# 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. The BJP won the majority in the Assembly. 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). 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), other regional parties and independents.

## 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.

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

## Exit polls

| Publish Date | Source | Polling Organisation |
| Publish Date | Source | Polling Organisation | Congress | BJP | INLD | HJC | Others |
| 15 October 2014 | | News 24 – Chanakya | 10 (±5) | 52 (±7) | 23 (±7) | 5 (±3) | 5 (±3) |
| 15 October 2014 | | Times Now | 15 | 37 | 28 | 6 | 4 |
| 15 October 2014 | | ABP News – Nielsen | 10 | 46 | 29 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 October 2014 | | 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.
Seats :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 41,25,285 | 33.2 | 24.16% | 47 | 43 |
| | Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) | 29,96,203 | 24.1 | 1.68% | 19 | 12 |
| | Indian National Congress (INC) | 25,57,940 | 20.6 | 14.50% | 15 | 25 |
| | Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) (HJC(BL)) | 4,43,444 | 3.6 | 3.8% | 2 | 4 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 5,42,985 | 4.4 | 2.36% | 1 | 1 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) | 76,985 | 0.6 | 0.38% | 1 | 1 |
| | Independents | 13,17,633 | 10.6 | 2.56% | 5 | 4 |
| | None of the Above (NOTA) | 53,613 | 0.4 | - | — | — |
| Total | Total | 1,24,26,968 | 100.00 | | 90 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,24,26,968 | 99.94 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 7,311 | 0.06 | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 1,24,34,279 | 76.54 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 38,69,463 | 23.46 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,63,03,742 | | | | |

## Results by constituency

Results :
| Assembly Constituency | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| No. | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin |
| Panchkula District |||||||||||
| 1 | Kalka | Latika Sharma | | BJP | 50347 | Pradeep Chaudhary | | INLD | 31320 | 19027 |
| 2 | Panchkula | Gian Chand Gupta | | BJP | 69916 | Kulbhushan Goyal | | INLD | 25314 | 44602 |
| Ambala District |||||||||||
| 3 | Naraingarh | Nayab Singh | | BJP | 55931 | Ram Kishan | | INC | 31570 | 24361 |
| 4 | Ambala Cantt | Anil Vij | | BJP | 66605 | Nirmal Singh | | INC | 51143 | 15462 |
| 5 | Ambala City | Aseem Goel | | BJP | 60216 | Venod Sharma | | HJCP(V) | 36964 | 23252 |
| 6 | Mulana (SC) | Santosh Chauhan Sarwan | | BJP | 49970 | Rajbir Singh | | INLD | 44321 | 5649 |
| Yamunanagar District |||||||||||
| 7 | Sadhaura (SC) | Balwant Singh | | BJP | 63772 | Pinki Chapper | | INLD | 49626 | 14146 |
| 8 | Jagadhri | Kanwar Pal | | BJP | 74203 | Akram Khan | | BSP | 40047 | 34156 |
| 9 | Yamunanagar | Ghanshyam Dass | | BJP | 79743 | Dilbagh Singh | | INLD | 51498 | 28245 |
| 10 | Radaur | Shyam Singh | | BJP | 67076 | Raj Kumar Bubka | | INLD | 28369 | 38707 |
| Kurukshetra District |||||||||||
| 11 | Ladwa | Pawan Saini | | BJP | 42445 | Bachan Kaur Barshami | | INLD | 39453 | 2992 |
| 12 | Shahbad (SC) | Krishan Kumar | | BJP | 45715 | Ram Karan | | INLD | 45153 | 562 |
| 13 | Thanesar | Subhash Sudha | | BJP | 68080 | Ashok Kumar Arora | | INLD | 42442 | 25638 |
| 14 | Pehowa | Jaswinder Singh Sandhu | | INLD | 49110 | Jai Bhagwan Sharma | | BJP | 39763 | 9347 |
| Kaithal District |||||||||||
| 15 | Guhla (SC) | Kulwant Ram Bazigar | | BJP | 36598 | Dillu Ram | | INC | 34158 | 2440 |
| 16 | Kalayat | Jai Prakash | | IND | 51106 | Ram Pal Majra | | INLD | 42716 | 8390 |
| 17 | Kaithal | Randeep Singh Surjewala | | INC | 65524 | Kailash Bhagat | | INLD | 41849 | 23675 |
| 18 | Pundri | Dinesh Kaushik | | IND | 38312 | Randhir Singh Gollen | | BJP | 33480 | 4832 |
| Karnal District |||||||||||
| 19 | Nilokheri (SC) | Bhagwan Das KabirPanthi | | BJP | 58354 | Manu Ram | | INLD | 23944 | 34410 |
| 20 | Indri | Karan Dev Kamboj | | BJP | 45756 | Usha Kashyap | | INLD | 21881 | 23875 |
| 21 | Karnal | Manohar Lal Khattar | | BJP | 82485 | Jai Prakash Karnal | | IND | 18712 | 63773 |
| 22 | Gharaunda | Harwinder Kalyan | | BJP | 55247 | Narender Sangwan | | INLD | 37364 | 17883 |
| 23 | Assandh | Bakhshish Singh Virk | | BJP | 30723 | Maratha Virender Verma | | BSP | 26115 | 4608 |
| Panipat District |||||||||||
| 24 | Panipat Rural | Mahipal Dhanda | | BJP | 62074 | Dhara Singh Rawal | | IND | 25942 | 36132 |
| 25 | Panipat City | Rohita Rewri | | BJP | 92757 | Virender Kumar Shah | | INC | 39036 | 53721 |
| 26 | Israna (SC) | Krishan Lal Panwar | | BJP | 40277 | Balbir Singh | | INC | 38449 | 1828 |
| 27 | Samalkha | Ravinder Machhrouli | | IND | 53294 | Dharm Singh Chhoker | | INC | 32921 | 20373 |
| Sonipat District |||||||||||
| 28 | Ganaur | Kuldeep Sharma | | INC | 46146 | Nirmal Rani | | BJP | 38603 | 7543 |
| 29 | Rai | Jai Tirath | | INC | 36703 | Inderjeet | | INLD | 36700 | 3 |
| 30 | Kharkhauda (SC) | Jaiveer Singh | | INC | 37829 | Pawan Kumar | | IND | 23647 | 14182 |
| 31 | Sonipat | Kavita Jain | | BJP | 56832 | Dev Raj Dhiwan | | INC | 31022 | 25810 |
| 32 | Gohana | Jagbir Singh Malik | | INC | 41393 | Dr Krishan Chander Banger | | INLD | 38165 | 3228 |
| 33 | Baroda | Krishan Hooda | | INC | 50530 | Dr Kapoor Singh Narwal | | INLD | 45347 | 5183 |
| Jind District |||||||||||
| 34 | Julana | Parminder Singh Dhull | | INLD | 54632 | Dharmender Singh Dhull | | INC | 31826 | 22806 |
| 35 | Safidon | Jasbir | | IND | 29369 | Vandana Sharma | | BJP | 27947 | 1422 |
| 36 | Jind | Hari Chand Middha | | INLD | 31631 | Surinder Singh Barwala | | BJP | 29374 | 2257 |
| 37 | Uchana Kalan | Premlata Singh | | BJP | 79674 | Dushyant Chautala | | INLD | 72914 | 7480 |
| 38 | Narwana (SC) | Pirthi Singh | | INLD | 72166 | Santosh Rani | | BJP | 63014 | 9152 |
| Fatehabad District |||||||||||
| 39 | Tohana | Subhash Barala | | BJP | 49462 | Nishan Singh | | INLD | 42556 | 6906 |
| 40 | Fatehabad | Balwan Singh Daulatpuria | | INLD | 60539 | Dura Ram | | HJC (BL) | 57034 | 3505 |
| 41 | Ratia (SC) | Ravinder Baliala | | INLD | 50905 | Sunita Duggal | | BJP | 50452 | 453 |
| Sirsa District |||||||||||
| 42 | Kalanwali (SC) | Balkaur Singh | | SAD | 54112 | Shishpal Keharwala | | INC | 41147 | 12965 |
| 43 | Dabwali | Naina Singh Chautala | | INLD | 68029 | Dr Kalamvir Singh | | INC | 59484 | 8545 |
| 44 | Rania | Ramchand Kamboj | | INLD | 43971 | Gobind Kanda | | HLP | 39656 | 4315 |
| 45 | Sirsa | Makhan Lal Singla | | INLD | 46573 | Gopal Kanda | | HLP | 43635 | 2938 |
| 46 | Ellenabad | Abhay Singh Chautala | | INLD | 69162 | Pawan Beniwal | | BJP | 57623 | 11539 |
| Hisar District |||||||||||
| 47 | Adampur | Kuldeep Bishnoi | | HJC (BL) | 56757 | Kulveer Singh Beniwal | | INLD | 39508 | 17249 |
| 48 | Uklana (SC) | Anoop Dhanak | | INLD | 58120 | Seema Gaibipur | | BJP | 40193 | 17927 |
| 49 | Narnaund | Captain Abhimanyu | | BJP | 53770 | Raj Singh Mor | | INLD | 48009 | 5761 |
| 50 | Hansi | Renuka Bishnoi | | HJC (BL) | 46335 | Umed Singh Lohan | | INLD | 31683 | 14652 |
| 51 | Barwala | Ved Narang | | INLD | 34941 | Surender Punia | | BJP | 24680 | 10261 |
| 52 | Hisar | Kamal Gupta | | BJP | 42285 | Savitri Jindal | | INC | 28639 | 13646 |
| 53 | Nalwa | Ranbir Singh Gangwa | | INLD | 41950 | Chander Mohan | | HJC (BL) | 34985 | 7115 |
| Bhiwani District |||||||||||
| 54 | Loharu | Om Parkash Barwa | | INLD | 40693 | Jai Parkash Dalal | | BJP | 38598 | 2095 |
| Charkhi Dadri District |||||||||||
| 55 | Badhra | Raghbir Singh | | BJP | 39139 | Ranbir Singh Mahendra | | INC | 34133 | 5006 |
| 56 | Dadri | Rajdeep | | INLD | 43400 | Somvir | | BJP | 41790 | 1610 |
| Bhiwani District |||||||||||
| 57 | Bhiwani | Ghanshyam Saraf | | BJP | 50020 | Nirmla Saraf | | INLD | 21423 | 28597 |
| 58 | Tosham | Kiran Choudhry | | INC | 58218 | Kamla Rani | | INLD | 38477 | 19741 |
| 59 | Bawani Khera (SC) | Bishamber Singh | | BJP | 47323 | Daya Bhurtana | | INLD | 44764 | 2559 |
| Rohtak District |||||||||||
| 60 | Meham | Anand Singh Dangi | | INC | 50728 | Shamsher Singh Kharkhara | | BJP | 41071 | 9657 |
| 61 | Garhi Sampla-Kiloi | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | | INC | 80693 | Satish Kumar Nandal | | INLD | 33508 | 47185 |
| 62 | Rohtak | Manish Grover | | BJP | 57718 | Bharat Bhushan Batra | | INC | 46586 | 11132 |
| 63 | Kalanaur (SC) | Shakuntala Khatik | | INC | 50451 | Ram Avtar Balmiki | | BJP | 46479 | 3972 |
| Jhajjar District |||||||||||
| 64 | Bahadurgarh | Naresh Kaushik | | BJP | 38341 | Rajinder Singh Joon | | INC | 33459 | 4882 |
| 65 | Badli | Om Prakash Dhankhar | | BJP | 41549 | Kuldeep Vats | | IND | 32283 | 9266 |
| 66 | Jhajjar (SC) | Geeta Bhukkal | | INC | 51697 | Sadhu Ram | | INLD | 25113 | 26584 |
| 67 | Beri | Raghuvir Singh Kadian | | INC | 36793 | Chatar Singh | | IND | 32300 | 4493 |
| Mahendragarh District |||||||||||
| 68 | Ateli | Santosh Yadav | | BJP | 64659 | Satbir | | INLD | 16058 | 48601 |
| 69 | Mahendragarh | Ram Bilas Sharma | | BJP | 83724 | Rao Dan Singh | | INC | 49233 | 34491 |
| 70 | Narnaul | Om Prakash | | BJP | 31664 | Kamlesh | | INLD | 27091 | 4573 |
| 71 | Nangal Chaudhry | Abhe Singh Yadav | | BJP | 33929 | Manju | | INLD | 32948 | 981 |
| Rewari District |||||||||||
| 72 | Bawal (SC) | Banwari Lal | | BJP | 79792 | Shyam Sunder | | INLD | 35401 | 37391 |
| 73 | Kosli | Bikram Singh | | BJP | 63264 | Jagdish Yadav | | INLD | 52497 | 10767 |
| 74 | Rewari | Randhir Singh Kapriwas | | BJP | 81103 | Satish Yadav | | INLD | 35637 | 45466 |
| Gurgaon District |||||||||||
| 75 | Pataudi (SC) | Bimla Chaudhary | | BJP | 75198 | Ganga Ram | | INLD | 36235 | 38963 |
| 76 | Badshahpur | Rao Narbir Singh | | BJP | 86672 | Rakesh Daultabad | | INLD | 68540 | 18132 |
| 77 | Gurgaon | Umesh Aggarwal | | BJP | 106106 | Gopi Chand Gahlot | | INLD | 22011 | 84095 |
| 78 | Sohna | Tejpal Tanwar | | BJP | 53797 | Kishore Yadav | | INLD | 29250 | 24547 |
| Mewat District |||||||||||
| 79 | Nuh | Zakir Hussain | | INLD | 64221 | Aftab Ahmed | | INC | 31425 | 31796 |
| 80 | Ferozepur Jhirka | Naseem Ahmed | | INLD | 40320 | Mamman Khan | | IND | 37075 | 3245 |
| 81 | Punahana | Rahish Khan | | IND | 34281 | Mohammed Ilyas | | INLD | 31140 | 3141 |
| Palwal District |||||||||||
| 82 | Hathin | Kehar Singh Rawat | | INLD | 44703 | Harsh Kumar | | BJP | 38331 | 6372 |
| 83 | Hodal (SC) | Udai Bhan | | INC | 50723 | Jagdish Nayyar | | INLD | 39043 | 11680 |
| 84 | Palwal | Karan Singh Dalal | | INC | 57423 | Deepak Mangla | | BJP | 51781 | 5642 |
| Faridabad District |||||||||||
| 85 | Prithla | Tekchand Sharma | | BSP | 37178 | Nayan Pal Rawat | | BJP | 35999 | 1199 |
| 86 | Faridabad NIT | Nagender Bhadana | | INLD | 45740 | Pandit Shiv Charan Lal Sharma | | IND | 42826 | 2914 |
| 87 | Badkhal | Seema Trikha | | BJP | 70218 | Mahender Pratap Singh | | INC | 33609 | 36609 |
| 88 | Ballabgarh | Mool Chand Sharma | | BJP | 69074 | Lakhan Kumar Singla | | INC | 15976 | 53098 |
| 89 | Faridabad | Vipul Goel | | BJP | 72679 | Anand Kaushik | | INC | 27898 | 44781 |
| 90 | Tigaon | Lalit Nagar | | INC | 55408 | Rajesh Nagar | | BJP | 52470 | 2938 |
Source:

## 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 Swayamsevak Sangh activist Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana BJP president Ram Bilas Sharma, BJP spokesperson Captain Abhimanyu, MP Krishan Pal Gurjar, MLA Anil Vij and BJP Kisan cell leader O. P. Dhankar. Khattar was speculated to be leading the race. Khattar was then chosen to head the new government and was sworn in on 26 October.