Haryana assembly election, May 1996

90 assembly constituencies in Haryana, 67.89% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

2,527

91 women, 4 elected

Turnout

67.89%

75.7 lakh of 1.12 cr

Leading party

HVP

33 of 90 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Haryana

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
HVP Haryana Vikas Party	33	+21	65	17,16,572	22.66%	+10.12
SAP SAP	24	+24	89	15,57,914	20.57%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	11	+9	25	6,72,558	8.88%	-0.55
IND Independent	10	+5	1942	11,71,618	15.47%	+1.75
INC Indian National Congress	9	-42	90	15,76,882	20.82%	-12.91
AIICT AIICT	3	+3	62	2,42,638	3.20%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	-1	67	4,11,763	5.44%	+3.11
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	26	69,246	0.91%	—
JD Janata Dal	0	-3	47	63,939	0.84%	-3.64
JHM JHM	0	0	18	31,060	0.41%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	9	18,289	0.24%	+0.01
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	8	13,911	0.18%	-0.63
JP JP	0	-16	26	10,272	0.14%	-21.90
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	17	6,700	0.09%	—
ARS ARS	0	0	4	2,583	0.03%	—
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	0	10	1,852	0.02%	—
BSPA BSPA	0	0	3	1,257	0.02%	—
ABJS ABJS	0	0	3	1,180	0.02%	—
BHJS BHJS	0	0	5	1,067	0.01%	—
RKP RKP	0	0	3	734	0.01%	—
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	2	560	0.01%	+0.01
RPI RPI	0	0	1	414	0.01%	0.00
JSTP JSTP	0	0	2	377	0.00%	—
BKDJ BKDJ	0	0	2	174	0.00%	—
ABHM ABHM	0	0	1	174	0.00%	—

HVP33 (37%)
SAP24 (27%)
BJP11 (12%)
IND10 (11%)
INC9 (10%)
AIICT3 (3%)

HVP33
SAP24
BJP11
IND10
INC9
AIICT3

HVP33
SAP24
BJP11
IND10
INC9
AIICT3

Constituency performance

From the 90 results in Haryana

Closest contest

GHARAUNDA

won by 11 (0.01%)

Biggest victory

LOHARU

won by 36,433 (44.33%)

Highest turnout

RORI

84.03%

Lowest turnout

MEWLA MAHARAJPUR

50.62%

Seat change

Against Haryana's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained18 (20%)
Changed hands72 (80%)

18 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 72 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Haryana, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 90 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 90

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ADAMPUR	INCBHAJAN LAL	HVPSURENDER SINGH	20,00721.12%	77.7%
AMBALA CANTONMENT	INDANIL	INCRAJ RANI	6,09010.74%	65.4%
AMBALA CITY	BJPFAQIR CHAND	INCSUMER CHAND	3,6704.90%	65.2%
ASSANDH	SAPKRISHAN LAL	HVPRAJINDER SINGH	2,4933.33%	62.1%
ATELI	INCNARENDER SINGH	HVPRAO OMPRAKASH ENGINEER S/O NAND LAL	2,8443.36%	63.9%
BADHRA	HVPNRIPENDER	SAPRAVINDER	27,42734.48%	68.4%
BADLI	SAPDHIR PAL SINGH	HVPMANPHOOL SINGH	5,5628.36%	67.5%
BAHADURGARH	SAPNAFE SINGH S/O UMRAO SINGH	HVPRAJ PAL	8981.10%	60.9%
BALLABGARH	BJPANAND KUMAR	INCRAJENDER S/O GAJ RAJ	32,16333.30%	54.8%
BARODA	SAPRAMESH KUMAR	HVPCHANDER BHAN	1,9842.92%	66.8%
BARWALA	INDRELU RAM	HVPANANT RAM	10,78912.53%	72.1%
BAWAL	HVPJASWANT SINGH	INCSHAKUNTALA BHAGWARIA	14,99918.32%	61.5%
BAWANI KHERA	HVPJAGAN NATH S/O GUR DAYAL	SAPRAGHVIR SINGH RANGA	30,53439.37%	67.8%
BERI	SAPVIRENDER PAL	INCRAGHBIR SINGH	4,0876.01%	69.1%
BHATTU KALAN	HVPMANI RAM GODARA	SAPSAMPAT SINGH	8,0789.41%	81.3%
BHIWANI	HVPRAM BHAJAN	INCSHIV KUMAR S/O KEDAR NATH	24,87233.03%	63.8%
CHHACHHRAULI	INDAKRAM KHAN	BSPAMAN KUMAR	3770.43%	82.3%
DABWALI	SAPMANI RAM	HVPJAGSIR SINGH	8,73710.63%	73.0%
DADRI	HVPSATPAL SANGWAN	INCJAGJIT SINGH	11,42115.19%	66.8%
DARBA KALAN	SAPVIDYA DEVI	HVPPRAHLAD SINGH	1940.20%	81.6%
ELLENABAD	SAPBHAGI RAM	HVPKARNAIL SINGH	7,1987.93%	74.1%
FARIDABAD	BJPCHANDER	INCA.C. CHAUDHARY	34,40726.99%	53.1%
FATEHABAD	HVPHARMINDER SINGH	INCLILA KRISHAN	18,12119.38%	70.3%
FEROZEPUR JHIRKA	SAPAZAD	HVPABDUL RAZAQ S/O SHADI KHAN	2,6423.32%	63.6%
GHARAUNDA	BJPRAMESH S/O SULEKH CHAND	SAPRAMESH KUMAR RANA S/O JAGPAL SINGH	110.01%	69.6%
GHIRAI	HVPKANWAL SINGH	INDCHHATAR PAL SINGH	3260.41%	70.8%
GOHANA	HVPJAGBIR SINGH	SAPKISHAN SINGH	8721.10%	67.3%
GUHLA	INCDILLU RAM	SAPAMAR SINGH	2,7862.90%	75.5%
GURGAON	INCDHARAMBIR	BJPSITA RAM	7,3586.63%	60.0%
HANSI	HVPATTAR SINGH	INCAMIR CHAND S/O HAR GOBIND	28,67133.53%	72.0%
HASSANGARH	SAPBALWANT SINGH	AIICTVEERENDRA KUMAR	5,3469.08%	61.9%
HASSANPUR	HVPJAGDISH NAYAR	INDUDAI BHAN	5,5708.06%	60.9%
HATHIN	HVPHARSH KUMAR	AIICTAJMAT KHAN	6,1218.85%	65.1%
HISSAR	INDOM PARKASH MAHAJAN	INCHARI SINGH SAINI	3,8054.15%	65.6%
INDRI	INDBHIM SEN	INCDES RAJ	4,2324.37%	75.6%
JAGADHRI	HVPSUBHASH CHAND	BSPBISHAN LAL SAINI	6,6357.30%	75.2%
JATUSANA	HVPJAGDISH YADAV	INCINDERJEET SINGH S/O BIRENDER SINGH	8,8819.61%	64.3%
JHAJJAR	HVPRAM PARKASH DAHIYA	JHMKIRPA RAM	6,6099.72%	58.8%
JIND	HVPBRIJ MOHAN	INCMANGE RAM	18,55820.23%	70.0%
JULANA	HVPSATYA NARAIN LATHAR	SAPSURAJ BHAN S/O HARNARAIN	11,77016.10%	70.3%
JUNDLA	SAPNAFE SINGH	INCRAJ KUMAR	11,25214.54%	66.3%
KAILANA	HVPRAMESH CHANDER	SAPVED SINGH	1,6662.08%	69.3%
KAITHAL	SAPCHARAN DASS	HVPROSHAN LAL TIWARI	4,2395.21%	71.4%
KALANAUR	INCKARTAR DEVI	BJPJAI NARAIN	9151.56%	63.3%
KALAYAT	HVPRAM BHAJ	SAPDINA RAM	5,1187.98%	62.3%
KALKA	INCCHANDER MOHAN	BJPSHAM LAL	20,62915.38%	68.4%
KARNAL	BJPSHASHIPAL MEHTA	INCJAI PARKASH	8,4188.90%	65.8%
KILOI	SAPSHRI KRISHAN	HVPRAM PHOOL	8,16511.82%	66.2%
LOHARU	HVPSOMVIR SINGH	SAPHIRANAND ARYA	36,43344.33%	65.7%
MAHENDRAGARH	BJPRAM BILAS	INDDAN SINGH	3,7084.07%	66.8%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Haryana alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Haryana assembly election, May 1996?

Haryana Vikas Party won 33 of 90 seats in Haryana, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Haryana assembly election, May 1996?

Turnout was 67.89% — 75.7 lakh of 1.12 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Haryana have?

Haryana has 90 assembly seats.