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 51–90 of 90

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
MEHAM	SAPBALBIR	INCANAND SINGH	2570.34%	69.0%
MEWLA MAHARAJPUR	BJPKRISHAN PAL	INCMAHENDER PRATAP SINGH	26,41718.72%	50.6%
MULLANA	SAPRISHAL SINGH	INCPHOOL CHAND	1,6621.95%	71.0%
MUNDHAL KHURD	HVPCHHATER SINGH CHAUHAN	INCSHASHI RANJAN	14,77120.76%	63.6%
NAGGAL	INDNIRMAL SINGH	HVPJASBIR SINGH MALLAUR	19,66021.70%	75.9%
NARAINGARH	HVPRAJ KUMAR	BSPMAN SINGH S/O PIRTHI CHAND	8,0479.82%	75.8%
NARNAUL	INDKAILASH CHAND	BJPKAILASH CHAND	5,3466.50%	66.3%
NARNAUND	HVPJASWANT SINGH	INCVIRENDER SINGH S/O DIWAN SINGH	10,77314.06%	73.9%
NARWANA	INCRANDEEP SINGH	HVPJAI PARKASH	8490.98%	78.5%
NAULTHA	HVPBIJENDER	SAPSATBIR SINGH KADIAN	1,1231.42%	71.0%
NILOKHERI	INCJAI SINGH	SAPBAKSHISH SINGH	9,58210.95%	75.8%
NUH	AIICTKHURSHID AHMAD S/O KABIR AHMAD	SAPHAMID HUSSAIN	8,12712.09%	60.4%
PAI	SAPRAM PAL	HVPNAR SINGH	2,2752.96%	71.6%
PALWAL	HVPKARAN SINGH DALAL	BSPSUBHASH CHAUDHARY	26,38733.22%	67.3%
PANIPAT	INDOM PARKASH	INCBALBIR PAUL	17,61515.20%	67.3%
PATAUDI	HVPNARAYAN SINGH S/O BICHHA RAM	SAPRAM VEER SINGH	15,42520.92%	60.0%
PEHOWA	SAPJASVINDER SINGH SANDHU	INCBALBIR SINGH SAINI	13,59514.98%	73.7%
PUNDRI	INDNARENDRA SHARMA	INCISHWAR SINGH	1,2311.45%	75.6%
RADAUR	SAPBANTA RAM	INCRAM SINGH	9,58111.48%	76.1%
RAI	SAPSURAJ MAL	HVPMOHANDER	3,9785.43%	60.2%
RAJOND	AIICTSATVINDER SINGH	SAPRAM KUMAR	2,9244.43%	67.8%
RATIA	HVPRAM SARUP RAMA	SAPATMA SINGH	10,71713.32%	72.5%
REWARI	INCAJAY SINGH	INDRANDHIR SINGH KAPRIWAS	1,7672.13%	62.5%
ROHAT	HVPKRISHANA GAHLAWAT	SAPPADAM SINGH	2,1233.06%	63.5%
ROHTAK	HVPSHRI KISHAN DASS	INCSUBHASH BATRA	32,81837.43%	69.0%
RORI	SAPOM PARKASH S/O DEVI LAL	INCJAGDISH NEHRA	8,3829.07%	84.0%
SADHAURA	SAPRAMJI LAL	INDDEEP CHAND	2,0672.25%	73.6%
SAFIDON	SAPRAMPHAL S/O JODHA RAM	HVPRANBIR SINGH	4,2014.93%	74.2%
SALHAWAS	HVPDHARMAVIR	INCSURAJ BHAN S/O CHANDRAM	16,32324.35%	61.5%
SAMBHALKA	HVPKARTAR SINGH BHADANA	SAPPHOOL PATI	2,3802.73%	72.5%
SHAHABAD	BJPKAPOOR CHAND	SAPMOHINDER SINGH	7,6439.04%	74.0%
SIRSA	BJPGANESHI LAL	INCLACHHMAN DASS S/O DHIRA MAL	3,8203.85%	72.4%
SOHNA	HVPNARBIR SINGH	INCDHARAM PAL	9,80511.30%	67.8%
SONEPAT	INDDEV RAJ DEWAN	SPOM PARKASH S/O HARI SINGH	37,14041.76%	61.8%
TAORU	BJPSURAJ PAL	INCZAKIR HUSSAIN S/O TAYAB HUSSAIN	11,51513.46%	68.5%
THANESAR	SAPASHOK KUMAR	INDRAMESH KUMAR	4,9755.05%	72.8%
TOHANA	SAPVINOD KUMAR	INCS. HARPAL SINGH	10,38210.84%	77.9%
TOSHAM	HVPBANSI LAL	INCDHARAM BIR	12,80214.52%	72.4%
UCHANA KALAN	AIICTBIRENDER SINGH	SAPBHAG SINGH	3,9125.07%	68.3%
YAMUNANAGAR	BJPKAMLA VERMA	INDMALIK CHAND	17,45617.30%	64.3%

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.