punjabi voters
Muslims 7%
Adivasis(STs) 0.3% [17][18]
Others 0.4% includes Christians,Jains

[19] 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.[20]

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.[21]

Election

Voting was held on 15 October with the result announced four days later. Voter turnout for the Assembly election set a new state record with 76.54%.[22] 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.[22]

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.[23][24][25]

Among other practices to ensure a fair election, photo electoral rolls and photo identification were mandatory during the election.[21] Each polling booth was provided with multiple Awareness Observers as non-participating members to verify free and fair voting and access.[26][27] Every polling station was also equipped with basic minimum facilities such as access to drinking water, toilet and a ramp for the disabled.[21] The voters cast their vote at 16,244 polling booths. The poll was conducted using electronic voting machines.[21]

Exit polls

Publish Date Source Polling Organisation
Congress BJP INLD HJC Others
15 October 2014 [28] News 24Chanakya 10 (±5) 52 (±7) 23 (±7) 5 (±3)
[29] Times Now 15 37 28 6 4
[29] ABP NewsNielsen 10 46 29 2 3
[29] India TVCVoter 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][30]

Party Seats won[2] Vote % Seat change
Bharatiya Janata Party 47 33.2 Increase 43
Indian National Lok Dal 19 24.1 Decrease 12
Indian National Congress 15 20.6 Decrease 25
Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) 2 3.6 Decrease 4
Bahujan Samaj Party 1 4.4 Decrease 1
Shiromani Akali Dal 1 0.6 Decrease 1
Independent 5 Decrease 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.[31][32] Khattar was then chosen to head the new government and was sworn in on 26 October.[33]

Assembly members : Thirteenth Vidhan Sabha

Name Gender Constituency Party Notes
Shri Abhay Singh ChautalaMaleEllenabadINLD
Shri Zakir HussainMaleNuhINLD
Smt. Naina Singh Chautala FemaleDabwaliINLD
Shri. Randhir KapriwasMaleRewariBJP
Shri Kanwar Pal MaleJagadhriBJP
Shri Vipul GoyalMaleFaridabadBJP
Shri Anand Singh DangiMaleMehamINC
Shri Krishan Kumar MaleShahabadBJP
Shri Anil VijMaleAmbala CanttBJP
Smt. Santosh Yadav FemaleAteliBJP
Shri. Karan Dev Kamboj MaleIndriBJP
Shri Subhash Sudha MaleThanesarBJP
Shri Abhe Singh Yadav MaleNangal ChaudharyBJP
Smt. Rohita Rewri FemalePanipat CityBJP
Shri Manish Grover MaleRohtakBJP
Shri Bhupinder Singh HoodaMaleGarhi Sampla KiloiINC
Shri Shyam Singh MaleRadaurBJP
Shri Balkaur Singh MaleKalanwaliSAD
Shri Rambilash Sharma MaleMahendergarhBJP
Shri Gian Chand Gupta MalePanchkulaBJP
Shri O.P. Barwa MaleLoharuINLD
Shri Narbir Singh,RaoMaleBadshahpurINC
Shri Ravinder Machhrouli MaleSamalkhaIndependent
Shri Tejpal Tanwar MaleSohanaBJP
Shri Ghanshyam Dass MaleYamuna NagarBJP
Smt. Bimla ChaudharyFemalePataudiBJP
Smt. Geeta BhukkalFemaleJhajjarINC
Shri Ghansyam SarafMaleBhiwaniBJP
Shri Makhan Lal Singla MaleSirsaINLD
Shri Hari Chand MiddhaMaleJindINLD
Sardar J.S. Sandhu MalePehowaINLD
Shri Jagbir Singh MalikMaleGohanaINC
Shri Udai Bhan MaleHodalINC
Shri Jai TirathMaleRaiINC
Shri JaiveerMaleKharkhaudaINC
Shri Kehar Singh MaleHathinINLD
Prof. Ravinder Baliyala MaleRatiaINLD
Shri Jasbir MaleSaffidonIndependent
Smt. Kavita JainFemaleSonepatBJP
Smt. Kiran ChoudharyFemaleToshamINC
Shri Ramchand Kamboj MaleRaniaINLD
Shri Krishan Lal PanwarMaleIsranaBJP
Shri Lalit Nagar MaleTigaonINC
Shri Kuldeep SharmaMaleGanaurINC
Smt. Seema Trikha FemaleBadkhalBJP
Shri Bhagwan Dass MaleNilokheriBJP
Shri Rahish Khan MalePunahanaIndependent
Shri Harvinder Kalyan MaleGharaundaBJP
Shri Om Prakash MaleNarnaulBJP
Shri Om Prakash Dhankhar MaleBadliBJP
Shri Anoop Dhanak MaleUklanaINLD
Ch. Naseem AhmedMaleFerozepur JhirkaINLD
Smt. Premlata FemaleUchana KalanBJP
Shri Mahipal Dhanda MalePanipat RuralBJP
Shri Subhash Chander MaleTohanaBJP
Shri Latika Sharma MaleKalkaBJP
Shri Parminder Singh DhullMaleJulanaINLD
Shri Kulwant Ram MaleGuhlaBJP
Shri Pirthi SinghMaleNarwanaINLD
Shri Balwant Singh MaleFatehabadINLD
Col. Raghbir Singh (Badhra)MaleBadhraINLD
Shri Tekchand SharmaMalePrithlaBSP
Dr. Raghuvir Singh KadianMaleBeriINC
Shri Santosh Sarwan MaleMullanaBJP
Shri Naresh Kaushik MaleBahadurgarhBJP
Shri Balwant Singh MaleSadhauraBJP
Shri Bishamber SinghMaleBawani KheraBJP
Shri Nayab Singh MaleNaraingarhBJP
Shri Ved Narang MaleBarwalaINLD
Dr. Banwari Lal MaleBawalBJP
Shri Jai Prakash MaleKalayatIndependent
Shri Randeep Singh SurjewalaMaleKaithalINC
Shri. Kuldeep BishnoiMaleAdampurHJC BL
Shri Ranbir Gangwa MaleNalwaINLD
Capt. AbhimanyuMaleNarnaundBJP
Shri Rajdeep MaleDadriINLD
Dr. Kamal Gupta MaleHisarBJP
Smt. ShakuntlaFemaleKalanaurINC
Pt M oolChand SharmaMaleBallabhgarhBJP
Dr. Pawan Saini MaleLadwaBJP
Shri Nagender Bhadana MaleFaridabad NitINLD
Shri Sri Krishan HoodaMaleBarodaINC
Shri Karan Singh DalalMalePalwalINC
Shri Umesh Aggarwal MaleGurgaonBJP
Shri Dinesh KaushikMalePundriIndependent
Shri. Manohar Lal KhattarMaleKarnalBJP CM
Shri Aseem GoelMaleAmbala CityBJP
Smt. Renuka BishnoiFemaleHansiHJC BL
Shri Bikram SinghMaleKosliBJP
Sardar Bakhshish Singh Virk MaleAsandhBJP

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