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Elections in Haryana

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Elections in Haryana have been conducted since 1967 to elect the members of Haryana Legislative Assembly and for the members of Lok Sabha. There are 90 assembly constituencies and 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.

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Main Political Parties

INC: Indian National Congress, INC(I): Congress(Indira)
Janata Party, Janata Dal, INLD: Ind Nat Lok Dal (Devi Lal and Heirs of Chautala clan)
BJP: Bharatiya Janata Party, BJS or JS: Bharatiya Jana Sangh (precursor of BJP)
VHP: Vishal Haryana Party
Bansi Lal's Haryana Vikas Party (HVP), Bhajan Lal's HJC(BL): Haryana Jana-hita Congress
CPI: Communist party of India, CPM: CPI(Marxist)

Lok Sabha elections

  • Haryana, after being separated from Punjab, first went to polls in 1967.
  • 1967 (Fourth Lok Sabha) : Total: 9. Congress: 7/9, Jan Sangh: 1, Independents: 1
  • 1971 : Total: 9. Congress: 7, JS: 1, VHP: 1
  • 1977 (6-th Lok Sabha) : Total: 10. Janata Party (a.k.a. BLD): 10 out of 10, Congress: Zero.
  • 1980 : Total: 10. Congress(I): 5, Janata (Socialist): 4, Janata: 1
  • 1984 : Total: 10. Congress: 10/10
  • 1989 : Total: 10. Janata Dal: 6/10, Congress: 4
  • 1991 :
  • 1996 (11-th Lok Sabha): Total: 10. BJP: 4, HVP: 3, Congress: 2, Ind: 1
  • 1998 : Total: 10. HLD: 4, Congress: 3
  • 1999 : Total: 10. BJP: 5, INLD: 5, Congress: zero.
  • 2004 : Total: 10. Congress: 9/10, BJP: 1
  • 2009 : Total: 10. Congress: 9
  • 2014 (16-th lok Sabha) : BJP: 7, Congress: 1, INLD: 2

    • Legislative assembly elections

    The elections for the Haryana Legislative Assembly held since 1967.

    References

    Elections in Haryana Wikipedia
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