Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Haryana on 21 October 2019 to elect all 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 the 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
No. Party Flag SymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested1. Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Lal Khattar 90
No. Party Flag SymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested1. Indian National Congress Bhupinder Singh Hooda 90
No. Party Flag SymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested1. Jannayak Janata Party Dushyant Chautala 87
No. Party Flag SymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contested1. Indian National Lok Dal Abhay Singh Chautala 812. Shiromani Akali Dal 3
List of Candidates ConstituencyBJPINCJJPINLD+ No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Kalka Latika Sharma Pardeep Chaudhary Kiran Chaudhary Satinder Singh 2 Panchkula Gian Chand Gupta Chander Mohan Ajay Gautam Karundeep Chaudhary 3 Naraingarh Surender Singh Shalley Ram Singh Dhillon Jagmal Singh Rolloyo 4 Ambala Cantt. Anil Vij Venu SinglaDid not contestDid not contest 5 Ambala City Aseem Goel Naneola Jasbir Mallour Harpal Singh KambojDid not contest 6 Mulana (SC) Rajbir Singh Varun Chaudhary Amar Nath Daya Rani 7 Sadhaura (SC) Balwant Singh Renu Bala Dr. Kusum Sherwal Sushma Devi 8 Jagadhri Kanwar Pal Akram Khan Arjun Singh Baljeet Sharma 9 Yamunanagar Ghanshyam Dass Nirmal Chauhan Salesh Tyagi Dilbag Singh 10 Radaur Karan Dev Bishan Lal Manga Ram Rajbeer 11 Ladwa Dr. Pawan Saini Mewa Singh Dr. Santosh Dahiya Sapna Barshami 12 Shahbad Krishan Kumar Anil Kumar Dhantori Ram Karan Sandeep Kumar 13 Thanesar Subhash Sudha Ashok Kumar Arora Yogesh Kumar Kalawati 14 Pehowa Sandeep Singh Mandeep Singh Chattha Randhir Singh Manjit Singh 15 Guhla (SC) Para Ram Alias Ravi Taranwali Chaudhary Dilu Ram Ishwar Singh Ram Kumar Valmiki 16 Kalayat Kamlesh Dhanda Jai Parkash Satvinder Singh Om Parkash 17 Kaithal Leela Ram Randeep Singh Surjewala Ramphal Malik Anil Kumar 18 Pundri Vedpal Advocate Satbir Bhana Rajesh Kumar (Raju Dhull Pai) Gian Singh 19 Nilokheri (SC) Bhagwan Dass Banta Ram Bhim Singh Jalala Sonika Gill 20 Indri Ram Kumar Dr. Navjot Kashyap Gurdev Singh Pardeep Kamboj 21 Karnal Manohar Lal Tarlochan Singh Tej BahadurDid not contest 22 Gharaunda Harvinder Kalyan Anil Kumar Umed Singh Kashyap Maninder Rana 23 Assandh Bakhshish Singh Virk Shamsher Singh Gogi Brij Sharma Dharmvir Padha 24 Panipat Rural Mahipal Dhanda Om Parkash Jain Devender Kadian Kuldeep Rathee 25 Panipat City Parmod Kumar Vij Sanjay Aggarwal Jaidev Naultha Suresh Saini 26 Israna (SC) Krishan Lal Panwar Balbir Singh Dayanand Urlana Ravi Kalsan Bandh 27 Samalkha Shashi Kant Kaushik Dharam Singh Chhoker Brham Pal Rawal Prem Lata 28 Ganaur Nirmal Rani Kuldip Sharma Randhir Singh Malik Bijender Shekhpura 29 Rai Mohan Lal Badoli Jai Tirath Ajit Antil Inderjit 30 Kharkhauda (SC) Meena Rani Jaiveer Singh Pawan Kumar Vinod 31 Sonipat Kavita Jain Surender Panwar Amit Balkishan Sharma 32 Gohana Tirath Rana Jagbir Singh Malik Kuldeep Malik Om Parkash 33 Baroda Yogeshwar Dutt Sri Krishan Hooda Bhupinder Malik Joginder 34 Julana Parminder Singh Dhull Dharmender Singh Dhull Amarjeet Dhanda Amit Malik Nidani 35 Safidon Bachan Singh Arya Subhash Gangoli Dayanand Kundu Joginder Kalwa 36 Jind Dr. Krishan Lal Middha Anshul Singla Mahabir Gupta Vijender Kumar 37 Uchana kalan Prem Lata Bal Ram Dushyant Chautala Satpal 38 Narwana (SC) Santosh Rani Vidya Rani Danoda Ram Niwas Sushil Kumar 39 Tohana Subhash Barala Paramvir Singh Devender Singh Babli Rajpal Saini 40 Fatehabad Dura Ram Prahlad Singh Gillan Khera Dr. Virender Siwatch Suman Lata 41 Ratia (SC) Lakshman Napa Jarnail Singh Manju Bala Kulvinder Singh 42 Kalawali (SC) Balkaur Singh Shishpal Singh Nirmal Singh Malri Rajinder Singh Desujodha 43 Dabwali Aditya Amit Sihag Saravjit Singh Masitan Dr. Sita Ram 44 Rania Ram Chand Kamboj Vineet Kamboj Kuldeep Singh Ashok Kumar Verma 45 Sirsa Pardeep Ratusaria Hoshiari Lal Rajender GaneriwalaDid not contest 46 Ellenabad Pawan Beniwal Bharat Singh Beniwal O. P. Sihag Abhay Singh Chautala 47 Adampur Sonali Phogat Kuldeep Bishnoi Ramesh Kumar Rajesh Godara 48 Uklana (SC) Asha Khedar Bala Devi Anoop Dhanak Lalita Taank 49 Narnaund Captain Abhimanyu Baljeet Sihag Ram Kumar Gautam Jassi Petwar 50 Hansi Vinod Bhayana Om Prakash Rahul Makkar Kulbir Singh 51 Barwala Surender Punia Bhupender Gangwa Jogi Ram Sihag Raghuvinder Khokha 52 Hisar Dr. Kamal Gupta Ram Niwas Rara Jitender Sheoran Manav Pramod Bagri (Valmiki) 53 Nalwa Ranbir Gangwa Randhir Panihar Virender Choudhary Satpal Kajla 54 Loharu Jai Parkash Dalal Somvir Singh Alka Arya Raj Singh Gagarwas 55 Badhra Sukhwinder Ranbir Singh Mahendra Naina Singh Vijay Kumar 56 Dadri Babita Kumari Major Nirpender Singh Sangwan Satpal Sangwan Nitin Pal Janghu 57 Bhiwani Ghanshyam Saraf Amar Singh Haluwasia Dr. Shiv Shanker Bhardwaj Anil Kathpalia 58 Tosham Shashi Ranjan Parmar Kiran Choudhry Sita Ram Kamla Rani 59 Bawani Khera (SC) Bishamber Singh Ramkishan Fauji Ram Singh Vaid Dharam Devi 60 Meham Shamsher Kharkara Anand Singh Dangi Hargian MokhraDid not contest 61 Garhi Sampla-Kiloi Satish Nandal Bhupinder Singh Hooda Dr. Sandeep Hooda Krishan 62 Rohtak Manish Kumar Grover Bharat Bhushan Batra Rajesh Saini Puneet 63 Kalanaur (SC) Ramavtar Balmiki Shakuntla Khatak Rajender Valmiki Baljraj Khasa Bhalli 64 Bahadurgarh Naresh Kaushik Rajinder Singh Joon Sanjay Dalal Nafe Singh Rathee 65 Badli Omprakash Dhankhar Kuldeep Vats Sanjay Kablana Mahabir Gulia 66 Jhajjar (SC) Rakesh Kumar Geeta Bhukkal Naseeb Kumar Jogender Singh 67 Beri Vikram Kadian Dr. Raghuvir Singh Kadian Upender Kadian Om Pahlawan 68 Ateli Sitaram Arjun Singh Samrat Neetu Yadav 69 Mahendragarh Ram Bilas Sharma Rao Dan Singh Foji Rao Ramesh Palri Rajender Singh 70 Narnaul Om Prakash Yadav Narender Singh Kamlesh Saini Rajesh Kumar 71 Nangal chaudhry Dr. Abhe Singh Yadav Raja Ram Mula Ram Suman Devi 72 Bawal (SC) Dr. Banwari Lal Dr. M.L. Ranga Shyam Sunder Sabharwal Sampat Ram Dahanwal 73 Kosli Laxman Singh Yadav Yaduvender Singh Ramphal S/o Richhpal Kiran Pal Yadav 74 Rewari Sunil Kumar Chiranjeev Rao Malkhan Singh Kamla Devi 75 Pataudi (SC) Satya Parkash Sudhir Kumar Deep Chand Sukhbir Tanwar 76 Badshahpur Manish Yadav Rao Kamalbir Singh (Mintu) Rishi Raj Rana Sonu Thakran 77 Gurgaon Sudhir Singla Sukhbir Kataria Sube Singh Bohra Birham Parkash Jangra Advocate 78 Sohna Sanjay Singh Shamsuddin Rohtas Singh Rohtash 79 Nuh Zakir Hussain Aftab Ahmed Tayyab Hussain Nasir Husain 80 Ferozepur Jhirka Naseem Ahmed Mamman Khan Aman Ahmed Ayyub Khan 81 Punahana Nauksham Chaudhary Mohd Ilyas Iqbal Subhan Khan 82 Hathin Praveen Dagar Mohammad Israil Harsh Kumar Rani Devi 83 Hodal (SC) Jagdish Nayar Udai Bhan Yashveer Ram Pal 84 Palwal Deepak Mangla Karan Singh Gaya Lal Satpal 85 Prithla Sohan Pal Raghubir TewatiaDid not contest Narender Singh 86 Faridabad NIT Nagender Bhadana Neeraj Sharma Tejpal Jagjit Pannu 87 Badkhal Seema Trikha Vijay Pratap Singh Islamudeen Pappu Ajay Bhadana 88 Ballabhgarh Mool Chand Sharma Anand KaushikDid not contest Rohtash 89 Faridabad Narender Gupta Lakhan Kumar Singla Kuldeep TewatiaDid not contest 90 Tigaon Rajesh Nagar Lalit Nagar S/o Sh. Bharat Singh Pardeep Chaudhary Umesh Bhati
Surveys and Polls Vote share Publishing Date Polling Agency NDA UPA Others 26 September 2019ABP News – C Voter46 % 22% 32%18 October 2019IANS – C Voter47.5 %21.4 %30.7%
Best Choice for Chief Minister
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 2019ABP News – C Voter48.1 % 12.6% 11.1%4.31.71.310.70.412.85.9
Seat Projections Poll type Publishing Date Polling Agency Majority NDA UPA Others Opinion polls 26 September 2019 ABP News-CVoter 78 08 0426 September 2019Patriotic Voter 51251427 September 2019NewsX – Pollstrat76060817 October 2019 Republic - Jan Ki Baat58-7012-155-818 October 2019ABP-CVoter833418 October 2019 IANS-CVoter79-871-7 Exit polls India Today - Axis32-44 30-42 6-10TV9 - Bharatvarsh47 23 20News18 - IPSOS75105 Patriotic Voter 462618Republic Media - Jan Ki Baat52-63 15-19 12-18ABP News - C Voter72810NewsX - Pollstrat75-809-121-4Times Now77118
Detailed Results
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppWon+/−Bharatiya Janata Party 4,569,016 36.49%3.39 407 Indian National Congress 3,515,498 28.08%7.55 3116Jannayak Janata Party 1,858,03314.80%New 1010Indian National Lok Dal 305,4862.44%21.67 118Haryana Lokhit Party 81,6410.66%0.56 11Bahujan Samaj Party 518,8124.21%0.16 01Shiromani Akali Dal 47,3360.38%0.24 01Independents 1,129,9429.17%6.34 72None of the Above 65,2700.53% Total 12,520,177 100.00 90 ±0Valid votes12,520,17799.85Invalid votes19,0760.15Votes turnout12,539,25368.20Abstentions 5,847,42931.80Registered 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.