# Subhash Barala

Subhash Barala (born 5 December 1967) is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from Haryana. He is the former president of state unit of the party from (2014–2020) and former member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Tohana in Fatehabad district.
He lost the Tohana Assembly seat to Jananayak Janata Party candidate, Devender Singh Babli in the Haryana Legislative Assembly 2019 Elections. Devender Singh Babli defeated Subhash Barala by a margin of 52,302 votes which was the second worst defeat faced by any candidate in the state.

## Personal life

Barala was born in Dangra village in Tohana tehsil. He completed a diploma in Civil Engineering from HMS Polytechnic in Bengaluru.

## Electoral performance

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tohana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JJP | Devender Singh Babli | 100,752 | 56.72% | |
| | BJP | Subhash Barala | 48,450 | 27.28% | 1.29 |
| | INC | Paramvir Singh | 16,717 | 9.41% | 9.71 |
| | BSP | Baljit Bouddh | 2,593 | 1.46% | 0.62 |
| | AAP | Ajay Kumar | 1,852 | 1.04% | |
| | CPI(M) | Comrade Jagtar Singh | 1,334 | 0.75% | |
| | INLD | Rajpal Saini | 1,213 | 0.68% | 23.89 |
| | LSP | Bhim Singh | 1,087 | 0.61% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 52,302 | 29.45% | 25.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,77,622 | 80.55% | 4.67 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,20,517 | | 8.53 |
| | JJP gain from BJP | JJP gain from BJP | Swing | 28.16 | |
2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tohana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | BJP | Subhash Barala | 49,462 | 28.57% | 20.14 |
| | INLD | Nishan Singh | 42,556 | 24.58% | 6.62 |
| | Independent | Devender Singh Babli | 38,282 | 22.11% | |
| | INC | Paramvir Singh | 33,111 | 19.12% | 14.87 |
| | Independent | Sunita | 1,506 | 0.87% | |
| | BSP | Dharamender Gothwal | 1,454 | 0.84% | 7.19 |
| | HJC(BL) | Ramesh Dulat | 1,008 | 0.58% | 3.43 |
| | CPI | Chand Singh | 869 | 0.50% | 0.5 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,906 | 3.99% | 1.19 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,73,155 | 85.22% | 3.28 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,03,188 | | 21.06 |
| | BJP gain from INC | BJP gain from INC | Swing | 5.43 | |
2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tohana :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Paramvir Singh | 46,752 | 33.99% | 11.43 |
| | INLD | Nishan Singh | 42,900 | 31.19% | 2.22 |
| | Independent | Roshan Lal | 14,816 | 10.77% | |
| | BJP | Subhash Barala | 11,587 | 8.42% | 8.53 |
| | BSP | Sanjay Sharma | 11,038 | 8.03% | 5.11 |
| | HJC(BL) | Dheera Ram | 5,521 | 4.01% | |
| | CPI | Sampuran Singh | 1,374 | 1.00% | |
| | Smast Bhartiya Party | Bajrang | 1,280 | 0.93% | |
| | Independent | Subhash Chand | 881 | 0.64% | |
| | Independent | Sita Ram | 777 | 0.56% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,852 | 2.80% | 13.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,535 | 81.94% | 3.51 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,67,845 | | 15.33 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 11.43 | |