# 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly election was held in Haryana on 21 October 2019 to elect 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. The final voter turnout was recorded at 68.20%. The results were announced on 24 October 2019.
The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party and formed the government in a post-poll alliance with the Jannayak Janta Party and seven Independent MLAs. BJP's Manohar Lal Khattar and JJP President Dushyant Chautala were sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister respectively of BJP-JJP alliance government.
In the previous election in 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party had won a majority and ended the 10-year rule of the Congress government in the state and Manohar Lal Khattar became the Chief Minister.

## Elections
### Schedule

| Poll Event | Haryana |
| Notification date | 27 September 2019 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 4 October 2019 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | 5 October 2019 |
| Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | 7 October 2019 |
| Date of Poll | 21 October 2019 |
| Counting of Votes | 24 October 2019 |
| Source: Business Today ||

### Voter turnout

After the final count the turnout was updated to 68.20%. Fatehabad 73.7%, Kaithal 73.3%, Jagadhari 73%, and Hathin 72.5% had highest turnout. Gurugram 51.2%, Badkhal 51.3%, and Tigaon 53.2% had lowest turnout of just above 50%.

## Parties and alliances
### National Democratic Alliance

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | | | | Manohar Lal Khattar | 90 |

### United Progressive Alliance

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
| 1. | Indian National Congress | | | | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | 90 |

### Jannayak Janata Party

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
| 1. | Jannayak Janata Party | | | | Dushyant Chautala | 87 |

### INLD-SAD Alliance

| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested |
| 1. | Indian National Lok Dal | | | | Abhay Singh Chautala | 81 |
| 2. | Shiromani Akali Dal | | | | | 3 |

## Surveys and Polls
### Vote share

| Publishing Date | Polling Agency | | | |
| Publishing Date | Polling Agency | NDA | UPA | Others |
| 26 September 2019 | ABP News – C Voter | 46 % | 22% | 32% |
| 18 October 2019 | IANS – C Voter | 47.5 % | 21.4 % | 30.7% |

### Best Choice for Chief Minister

| Publishing Date | Polling Agency | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Publishing Date | Polling Agency | Manohar Lal Khattar | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | Dushyant Chautala | Ashok Tanwar | Abhay Chautala | Deepender Hooda | Om Prakash Chautala | Kuldeep Bishnoi | Naveen Jaihind | others | can't say |
| 26 September 2019 | ABP News – C Voter | 48.1 % | 12.6% | 11.1% | 4.3 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 12.8 | 5.9 |

### Seat Projections

| Poll type | Publishing Date | Polling Agency | | | | Majority |
| Poll type | Publishing Date | Polling Agency | NDA | UPA | Others | Majority |
| Opinion polls | 26 September 2019 | ABP News-CVoter | 78 | 08 | 04 | 33 |
| Opinion polls | 26 September 2019 | Patriotic Voter | 51 | 25 | 14 | 11 |
| Opinion polls | 27 September 2019 | NewsX – Pollstrat | 76 | 06 | 08 | 31 |
| Opinion polls | 17 October 2019 | Republic - Jan Ki Baat | 58-70 | 12-15 | 5-8 | 13-25 |
| Opinion polls | 18 October 2019 | ABP-CVoter | 83 | 3 | 4 | 38 |
| Opinion polls | 18 October 2019 | IANS-CVoter | 79-87 | 1-7 | – | 34-42 |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | India Today - Axis | 32-44 | 30-42 | 6-10 | HUNG |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | TV9 - Bharatvarsh | 47 | 23 | 20 | 2 |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | News18 - IPSOS | 75 | 10 | 5 | 30 |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | Patriotic Voter | 46 | 26 | 18 | 1 |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | Republic Media - Jan Ki Baat | 52-63 | 15-19 | 12-18 | 7-18 |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | ABP News - C Voter | 72 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | NewsX - Pollstrat | 75-80 | 9-12 | 1-4 | 30-35 |
| Exit polls | Exit polls | Times Now | 77 | 11 | 8 | 32 |

## Detailed Results

* BJP (36.49%)
* INC (28.08%)
* JJP (14.84%)
* BSP (4.21%)
* INLD (2.44%)
* Independent (9.17%)
* Other (4.77%)
Seats :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4,569,016 | 36.49% | 3.39 | 40 | 7 |
| | Indian National Congress | 3,515,498 | 28.08% | 7.55 | 31 | 16 |
| | Jannayak Janata Party | 1,858,033 | 14.80% | New | 10 | 10 |
| | Indian National Lok Dal | 305,486 | 2.44% | 21.67 | 1 | 18 |
| | Haryana Lokhit Party | 81,641 | 0.66% | 0.56 | 1 | 1 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 518,812 | 4.21% | 0.16 | 0 | 1 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal | 47,336 | 0.38% | 0.24 | 0 | 1 |
| | Independents | 1,129,942 | 9.17% | 6.34 | 7 | 2 |
| | None of the Above | 65,270 | 0.53% | | | |
| Total | Total | 12,520,177 | 100.00 | | 90 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,520,177 | 99.85 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 19,076 | 0.15 | | | |
| Votes turnout | Votes turnout | 12,539,253 | 68.20 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 5,847,429 | 31.80 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 18,386,682 | | | | |

### Democratic Standards
#### Performance of the political parties

During the election campaign, BJP had given the slogan of "75+" i.e. BJP will win more than 75 seats out of 90 seats in Haryana. But, BJP couldn't fulfill its target and it even lost the majority in the Legislative Assembly.
The INC emerged as the big gainer in the election. INC fought the election under the leadership of Selja Kumari and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Though INC couldn't reach the majority mark of 46 seats, it gained 15 seats in comparison to the previous election and won 30 seats.

#### Barrier to entry and politics of rich

83.3% (75 out of 90) are crorepati, that is, they own assets worth at least ₹10,000,000. Average worth of 2019 assembly members is ₹18.29 crore compare to ₹12.97 crore in 2014. 93.5% of INC (29 of 31), 92.5% of BJP (37 of 40), and 70% of JJP (7 of 10) are crorepati. With ₹25.26 crore per MLA, the average wealth of JJP is highest.

#### Criminality

Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), a think tank which does poll analysis for accountability and transparency in democracy, found that the 13.3% (12 of 90) elected MLAs face criminal cases, highest being 4 from INC, followed by 2 from BJP, 1 from JJP, and rest being independent or single MLA parties.

#### Dynastism and nepotism

Dynasts had field day in the election results, several dynasts across various parties won elections.
Highest number of dynasts won from INC, namely Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Ranbir Singh Hooda, Kiran Choudhry from Bansi Lal clan, Kuldeep Bishnoi from Bhajan Lal clan, Chiranjeev Rao from Ajay Singh Yadav clan, Varun Chaudhary from Phool Chand Mullana; as well as Rao Dan Singh related to Rao Narbir Singh Aftab Ahmed, son of 5 time MLA, Khurshid Ahmed, Amit Sihag Chautala is another dynast who became INC MLA from Dabwali, he is grandson of Devi Lal.
Dynasts who won from BJP are Dura Ram of Bhajan Lal clan.
Highest number of winning dynasts were from the Devi Lal's Chautala clan which had fielded 6 family members from different parties and 5 of them won including Dushyant Chautala and his mother Naina Singh Chautala from JJP, Abhay Singh Chautala from INLD, and INC rebel Ranjit Singh Chautala as independent candidate; as well as Amit Sihag Chautala from Dabwali as INC MLA. This was followed by 2 from Bhajan Lal clan, namely Kuldeep Bishnoi and Dura Ram. Lone HLP party MLA Gopal Kanda is also from political family as his father too had contested General Elections in the past on Jan Sangh ticket.

#### Lack of female empowerment

Only 9 (10% of total legislature membership) female candidate were elected, 4 from Congress, 3 from BJP, 1 from JJP and 1 independent.

#### Educational standards of candidates

According to ADR report, only 69% (62 of 90) have at least a bachelor's degree, i.e. 31% lack even the basic degree,

## Results by district

| District | Seats | BJP | INC | JJP | Others |
| Ambala Division ||||||
| Panchkula | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ambala | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamunanagar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurukshetra | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Karnal Division ||||||
| Kaithal | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Karnal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Panipat | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohtak Division ||||||
| Sonipat | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhiwani | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charkhi Dadri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rohtak | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jhajjar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hisar Division ||||||
| Jind | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Fatehabad | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sirsa | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Hisar | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Gurgaon Division ||||||
| Mahendragarh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rewari | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gurgaon | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Faridabad Division ||||||
| Nuh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Palwal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Faridabad | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 90 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 9 |

## 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 | Pardeep Chaudhary | | INC | 57948 | Latika Sharma | | BJP | 52017 | 5931 |
| 2 | Panchkula | Gian Chand Gupta | | BJP | 61537 | Chander Mohan | | INC | 55904 | 5633 |
| Ambala District |||||||||||
| 3 | Naraingarh | Shalley | | INC | 53470 | Surender Singh | | BJP | 32870 | 20600 |
| 4 | Ambala Cant | Anil Vij | | BJP | 64571 | Chitra Sarwara | | Ind | 44406 | 20165 |
| 5 | Ambala City | Aseem Goel | | BJP | 64896 | Nirmal Singh (Haryana) | | Ind | 55944 | 8952 |
| 6 | Mulana (SC) | Varun Chaudhary | | INC | 67051 | Rajbir Singh | | BJP | 65363 | 1688 |
| Yamunanagar District |||||||||||
| 7 | Sadhaura (SC) | Renu Bala | | INC | 65806 | Balwant Singh | | BJP | 48786 | 17020 |
| 8 | Jagadhri | Kanwar Pal Gujjar | | BJP | 66376 | Akram Khan | | INC | 50003 | 16373 |
| 9 | Yamunanagar | Ghanshyam Dass | | BJP | 64848 | Dilbag Singh | | INLD | 63393 | 1455 |
| 10 | Radaur | Bishan Lal Saini | | INC | 54087 | Karan Dev | | BJP | 51546 | 2541 |
| Kurukshetra District |||||||||||
| 11 | Ladwa | Mewa Singh Singroha | | INC | 57665 | Pawan Saini | | BJP | 45028 | 12637 |
| 12 | Shahbad (SC) | Ram Karan | | JJP | 69233 | Krishan Kumar | | BJP | 32106 | 37127 |
| 13 | Thanesar | Subhash Sudha | | BJP | 55759 | Ashok Kumar Arora | | INC | 54917 | 842 |
| 14 | Pehowa | Sandeep Singh | | BJP | 42613 | Mandeep Singh Chattha | | INC | 37299 | 5314 |
| Kaithal District |||||||||||
| 15 | Guhla (SC) | Ishwar Singh | | JJP | 36518 | Chaudhary Dilu Ram | | INC | 31944 | 4574 |
| 16 | Kalayat | Kamlesh Dhanda | | BJP | 53805 | Jai Parkash | | INC | 44831 | 8974 |
| 17 | Kaithal | Leela Ram | | BJP | 72664 | Randeep Singh Surjewala | | INC | 71418 | 1246 |
| 18 | Pundri | Randhir Singh Gollen | | Ind | 41008 | Satbir Bhana | | INC | 28184 | 12824 |
| Karnal District |||||||||||
| 19 | Nilokheri (SC) | Dharam Pal Gonder | | Ind | 42979 | Bhagwan Dass | | BJP | 40757 | 2222 |
| 20 | Indri | Ram Kumar Kashyap | | BJP | 54221 | Rakesh Kamboj | | Ind | 46790 | 7431 |
| 21 | Karnal | Manohar Lal Khattar | | BJP | 79906 | Tarlochan Singh | | INC | 34718 | 45188 |
| 22 | Gharaunda | Harvinder Kalyan | | BJP | 67209 | Anil Kumar | | INC | 49807 | 17402 |
| 23 | Assandh | Shamsher Singh Gogi | | INC | 32114 | Narendra Singh | | BSP | 30411 | 1703 |
| Panipat District |||||||||||
| 24 | Panipat Rural | Mahipal Dhanda | | BJP | 67086 | Devender Kadian | | JJP | 45125 | 21961 |
| 25 | Panipat City | Parmod Kumar Vij | | BJP | 76863 | Sanjay Aggarwal | | INC | 37318 | 39545 |
| 26 | Israna (SC) | Balbir Singh | | INC | 61376 | Krishan Lal Panwar | | BJP | 41361 | 20015 |
| 27 | Samalkha | Dharam Singh Chhoker | | INC | 81898 | Shashi Kant Kaushik | | BJP | 66956 | 14942 |
| Sonipat District |||||||||||
| 28 | Ganaur | Nirmal Rani | | BJP | 57830 | Kuldip Sharma | | INC | 47550 | 10280 |
| 29 | Rai | Mohan Lal Badoli | | BJP | 45377 | Jai Tirath | | INC | 42715 | 2662 |
| 30 | Kharkhauda (SC) | Jaiveer Singh | | INC | 38577 | Pawan Kumar | | JJP | 37033 | 1544 |
| 31 | Sonipat | Surender Panwar | | INC | 79438 | Kavita Jain | | BJP | 46560 | 32878 |
| 32 | Gohana | Jagbir Singh Malik | | INC | 39531 | Raj Kumar Saini | | LSP | 35379 | 4152 |
| 33 | Baroda | Sri Krishan Hooda | | INC | 42566 | Yogeshwar Dutt | | BJP | 37726 | 4840 |
| Jind District |||||||||||
| 34 | Julana | Amarjeet Dhanda | | JJP | 61942 | Parminder Singh Dhull | | BJP | 37749 | 24193 |
| 35 | Safidon | Subhash Gangoli | | INC | 57253 | Bachan Singh Arya | | BJP | 53560 | 3658 |
| 36 | Jind | Krishan Lal Middha | | BJP | 58370 | Mahabir Gupta | | JJP | 45862 | 12508 |
| 37 | Uchana Kalan | Dushyant Chautala | | JJP | 92504 | Premlata Singh | | BJP | 45052 | 47452 |
| 38 | Narwana (SC) | Ram Niwas | | JJP | 79578 | Santosh Rani | | BJP | 48886 | 30692 |
| Fatehabad District |||||||||||
| 39 | Tohana | Devender Singh Babli | | JJP | 100752 | Subhash Barala | | BJP | 48450 | 52302 |
| 40 | Fatehabad | Dura Ram | | BJP | 77369 | Virender Siwatch | | JJP | 74069 | 3300 |
| 41 | Ratia (SC) | Lakshman Napa | | BJP | 55160 | Jarnail Singh | | INC | 53944 | 1216 |
| Sirsa District |||||||||||
| 42 | Kalanwali (SC) | Shishpal Singh | | INC | 53059 | Rajinder Singh Desujodha | | SAD | 33816 | 19243 |
| 43 | Dabwali | Amit Sihag | | INC | 66885 | Aditya Devi Lal | | BJP | 51238 | 15647 |
| 44 | Rania | Ranjit Singh Chautala | | Ind | 53825 | Gobind Kanda | | HLP | 34394 | 19431 |
| 45 | Sirsa | Gopal Kanda | | HLP | 44915 | Gokul Setia | | Ind | 44313 | 602 |
| 46 | Ellenabad | Abhay Singh Chautala | | INLD | 56976 | Pawan Beniwal | | BJP | 45133 | 11922 |
| Hisar District |||||||||||
| 47 | Adampur | Kuldeep Bishnoi | | INC | 63693 | Sonali Phogat | | BJP | 34222 | 29471 |
| 48 | Uklana (SC) | Anoop Dhanak | | JJP | 65369 | Asha Khedar | | BJP | 41676 | 23693 |
| 49 | Narnaund | Ram Kumar Gautam | | JJP | 73435 | Captain Abhimanyu | | BJP | 61406 | 12029 |
| 50 | Hansi | Vinod Bhayana | | BJP | 53191 | Rahul Makkar | | JJP | 30931 | 22260 |
| 51 | Barwala | Jogi Ram Sihag | | JJP | 45868 | Surender Punia | | BJP | 41960 | 3908 |
| 52 | Hisar | Kamal Gupta | | BJP | 49675 | Ram Niwas Rara | | INC | 33843 | 15832 |
| 53 | Nalwa | Ranbir Singh Gangwa | | BJP | 47523 | Randhir Panihar | | INC | 37851 | 9672 |
| Bhiwani District |||||||||||
| 54 | Loharu | Jai Parkash Dalal | | BJP | 61365 | Somvir Singh | | INC | 43688 | 17677 |
| Charkhi Dadri District |||||||||||
| 55 | Badhra | Naina Singh Chautala | | JJP | 52938 | Ranbir Singh Mahendra | | INC | 39234 | 13704 |
| 56 | Dadri | Somveer Sangwan | | Ind | 43849 | Satpal Sangwan | | JJP | 29577 | 14272 |
| Bhiwani District |||||||||||
| 57 | Bhiwani | Ghanshyam Saraf | | BJP | 61704 | Shiv Shanker Bhardwaj | | JJP | 33820 | 27884 |
| 58 | Tosham | Kiran Choudhry | | INC | 72699 | Shashi Ranjan Parmar | | BJP | 54640 | 18059 |
| 59 | Bawani Khera (SC) | Bishamber Singh | | BJP | 52387 | Ramkishan Fauji | | INC | 41492 | 10895 |
| Rohtak District |||||||||||
| 60 | Meham | Balraj Kundu | | Ind | 49418 | Anand Singh Dangi | | INC | 37371 | 12047 |
| 61 | Garhi Sampla-Kiloi | Bhupinder Singh Hooda | | INC | 97755 | Satish Nandal | | BJP | 39443 | 58312 |
| 62 | Rohtak | Bharat Bhushan Batra | | INC | 50437 | Manish Grover | | BJP | 47702 | 2735 |
| 63 | Kalanaur (SC) | Shakuntla Khatak | | INC | 62151 | Ramavtar Balmiki | | BJP | 51527 | 10624 |
| Jhajjar District |||||||||||
| 64 | Bahadurgarh | Rajinder Singh Joon | | INC | 55825 | Naresh Kaushik | | BJP | 40334 | 15491 |
| 65 | Badli | Kuldeep Vats | | INC | 45441 | Om Prakash Dhankhar | | BJP | 34196 | 11245 |
| 66 | Jhajjar (SC) | Geeta Bhukkal | | INC | 46480 | Rakesh Kumar | | BJP | 31481 | 14999 |
| 67 | Beri | Raghuvir Singh Kadian | | INC | 46022 | Vikram Kadian | | BJP | 33070 | 12952 |
| Mahendragarh District |||||||||||
| 68 | Ateli | Sitaram Yadav | | BJP | 55793 | Atar Lal | | BSP | 37387 | 18406 |
| 69 | Mahendragarh | Rao Dan Singh | | INC | 46478 | Ram Bilas Sharma | | BJP | 36258 | 10220 |
| 70 | Narnaul | Om Parkash Yadav | | BJP | 42732 | Kamlesh Saini | | JJP | 28017 | 14715 |
| 71 | Nangal Chaudhry | Abhe Singh Yadav | | BJP | 55529 | Mula Ram | | JJP | 34914 | 20615 |
| Rewari District |||||||||||
| 72 | Bawal (SC) | Banwari Lal | | BJP | 69049 | M. L. Ranga | | INC | 36804 | 32245 |
| 73 | Kosli | Laxman Singh Yadav | | BJP | 78813 | Yaduvender Singh | | INC | 40189 | 38624 |
| 74 | Rewari | Chiranjeev Rao | | INC | 43870 | Sunil Kumar | | BJP | 42553 | 1317 |
| Gurgaon District |||||||||||
| 75 | Pataudi (SC) | Satya Prakash Jaravata | | BJP | 60333 | Narender Singh Pahari | | Ind | 24027 | 36306 |
| 76 | Badshahpur | Rakesh Daultabad | | Ind | 106827 | Manish Yadav | | BJP | 96641 | 10186 |
| 77 | Gurgaon | Sudhir Singla | | BJP | 81953 | Mohit Grover | | Ind | 48638 | 33315 |
| 78 | Sohna | Sanjay Singh | | BJP | 61376 | Rohtas Singh | | JJP | 46664 | 12453 |
| Mewat District |||||||||||
| 79 | Nuh | Aftab Ahmed | | INC | 52311 | Zakir Hussain | | BJP | 48273 | 4038 |
| 80 | Ferozepur Jhirka | Mamman Khan | | INC | 84546 | Naseem Ahmed | | BJP | 47542 | 37004 |
| 81 | Punahana | Mohammad Ilyas | | INC | 35092 | Rahish Khan | | Ind | 34276 | 816 |
| Palwal District |||||||||||
| 82 | Hathin | Praveen Dagar | | BJP | 46744 | Mohammad Israil | | INC | 43857 | 2887 |
| 83 | Hodal (SC) | Jagdish Nayar | | BJP | 55864 | Udai Bhan | | INC | 52477 | 3387 |
| 84 | Palwal | Deepak Mangla | | BJP | 89426 | Karan Singh | | INC | 61130 | 28296 |
| Faridabad District |||||||||||
| 85 | Prithla | Nayan Pal Rawat | | Ind | 64625 | Raghubir Tewatia | | INC | 48196 | 16429 |
| 86 | Faridabad NIT | Neeraj Sharma | | INC | 61697 | Nagender Bhadana | | BJP | 58455 | 3242 |
| 87 | Badkhal | Seema Trikha | | BJP | 58550 | Vijay Pratap Singh | | INC | 56005 | 2545 |
| 88 | Ballabgarh | Mool Chand Sharma | | BJP | 66708 | Anand Kaushik | | INC | 24995 | 41713 |
| 89 | Faridabad | Narender Gupta | | BJP | 65887 | Lakhan Kumar Singla | | INC | 44174 | 21713 |
| 90 | Tigaon | Rajesh Nagar | | BJP | 97126 | Lalit Nagar | | INC | 63285 | 33841 |