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 (s/o Harikesh)		INC	Surjeet Singh		SAP	Gauri Shanker		AIIC(T)	Vijay Kumar
10	Sirsa (SC)		BJP	Hans Raj		INC	Selja		SAP	Sushil Kumar

List of Elected MPs

No.	Constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party affiliation
1	Sirsa	Kumari Selja	Indian National Congress
2	Hissar	Jai Parkash	Haryana Vikas Party
3	Ambala	Suraj Bhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Kurukshetra	O. P. Jindal	Haryana Vikas Party
5	Rohtak	Bhupinder Singh Hooda	Indian National Congress
6	Sonepat	Arvind Kumar Sharma	Independent
7	Karnal	Ishwar Dayal Swami	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Mahendragarh	Rao Ram Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Bhiwani	Surender Singh	Haryana Vikas Party
10	Faridabad	Chaudhary Ramchandra Baindra	Bharatiya Janata Party

References

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