1996 Indian general election in Haryana

For Assembly election, see 1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.

1996 Indian general election in Haryana

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10 seats
First party Second party Third party   BJP HVP INC Leader Bansi Lal Bhajan Lal Party BJP HVP INC Last election 0 1 9 Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 4 2 7   Fourth party   Party Independent Last election 0 Seats won 1 Seat change 1
Haryana
Prime Minister before election P. V. Narasimha Rao INC Prime Minister after election A. B. Vajpayee BJP

The 1996 Indian general election in Haryana was held for 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state. ^[1]

Parties and alliances

   Bharatiya Janata Party+

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			Ramesh Joshi	6
2.	Haryana Vikas Party			Bansi Lal	4

   Indian National Congress

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress			Kumari Selja	10

   Samata Party

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	Samata Party			George Fernandes	10

   Tiwari Congress

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
1.	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)			N. D. Tiwari	8

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			INC			SAP			AIIC(T)
1	Ambala (SC)		BJP	Suraj Bhan		INC	Sher Singh Kadyan		SAP	Balwant Singh		AIIC(T)	S. C. Dhosiwal
2	Kurukshetra		HVP	Om Parkash Jindal		INC	Tara Singh		SAP	Kalasho Devi		AIIC(T)	Jagdeep Singh Cheema
3	Karnal		BJP	Ishwar Dayal Swami		INC	Chiranji Lal Sharma		SAP	Shyam Singh Rana		AIIC(T)	Shamsher Singh Gogi
4	Sonepat		HVP	Abhey Ram Dahiya		INC	Dharam Pal Singh Malik		SAP	Rijak Ram		AIIC(T)	Bimla Mor
5	Rohtak		BJP	Pardeep Kumar		INC	Bhupender		SAP	Devi Lal
6	Faridabad		BJP	Ram Chander		INC	Avtar Singh Bhadana		SAP	Shantvir Vashist		AIIC(T)	Rati Ram s/o Ammi
7	Mahendragarh		BJP	Ram Singh		INC	Rao Birender Singh		SAP	Kanwar Singh Kalwari		AIIC(T)	Raj Dahiya
8	Bhiwani		HVP	Surender Singh		INC	Jangbir Singh		SAP	Gopi Ram Vashistha		AIIC(T)	Bhola Ram
9	Hisar		HVP	Jai Parkash		INC	Surjeet Singh		SAP	Gauri Shanker		AIIC(T)	Vijay Kumar
10	Sirsa (SC)		BJP	Hans Raj		INC	Selja		SAP	Sushil Kumar

Results

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	15,02,723	19.74	9.57	6	4	4
			HVP	11,56,322	15.19	9.84	4	3	2
		Total		26,59,045	34.93		10	7
	INC			17,23,087	22.64	14.58	10	2	7
	SAP			14,47,340	19.01		10	0
	BSP			5,01,958	6.59	4.80	6	0
	AIIC(T)			1,71,005	2.25		8	0
	JD			1,16,845	1.54	10.95	8	0
	SP			86,172	1.13		3	0
	Others			1,26,069	1.64		29	0
	IND			7,80,122	10.25	4.77	210	1	1
Total				76,11,643	100%	-	294	10	-

List of Elected MPs

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Ambala (SC)	Suraj Bhan		BJP	253,555	31.77	Sher Singh		INC	166,408	20.85	87,147	10.92
2	Kurukshetra	Om Parkash Jindal		HVP	292,172	36.45	Kalasho Devi		SAP	240,395	29.99	51,777	6.46
3	Karnal	Ishwar Dayal Swami		BJP	338,013	42.20	Chiranji Lal Sharma		INC	146,148	18.25	191,865	23.95
4	Sonepat	Arvind Kumar		IND	231,552	33.07	Rijaq Ram		SAP	182,012	26.00	49,540	7.07
5	Rohtak	Bhupender		INC	198,154	31.71	Devi Lal		SAP	195,490	31.28	2,664	0.43
6	Faridabad	Ram Chander		BJP	292,294	35.76	Avtar Singh Bhadana		INC	230,778	28.23	61,516	7.53
7	Mahendragarh	Ram Singh		BJP	265,034	33.45	Rao Birender Singh		INC	216,999	27.39	48,035	6.06
8	Bhiwani	Surender Singh		HVP	406,454	55.66	Jangbir Singh		INC	181,271	24.82	225,183	30.84
9	Hissar	Jai Parkash		HVP	306,402	42.32	Gauri Shanker		SAP	131,750	18.20	174,652	24.12
10	Sirsa (SC)	Selja		INC	275,459	33.50	Sushil Kumar		SAP	260,312	31.66	15,147	1.84

References

1. "General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 31 December 2021.