2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election was held on 5 October 2024 to elect all 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 August 2024. The ballots were counted and the results were declared on 8 October 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a majority with 48 seats and secured victory for the third consecutive time, becoming the first party in the state's history to achieve this feat. The BJP outperformed expectations and defied almost every pollster, which had predicted a sweeping win for the opposition Congress. Although the popular vote total differed by less than one percentage point, the Congress managed to win only 37 seats.
A post poll survey conducted by CDS- Lokniti revealed that BJP won a majority of the Other Backward Caste (OBC) votes along with the votes of Upper Caste and Non- Jatav Scheduled Caste. The Congress due to its emphasis on Jat voters, won a massive amount of Jat vote, which constitues 25% of the population, though it was significantly lower than pollster predicted, as well as that of religious minorities, but trailed in other sections of the society. The Congress also narrowly led the BJP in younger voters while the BJP
In terms of education, Congress had the strongest support of non- literate voters where it led the BJP, though its vote share plummeted with increase in educational qualification. Meanwhile, the BJP performed best in those being graduates or above. BJP won massively over urban voters, beating Congress by 16 points. However, it won led narrowly in semi-urban voters and trailed the Congress by 4 points in rural voters. The relatively high urban turnout compared to the general election, held 4 months back enabled the BJP to win more seats than expected and win the election.
Background The tenure of the 14th Haryana Assembly was slated to end on 3 November 2024. The previous Assembly elections were held in October 2019, in which the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party. After the election, the BJP formed a coalition government with the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) with Manohar Lal Khattar becoming the Chief Minister and Dushyant Chautala as his deputy.
On 12 March 2024, Khattar resigned as the Chief Minister after the coalition between the BJP and JJP came to an end. Nayab Singh Saini of the BJP was sworn in as the new Chief Minister on the same day with the support of independents. After three independents withdrew their support to the BJP government in May 2024, Saini led a minority government.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections held earlier in the year, the BJP which had held all the seats following the 2019, retained five seats while the Indian National Congress won the remaining five seats.
Schedule
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 August 2024. The election was scheduled to be held in a single phase on 1 October. On 31 August, the Election Commission announced that the elections would be held on 5 October and that the votes would be counted on 8 October.
Poll event Schedule Notification 5 September 2024 Last day for filing nominations 12 September 2024 Scrutiny of nominations 13 September 2024 Last day for withdrawal of nominations 16 September 2024 Polling 5 October 2024 Counting of votes 8 October 2024
Parties and alliances The BJP contested in 89 seats. On 12 September, the Congress announced an alliance with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In July 2024, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced an alliance for the assembly elections, with Abhay Singh Chautala as the chief ministerial face. In August 2024, the JJP announced an alliance with the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASP) for the elections.
+AlliancesAlliancePartySymbolLeaderSeats contestedNDA Nayab Singh Saini89INC+CPIM Alliance Bhupinder Singh Hooda8990Surendra Singh Malik1INLD-BSP AllianceAbhay Singh Chautala 5186Rajbir Sorkhi35JJP-ASP AllianceDushyant Chautala6678 Chandrashekhar Azad12OthersSushil Gupta88Gopal Kanda4Dariyav Singh Kashyap2Virender Verma1Ranbir 1
Candidates
The BJP released its first list of 67 candidates on 4 September followed by the second list of 21 candidates on 10 September and the third list of 3 candidates on 11 September. The Congress released its first list of 32 candidates on 6 September and the second list of nine candidates on 8 September. The party released its third list of 40 candidates on 11 September and the candidates for eight seats on 12 September. The BSP released its first list of four candidates on 27 August. The INLD released its first list of seven candidates on 1 September. The JJP-ASP alliance released its first list of 19 candidates on 4 September followed by a second list of 12 candidates on 9 September. The alliance announced candidates for 34 more seats on 11 September. The final lists of candidates contesting in 21 seats were released in three phases on 12 September.
+ Candidates of major alliances District Constituency NDA INDIA INLD+ JJP+Panchkula1 KalkaShakti Rani SharmaPardeep ChaudharyCharan Singh2 PanchkulaGian Chand GuptaChander MohanKshitij ChaudharySushil GargAmbala3 NaraingarhPawan SainiShalley ChaudharyHarbilas Singh4 Ambala Cant.Anil VijParimal PariOnkar SinghAvtar Kardhan5 Ambala CityAseem GoelNirmal SinghMalkit SinghParul Nagpal6Mulana (SC)Santosh SarwanPooja ChaudharyParkash BhartiRavindra DheenYamunanagar7 Sadhaura (SC)Balwant SinghRenu BalaBrij PalSohail8 JagadhriKanwar Pal GujjarAkram KhanDarshan Lal KhedaAshok Kashyap9 YamunanagarGhanshyam DassRaman TyagiDilbag SinghIntezaar Ali Gurjar10 RadaurShyam Singh RanaBishan Lal SainiDharampal TiggaMandeep TopraKurukshetra11 LadwaNayab Singh SainiMewa SinghSapna BarshamiVinod Sharma 12 Shahbad (SC)Subhash KalsanaRam KaranChander BhanRajita Singh13 ThanesarSubhash SudhaAshok Kumar AroraTanujaSurya Pratap Singh Rathod14 PehowaJai Bhagwan SharmaMandeep Singh ChathaBaldev Singh WarraichDr Sukhvinder KaurKaithal15 Guhla (SC)Kulwant Ram BazigarDevinder HansPoonam SultaniyaKrishna Bazigar16 KalayatKamlesh DhandaVikas SaharanRampal MajraPritam Mehra Kolekhan17 KaithalLeela RamAditya SurjewalaAnil KumarSandeep Garhi18 PundriSatpal JambaSultan Singh JadolaHisam SinghKarnal19 Nilokheri (SC) Bhagwan DasDharam Pal GonderBalwan BalmikiKarn Singh Bhukkal20 IndriRam Kumar KashyapRakesh Kumar KambojSurender KumarKuldeep Mandhan21 KarnalJagmohan AnandSumita VirkSurjeet Singh PehalwanJitendra Rayal22 GharaundaHarvinder KalyanVirender Singh RathoreMannu KashyapRajpal23 AssandhYogender Singh RanaShamsher Singh GogiGopal Singh RanaPanipat24 Panipat RuralMahipal DhandaSachin KunduRanbir SinghRaghunath Kashyap25 Panipat CityParmod Kumar VijVarinder Kumar ShahSaroj Bala26 Israna (SC)Krishan Lal PanwarBalbir SinghSuraj Bhan NaraSunil Saudapur27 SamalkhaManmohan BhadanaDharam Singh ChhokerRajesh JhattipurGangaram SwamiSonipat28 GanaurDevender KaushikKuldeep SharmaNar SinghAnil Tyagi29 RaiKrishna GahlawatJai Bhagwan AntilPramod DahiyaBijender Antil Murthal30 Kharkhauda (SC)Pawan KharkhaudaJaiveer SinghPritam KhokharRamesh Khatak 31 SonipatNikhil MadanSurender PanwarShradha RamRajesh32 GohanaArvind SharmaJagbir Singh MalikDinesh KumarKuldeep Malik33BarodaPradeep SangwanIndu Raj NarwalDharambir SinghDeepak Malik Jind34 JulanaCaptain Yogesh BairagiVinesh PhogatSurender LatharAmarjeet Dhanda35 SafidonRam Kumar GautamSubhash GangoliPinki Sushil Bairagi36 JindKrishan Lal MiddhaMahabir GuptaNarendra Nath SharmaDharampal Prajapat37 Uchana KalanDevender AttriBrijendra SinghVinod PalDushyant Chautala38 Narwana (SC)Krishan Kumar BediSatbir DublainBidya RaniSantosh DanodaFatehabad39 TohanaDevender Singh BabliParamvir SinghKunal Karan Singh Hawa Singh Khobra40 FatehabadDura RamBalwan Singh DaulatpuriaSunaina ChautalaSubhash Gorchhiya41 Ratia (SC)Sunita DuggalJarnail SinghChhindwara PalRamesh Kumar OdSirsa42 Kalanwali (SC)Rajinder Singh DesujodhaShishpal SinghGurtej Singh SukhchainGurjant Tigri 43 DabwaliBaldev Singh MangianaAmit SihagAditya Sihag ChautalaDigvijay Chautala44 RaniaShishpal KambojSarva Mitra KambojArjun Singh Chautala45 SirsaGokul SetiaPawan Sherpura46 EllenabadAmir Chand MehtaBharat Singh BeniwalAbhay Singh ChautalaAnjani LadhaHisar47 AdampurBhavya BishnoiChander ParkashRandeepKrishna Gangwa48 Uklana (SC)Anoop DhanakNaresh SelwalBalraj SabhwalRohtash Kandul49 NarnaundCaptain AbhimanyuJassi PetwarUmed LohanYogesh Gautam50 HansiVinod BhayanaRahul MakkarRavindra KumarShamsher Dhul51 BarwalaRanbir Singh GangwaRam Niwas GhorelaSanjana GahlotAnantram52 HisarKamal GuptaRam Niwas RaraShyam LalRavi Ahuja53 NalwaRandhir PariharAnil MannSarwan VermaVirendra ChaudharyBhiwani54 LoharuJai Parkash DalalRajbir Singh FartiyaBhoop Singh Alka Arya Charkhi Dadri55 BadhraUmed PatuwasSomveer SangwanVijay KumarYashveer Singh Sheoran56 DadriSunil SangwanManisha SangwanAnand SinghRajdeep PhogatBhiwani57 BhiwaniGhanshyam SarafOm Prakash Karambir Yadav58 ToshamShruti ChoudhryAnirudh ChaudhryOm SinghRajesh Bhardwaj59 Bawani Khera (SC)Kapur ValmikiPradeep NarwalSandeep SinghGuddi LangyanRohtak60 MehamDeepak Niwas HoodaBalram DangiHawa Singh61 Garhi Sampla-KiloiManju HoodaBhupinder Singh HoodaKrishanSushila Deshwal62 RohtakManish GroverBharat Bhushan BatraDillourJitendra Balhara63 Kalanaur (SC)Renu DablaShakuntla KhatakPoonamMahendra SudanaJhajjar64 BahadurgarhDinesh KaushikRajinder Singh JoonSheela Rathi65 BadliOm Prakash DhankharKuldeep VatsKrishna Silana66 Jhajjar (SC)Kaptan BirdhanaGeeta BhukkalDharambir SinghNaseeb Valmiki67 BeriSanjay KablanaRaghuvir Singh KadianPermod Sunil DujanaMahendragarh68 AteliArti Singh RaoAnita YadavThakur Attar LalAyushi Abhimanyu Rao69 MahendragarhKanwar Singh YadavRao Dan SinghSurender KaushikShashi Kumar 70 NarnaulOm Parkash YadavRao Narinder SinghNar SinghSuresh Saini 71 Nangal ChaudhryAbhe Singh YadavManju ChoudharyOm Prakash Rewari72 Bawal (SC) Krishna KumarM L RangaSampat Ram73 KosliAnil DahinaJagdish YadavRaj KumarLavinder Singh Yadav74 RewariLaxman Singh YadavChiranjeev RaoSomany VijayMoki Yadav Gurgaon75 Pataudi (SC)Bimla ChaudharyPearl ChaudharyPawan KumarAmar Nath76 BadshahpurRao Narbir SinghVardhan YadavJoginder SinghSurendra Kumar77 GurgaonMukesh SharmaMohit GroverGaurav BhatiaAshok Jangra78 SohnaTejpal TanwarRohtash KhatanaSurender BhadanaVinesh GurjarNuh79 NuhSanjay SinghAftab AhmedTahir HussainBirender Singh Gangoli80 Ferozepur JhirkaNaseem AhmedMamman KhanMohd HabirJan Mohammad81 PunahanaAizaz KhanMohammad IlyasDayawatiAtaullahPalwal82 HathinManoj RawatMohd IsrailTaiyab Hussain BhimsikaRavindra Sehrawat83 Hodal (SC)Harinder SinghUdai BhanSunil KumarSatveer Tanwar84 PalwalGaurav GautamKaran DalalAbhisek DeshwalHarit BainslaFaridabad85 PrithlaTek Chand SharmaRaghubir TewatiaSurender BasisthaGiriraj Panghal86 Faridabad NITSatish FagnaNeeraj SharmaNagender BhadanaHaji Kamarat Ali87 BadkhalDhanesh AdlakhaVijay PratapManojParvinder Singh88 BallabgarhMool Chand SharmaParag Sharma89 FaridabadVipul GoelLakhan Kumar Singla NP Singh Baghel90 TigaonRajesh NagarRohit NagarLal Chand SharmaTeeka Ram Bhardwaj
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