# Dharambir Singh Chaudhary

Chaudhary Dharambir Singh Panghal (born 1955) is an Indian politician and a member of Lok Sabha from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency), Haryana. He won the 2014,2019 and 2024 Indian general elections, being a Bharatiya Janata Party member.
During his political career, he is famous for defeating the 3 generations of Bansi Lal family. He has also lost many elections against members of that family. He defeated Bansi Lal from Tosham (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a Lok Dal candidate in 1987, then he defeated his son, Surender from Tosham in 2000 as a member of Congress, and later Bansi Lal's grand daughter (Surender's daughter) Shruti Choudhry from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency) as a member of BJP in 2014 and 2019.

## Electoral performance

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Badhra :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Dharambir | 42,981 | 41.86% | 33.01 |
| | INLD | Ranbir Singh | 25,745 | 25.07% | 4.47 |
| | Independent | Narpender Singh | 25,288 | 24.63% | New |
| | Independent | Dalbir | 4,070 | 3.96% | New |
| | BJP | Dharampal | 2,180 | 2.12% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 17,236 | 16.79% | 8.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,02,681 | 76.39% | 3.18 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,34,422 | | 15.35 |
| | INC gain from INLD | INC gain from INLD | Swing | 12.31 | |
Badhra Assembly constituency
2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tosham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Dharambir | 49,132 | 52.24% | 13.15 |
| | HVP | Surender Singh | 28,335 | 30.13% | 23.48 |
| | INLD | Sunil Lamba | 12,991 | 13.81% | New |
| | BSP | Om Prakash | 897 | 0.95% | New |
| | Independent | Ram Sarup | 672 | 0.71% | New |
| | Independent | Ramehar | 572 | 0.61% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,797 | 22.11% | 7.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,052 | 76.74% | 4.30 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,22,641 | | 0.67 |
| | INC gain from HVP | INC gain from HVP | Swing | 1.36 | |
1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tosham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | HVP | Bansi Lal | 47,274 | 53.60% | 1.49 |
| | INC | Dharambir | 34,472 | 39.09% | 2.37 |
| | Samata Party | Joginder | 2,685 | 3.04% | New |
| | JD | Ramesh | 647 | 0.73% | New |
| | Independent | Amar Chand | 507 | 0.57% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,802 | 14.52% | 3.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,194 | 74.29% | 8.98 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,21,829 | | 11.21 |
| | HVP hold | HVP hold | Swing | 1.49 | |
1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tosham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | HVP | Bansi Lal | 38,272 | 55.10% | New |
| | INC | Dharambir | 25,507 | 36.72% | 9.46 |
| | JP | Om Parkash S/O Nanu Ram | 1,735 | 2.50% | New |
| | BJP | Sukhpal Singh | 1,513 | 2.18% | New |
| | BSP | Dharam Pal | 552 | 0.79% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,765 | 18.38% | 15.05 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,463 | 65.03% | 2.40 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,09,549 | | 9.66 |
| | HVP gain from LKD | HVP gain from LKD | Swing | 5.59 | |
1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tosham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | LKD | Dharambir | 32,547 | 49.51% | New |
| | INC | Bansi Lal | 30,361 | 46.18% | New |
| | Independent | Dharam Pal | 772 | 1.17% | New |
| | Independent | Zile Singh | 333 | 0.51% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,186 | 3.33% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,743 | 69.71% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 99,898 | | |
| | LKD gain from INC | LKD gain from INC | Swing | | |