Haryana Vikas Party

Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) (translation: Haryana Development Party) was a political party in the Indian state of Haryana. Its president was Bansi Lal and general secretary Chaudhary Surender Singh.

Haryana Vikas Party
Leader	Bansi Lal
Secretary	Chaudhary Surender Singh
Founder	Bansi Lal
Founded	1996
Dissolved	2004
Split from	Indian National Congress
Merged into	Indian National Congress
ECI Status	dissolved party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance (1996-1999)
Election symbol
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After parted company with Congress in 1996, Bansi Lal set up the Haryana Vikas Party and his campaign against prohibition propelled him to power in the assembly polls the same year. On 14 October 2004 HVP merged with the Indian National Congress. ^[1]

Electoral performance

General election results

Year	Legislature	Seats won	Change in seats	Percentage of votes
1991	10th Lok Sabha	1 / 543	New	0.12
1996	11th Lok Sabha	3 / 543	2	0.35
1998	12th Lok Sabha	1 / 543	2	0.24
1999	13th Lok Sabha	0 / 543	1	0.05

Haryana Legislative assembly elections

Year	seats contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Overall votes	Percentage of votes	Ref.
1991	61	12 / 90	New	775,375	12.54%	[2]
1996	65	33 / 90	22	17,16,572	22.7%	[3]
2000	82	2 / 90	31		5.5%	[4]

See also

• Indian National Congress breakaway parties

References

1. "HVPHVP merges with Congress merges with Congress". Rediff. 14 October 2004.
2. "Statistical Report of General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
3. "Statistical Report of General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
4. "2000 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Haryana". India votes.