Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2009

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Haryana legislative assembly election, 2009
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  2005 13 October 2009 (2009-10-13) 2014  

All 90 seats to the Haryana Legislative Assembly
45 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party
  Bhupinder Singh Hooda in WEF, 2010.jpg Om Prakash Chautala.jpg
Leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda Om Prakash Chautala
Party INC INLD
Leader since 5 March 2005 24 July 1999
Leader's seat Garhi Sampla-Kiloi
Last election 67 seats, 42.46% 9 seats, 26.77%
Seats won 40 31
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 27Increase2.svg 22
Percentage 35.08% 25.79%
SwingDecrease2.svg 7.38%Decrease2.svg 0.98%

Chief Minister before election

Bhupinder Singh Hooda
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Bhupinder Singh Hooda
INC

The Haryana legislative assembly election, 2009 was held on 13 October 2009, to select the 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Results were declared on 22 October 2009. Indian National Congress got 40 seats. Incumbent Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was reelected for second term.

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Indian National Congress Major political party in India

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Results

The results were declared on 22 October 2009.

SNPartyNo. of candidatesNo. of seatsNo. of votes %
1 Indian National Congress 90 40 35.08
3 Independents 7 13.16
4 Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) 87 6 7.40
2 Indian National Lok Dal 88 31 25.79
5 Bharatiya Janata Party 90 4 9.04
6 Bahujan Samaj Party 86 1 6.73
6 Shiromani Akali Dal 2 1 0.98
Total:122290100

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