1968_Haryana_Legislative_Assembly_election

1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
All 81 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly; 41 seats needed for a majority
Registered	4,552,539
Turnout	57.26%
Chief Minister before election; Rao Birender Singh; INC	Elected Chief Minister ; Bansi Lal; INC

1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

1968 assembly elections in Haryana

Elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held on 12 May 1968 to elect members of the 81 constituencies in Haryana, India.^[1]^[2] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Bansi Lal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana.

Quick Facts All 81 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...

Elected members

More information Assembly Constituency, Turnout ...

Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency^[4]
Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Margin
1	Kalka	68.53%	Kishori Lal		INC	22,880	58.34%	Lachhman Singh		Independent	13,552	34.55%	9,328
2	Naraingarh	40.86%	Lal Singh		INC	14,745	65.46%	Jagat Narain		BKD	3,585	15.92%	11,160
3	Chhachhrauli	41.63%	Parbhu Ram		INC	13,696	59.45%	Phool Chand		VHP	9,340	40.55%	4,356
4	Jagadhri	58.38%	Rameshwar Dass		INC	13,534	46.23%	Brij Mohan		ABJS	9,432	32.22%	4,102
5	Yamunanagar	52.51%	Malik Chand		ABJS	10,243	29.28%	Bhupinder Singh		Independent	7,765	22.20%	2,478
6	Mulana	52.51%	Ram Parkash		INC	16,830	60.98%	Ram Parshad		RPI	10,179	36.88%	6,651
7	Naggal	54.42%	Abdul Gaffar Khan		INC	8,654	37.83%	Mohinder Singh		Independent	6,283	27.46%	2,371
8	Ambala Cantt.	62.07%	Bhagwan Dass		ABJS	13,009	51.62%	Dev Raj Anand		INC	11,606	46.05%	1,403
9	Ambala City	55.00%	Lekh Wati Jain		INC	14,552	55.58%	Faqir Chand Aggarwal		ABJS	9,482	36.22%	5,070
10	Shahbad	58.88%	Jagdish Chander		INC	10,215	38.50%	Jagjit Singh		VHP	8,583	32.35%	1,632
11	Thanesar	60.42%	Om Parkash		INC	14,473	48.05%	Ram Saran Das		ABJS	14,089	46.78%	384
12	Babain	51.53%	Chand Ram		Independent	13,535	51.09%	Teka		INC	9,242	34.89%	4,293
13	Nilokheri	67.37%	Chanda Singh		Independent	15,155	49.94%	Ram Sarup Giri		INC	8,617	28.40%	6,538
14	Indri	59.32%	Parsani Devi		INC	10,846	35.16%	Des Raj		Independent	8,060	26.13%	2,786
15	Karnal	63.01%	Shanti Prasad		Independent	10,648	33.05%	Ram Lal		ABJS	8,285	25.71%	2,363
16	Jundla	51.94%	Banwari Ram		RPI	14,253	54.74%	Ram Kishan		INC	10,642	40.87%	3,611
17	Gharaunda	58.31%	Randhir Singh		ABJS	7,766	23.80%	Rulya Ram		SWA	7,754	23.76%	12
18	Samalkha	52.18%	Kartar Singh		INC	17,486	58.75%	Dhram Vir		ABJS	9,046	30.39%	8,440
19	Panipat	64.39%	Fateh Chand		ABJS	16,957	45.97%	Chaman Lal		INC	13,386	36.29%	3,571
20	Naultha	60.96%	Jai Singh		INC	16,130	53.97%	Inder Singh		VHP	13,264	44.38%	2,866
21	Rajound	36.82%	Ran Singh		INC	11,588	52.06%	Jogi Ram		VHP	6,534	29.35%	5,054
22	Pundri	58.84%	Ishwar Singh		Independent	14,211	45.43%	Tara Singh		INC	13,773	44.03%	438
23	Serhada	67.70%	Surjit Singh		INC	21,074	57.15%	Jagjit Singh Pohlu		SWA	11,929	32.35%	9,145
24	Kaithal	72.38%	Om Prabha		INC	21,273	50.41%	Gian Chand		ABJS	18,950	44.90%	2,323
25	Pehowa	52.39%	Piara Singh		INC	11,798	38.68%	Ram Dia		ABJS	7,627	25.01%	4,171
26	Kalayat	28.45%	Bhagtu		INC	9,117	61.27%	Anant Ram		SWA	4,998	33.59%	4,119
27	Narwana	64.31%	Neki Ram		INC	17,833	50.92%	Shamsher Singh		SWA	11,685	33.36%	6,148
28	Jind	55.71%	Daya Krishan		INC	17,733	51.77%	Shanker Dass		Independent	16,136	47.11%	1,597
29	Julana	65.95%	Narain Singh		SWA	17,052	49.90%	Dal Singh		INC	16,008	46.85%	1,044
30	Safidon	59.69%	Satya Narain		VHP	14,895	49.63%	Ram Kishan		INC	12,655	42.17%	2,240
31	Meham	65.38%	Raj Singh		INC	16,479	48.95%	Maha Singh		Independent	16,253	48.28%	226
32	Baroda	50.28%	Shyam Chand		VHP	9,934	35.83%	Ram Dhari		INC	8,092	29.19%	1,842
33	Gohana	68.23%	Ram Dhari		INC	15,970	43.56%	Har Kishan		Independent	15,202	41.47%	768
34	Kailana	62.69%	Rajinder Singh		VHP	17,026	49.88%	Partap Singh Tyagi		INC	15,078	44.17%	1,948
35	Sonipat	58.45%	Mukhtiar Singh		ABJS	18,480	56.15%	Dewan Dwarka Khosla		INC	13,174	40.03%	5,306
36	Rai	50.81%	Jaswant Singh		INC	16,306	60.59%	Dalpat Singh		Independent	6,262	23.27%	10,044
37	Rohat	42.59%	Kanwar Singh		INC	11,268	53.88%	Phool Chand		Independent	9,646	46.12%	1,622
38	Hassangarh	52.67%	Maru Singh		INC	14,372	52.66%	Raghbir Singh		Independent	5,244	19.22%	9,128
39	Kiloi	70.60%	Ranbir Singh Hooda		INC	18,751	51.93%	Shreyo Nath		Independent	17,025	47.15%	1,726
40	Rohtak	60.29%	Mangal Sein		ABJS	17,534	48.15%	Dev Raj		INC	17,468	47.97%	66
41	Kalanaur	60.98%	Satram Dass		ABJS	12,446	42.26%	Badlu Ram		INC	9,487	32.22%	2,959
42	Beri	61.62%	Ran Singh		INC	24,801	67.57%	Partap Singh Doulta		Independent	7,060	19.23%	17,741
43	Salhawas	44.88%	Shakuntla		VHP	13,455	47.16%	Phul Singh		INC	11,885	41.65%	1,570
44	Jhajjar	57.11%	Ganga Sagar		INC	13,253	35.46%	Manphul Singh		SWA	11,414	30.54%	1,839
45	Bahadurgarh	68.50%	Partap Singh		INC	23,714	53.82%	Hardwari Lal		SWA	19,279	43.76%	4,435
46	Faridabad	52.87%	Kamal Dev		INC	9,982	27.56%	Kanwal Nath Gulati		Independent	8,365	23.10%	1,617
47	Ballabgarh	54.18%	Sharda Rani		INC	14,989	44.10%	Nathu Singh		VHP	7,572	22.28%	7,417
48	Palwal	58.49%	Roop Lal Mehta		INC	19,231	53.87%	Dhan Singh		SWA	12,102	33.90%	7,129
49	Hassanpur	45.76%	Manohar Singh		INC	15,583	60.17%	Shyah Sunder		SWA	6,828	26.37%	8,755
50	Ferozepur Jhirka	47.25%	Abdul Razak		VHP	12,503	50.72%	Imam Khan		INC	12,148	49.28%	355
51	Nuh	50.72%	Chaudhary Khurshid Ahmed		INC	14,675	53.46%	Chaudhary Rahim Khan		VHP	8,738	31.83%	5,937
52	Hathin	46.13%	Hem Raj		Independent	7,381	28.99%	Debi Singh Tewatia		INC	7,311	28.72%	70
53	Sohna	69.50%	Kanhaya Lal		INC	21,733	52.54%	Tayyab Hussain		VHP	17,283	41.78%	4,450
54	Gurgaon	56.24%	Mahabir Singh		INC	19,114	58.12%	Partap Singh Thakran		ABJS	12,396	37.69%	6,718
55	Pataudi	69.53%	Ramjiwan Singh		VHP	20,306	47.23%	Sees Ram		SWA	14,678	34.14%	5,628
56	Rewari	63.05%	Sumitra Devi		VHP	15,010	49.19%	Babu Dayal		INC	11,727	38.43%	3,283
57	Bawal	53.28%	Jee Sukh		VHP	14,141	51.21%	Hira Lal		INC	9,295	33.66%	4,846
58	Jatusana	67.33%	Birender Singh		VHP	23,890	59.31%	Nihal Singh		INC	16,144	40.08%	7,746
59	Ateli	69.90%	Birender Singh		VHP	23,673	59.09%	Nihal Singh		INC	15,937	39.78%	7,736
60	Narnaul	52.42%	Ram Saran Chand Mittal		INC	12,661	48.71%	Dharam Paul		Independent	11,361	43.71%	1,300
61	Mahendragarh	53.19%	Hari Singh		VHP	11,246	40.26%	Narinder Singh		INC	6,623	23.71%	4,623
62	Kanina	58.28%	Dalip Singh		VHP	18,413	63.74%	Lal Singh		INC	9,700	33.58%	8,713
63	Badhra	57.23%	Amir Singh		VHP	11,460	33.90%	Attar Singh		Independent	8,748	25.88%	2,712
64	Dadri	40.23%	Ganpat Rai		INC	11,864	53.41%	Harnam Singh		SSP	6,908	31.10%	4,956
65	Loharu	54.34%	Chandrawati		INC	14,480	49.11%	Tulsi Ram		Independent	12,982	44.03%	1,498
66	Tosham	58.01%	Bansi Lal		INC	9,109	29.94%	Jangbir Singh		SSP	7,860	25.84%	1,249
67	Bhiwani	55.61%	Banarsi Das Gupta		INC	13,572	46.53%	Bhagwan Dev		ABJS	12,384	42.46%	1,188
68	Mundhal Khurd	60.92%	Swaroop Singh		INC	11,878	38.42%	Jaswant Singh		SWA	10,456	33.82%	1,422
69	Narnaund	51.93%	Joginder Singh		SWA	14,973	53.19%	Rameshwar Dutt		INC	8,235	29.26%	6,738
70	Hansi	56.14%	Hari Singh		INC	13,608	46.28%	Ajit Singh		VHP	9,363	31.84%	4,245
71	Bawani Khera	41.98%	Parbhu Singh		INC	9,611	44.16%	Amar Singh		SWA	7,397	33.99%	2,214
72	Adampur	71.63%	Bhajan Lal		INC	23,723	59.26%	Balraj Singh		Independent	13,679	34.17%	10,044
73	Hisar	60.13%	Balwant Rai Tayal		BKD	17,654	47.03%	Gulab Singh Dhiman		INC	16,495	43.94%	1,159
74	Barwala	39.99%	Gordhan Dass		INC	9,919	45.89%	Pir Chand		BKD	9,548	44.18%	371
75	Tohana	55.37%	Harpal Singh		VHP	14,621	46.66%	Mehar Chand		INC	8,156	26.03%	6,465
76	Fatehabad	65.52%	Pokhar Ram		INC	24,029	57.22%	Lila Krishan		Independent	17,963	42.78%	6,066
77	Badopal	62.28%	Partap Singh		VHP	18,791	52.72%	Raja Ram		INC	16,191	45.42%	2,600
78	Sirsa	62.49%	Premsukh Dass		INC	17,856	53.17%	Sushil Chander		Independent	12,001	35.74%	5,855
79	Rori	63.30%	Harkishan Lal		INC	15,662	38.76%	Dara Singh		Akali Dal (SFS)	15,055	37.26%	607
80	Dabwali	57.88%	Teja Singh		Independent	11,925	37.74%	Kesra Ram		INC	10,477	33.16%	1,448
81	Ellenabad	71.40%	Lal Chand		VHP	20,816	49.53%	Om Prakash		INC	15,485	36.85%	5,331

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Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	1,114,176	43.83	48
	Vishal Haryana Party	377,744	14.86	16
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	265,739	10.45	7
	Swatantra Party	207,843	8.18	2
	Bharatiya Kranti Dal	48,298	1.90	1
	Republican Party of India	40,597	1.60	1
	Sanyukta Socialist Party	23,936	0.94	0
	Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh	15,055	0.59	0
	Communist Party of India	8,210	0.32	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,632	0.14	0
	Praja Socialist Party	1,801	0.07	0
	Independents	434,907	17.11	6
Total		2,541,938	100.00	81

Valid votes		2,541,938	97.52
Invalid/blank votes		64,729	2.48
Total votes		2,606,667	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		4,552,539	57.26
Source: ECI^[3]

1968_Haryana_Legislative_Assembly_election

1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

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