1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held on 12 May 1968 to elect members of the 81 constituencies in Haryana, India.[1][2] The Indian National Congress won a majority of seats and Bansi Lal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana.

1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

12 May 1968

All 81 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly
41 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,552,539
Turnout57.26%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party INC VHP ABJS
Seats before 48 New 12
Seats won 48 16 7
Popular vote 43.83% 14.86% 10.45%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SWA BKD RPI
Seats before 3 New 2
Seats won 2 1 1
Popular vote 8.18% 1.90% 1.60%

Chief Minister before election

Rao Birender Singh
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Bansi Lal
INC

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress1,114,17643.8348
Vishal Haryana Party377,74414.8616
Bharatiya Jana Sangh265,73910.457
Swatantra Party207,8438.182
Bharatiya Kranti Dal48,2981.901
Republican Party of India40,5971.601
Sanyukta Socialist Party23,9360.940
Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh15,0550.590
Communist Party of India8,2100.320
Communist Party of India (Marxist)3,6320.140
Praja Socialist Party1,8010.070
Independents434,90717.116
Total2,541,938100.0081
Valid votes2,541,93897.52
Invalid/blank votes64,7292.48
Total votes2,606,667100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,552,53957.26
Source: ECI[3]

Elected members

  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[4]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1Kalka68.53%Kishori LalINC22,88058.34%Lachhman SinghIndependent13,55234.55%9,328
2Naraingarh40.86%Lal SinghINC14,74565.46%Jagat NarainBKD3,58515.92%11,160
3Chhachhrauli41.63%Parbhu RamINC13,69659.45%Phool ChandVHP9,34040.55%4,356
4Jagadhri58.38%Rameshwar DassINC13,53446.23%Brij MohanABJS9,43232.22%4,102
5Yamunanagar52.51%Malik ChandABJS10,24329.28%Bhupinder SinghIndependent7,76522.20%2,478
6Mulana52.51%Ram ParkashINC16,83060.98%Ram ParshadRPI10,17936.88%6,651
7Naggal54.42%Abdul Gaffar KhanINC8,65437.83%Mohinder SinghIndependent6,28327.46%2,371
8Ambala Cantt.62.07%Bhagwan DassABJS13,00951.62%Dev Raj AnandINC11,60646.05%1,403
9Ambala City55.00%Lekh Wati JainINC14,55255.58%Faqir Chand AggarwalABJS9,48236.22%5,070
10Shahbad58.88%Jagdish ChanderINC10,21538.50%Jagjit SinghVHP8,58332.35%1,632
11Thanesar60.42%Om ParkashINC14,47348.05%Ram Saran DasABJS14,08946.78%384
12Babain51.53%Chand RamIndependent13,53551.09%TekaINC9,24234.89%4,293
13Nilokheri67.37%Chanda SinghIndependent15,15549.94%Ram Sarup GiriINC8,61728.40%6,538
14Indri59.32%Parsani DeviINC10,84635.16%Des RajIndependent8,06026.13%2,786
15Karnal63.01%Shanti PrasadIndependent10,64833.05%Ram LalABJS8,28525.71%2,363
16Jundla51.94%Banwari RamRPI14,25354.74%Ram KishanINC10,64240.87%3,611
17Gharaunda58.31%Randhir SinghABJS7,76623.80%Rulya RamSWA7,75423.76%12
18Samalkha52.18%Kartar SinghINC17,48658.75%Dhram VirABJS9,04630.39%8,440
19Panipat64.39%Fateh ChandABJS16,95745.97%Chaman LalINC13,38636.29%3,571
20Naultha60.96%Jai SinghINC16,13053.97%Inder SinghVHP13,26444.38%2,866
21Rajound36.82%Ran SinghINC11,58852.06%Jogi RamVHP6,53429.35%5,054
22Pundri58.84%Ishwar SinghIndependent14,21145.43%Tara SinghINC13,77344.03%438
23Serhada67.70%Surjit SinghINC21,07457.15%Jagjit Singh PohluSWA11,92932.35%9,145
24Kaithal72.38%Om PrabhaINC21,27350.41%Gian ChandABJS18,95044.90%2,323
25Pehowa52.39%Piara SinghINC11,79838.68%Ram DiaABJS7,62725.01%4,171
26Kalayat28.45%BhagtuINC9,11761.27%Anant RamSWA4,99833.59%4,119
27Narwana64.31%Neki RamINC17,83350.92%Shamsher SinghSWA11,68533.36%6,148
28Jind55.71%Daya KrishanINC17,73351.77%Shanker DassIndependent16,13647.11%1,597
29Julana65.95%Narain SinghSWA17,05249.90%Dal SinghINC16,00846.85%1,044
30Safidon59.69%Satya NarainVHP14,89549.63%Ram KishanINC12,65542.17%2,240
31Meham65.38%Raj SinghINC16,47948.95%Maha SinghIndependent16,25348.28%226
32Baroda50.28%Shyam ChandVHP9,93435.83%Ram DhariINC8,09229.19%1,842
33Gohana68.23%Ram DhariINC15,97043.56%Har KishanIndependent15,20241.47%768
34Kailana62.69%Rajinder SinghVHP17,02649.88%Partap Singh TyagiINC15,07844.17%1,948
35Sonipat58.45%Mukhtiar SinghABJS18,48056.15%Dewan Dwarka KhoslaINC13,17440.03%5,306
36Rai50.81%Jaswant SinghINC16,30660.59%Dalpat SinghIndependent6,26223.27%10,044
37Rohat42.59%Kanwar SinghINC11,26853.88%Phool ChandIndependent9,64646.12%1,622
38Hassangarh52.67%Maru SinghINC14,37252.66%Raghbir SinghIndependent5,24419.22%9,128
39Kiloi70.60%Ranbir Singh HoodaINC18,75151.93%Shreyo NathIndependent17,02547.15%1,726
40Rohtak60.29%Mangal SeinABJS17,53448.15%Dev RajINC17,46847.97%66
41Kalanaur60.98%Satram DassABJS12,44642.26%Badlu RamINC9,48732.22%2,959
42Beri61.62%Ran SinghINC24,80167.57%Partap Singh DoultaIndependent7,06019.23%17,741
43Salhawas44.88%ShakuntlaVHP13,45547.16%Phul SinghINC11,88541.65%1,570
44Jhajjar57.11%Ganga SagarINC13,25335.46%Manphul SinghSWA11,41430.54%1,839
45Bahadurgarh68.50%Partap SinghINC23,71453.82%Hardwari LalSWA19,27943.76%4,435
46Faridabad52.87%Kamal DevINC9,98227.56%Kanwal Nath GulatiIndependent8,36523.10%1,617
47Ballabgarh54.18%Sharda RaniINC14,98944.10%Nathu SinghVHP7,57222.28%7,417
48Palwal58.49%Roop Lal MehtaINC19,23153.87%Dhan SinghSWA12,10233.90%7,129
49Hassanpur45.76%Manohar SinghINC15,58360.17%Shyah SunderSWA6,82826.37%8,755
50Ferozepur Jhirka47.25%Abdul RazakVHP12,50350.72%Imam KhanINC12,14849.28%355
51Nuh50.72%Chaudhary Khurshid AhmedINC14,67553.46%Chaudhary Rahim KhanVHP8,73831.83%5,937
52Hathin46.13%Hem RajIndependent7,38128.99%Debi Singh TewatiaINC7,31128.72%70
53Sohna69.50%Kanhaya LalINC21,73352.54%Tayyab HussainVHP17,28341.78%4,450
54Gurgaon56.24%Mahabir SinghINC19,11458.12%Partap Singh ThakranABJS12,39637.69%6,718
55Pataudi69.53%Ramjiwan SinghVHP20,30647.23%Sees RamSWA14,67834.14%5,628
56Rewari63.05%Sumitra DeviVHP15,01049.19%Babu DayalINC11,72738.43%3,283
57Bawal53.28%Jee SukhVHP14,14151.21%Hira LalINC9,29533.66%4,846
58Jatusana67.33%Birender SinghVHP23,89059.31%Nihal SinghINC16,14440.08%7,746
59Ateli69.90%Birender SinghVHP23,67359.09%Nihal SinghINC15,93739.78%7,736
60Narnaul52.42%Ram Saran Chand MittalINC12,66148.71%Dharam PaulIndependent11,36143.71%1,300
61Mahendragarh53.19%Hari SinghVHP11,24640.26%Narinder SinghINC6,62323.71%4,623
62Kanina58.28%Dalip SinghVHP18,41363.74%Lal SinghINC9,70033.58%8,713
63Badhra57.23%Amir SinghVHP11,46033.90%Attar SinghIndependent8,74825.88%2,712
64Dadri40.23%Ganpat RaiINC11,86453.41%Harnam SinghSSP6,90831.10%4,956
65Loharu54.34%ChandrawatiINC14,48049.11%Tulsi RamIndependent12,98244.03%1,498
66Tosham58.01%Bansi LalINC9,10929.94%Jangbir SinghSSP7,86025.84%1,249
67Bhiwani55.61%Banarsi Das GuptaINC13,57246.53%Bhagwan DevABJS12,38442.46%1,188
68Mundhal Khurd60.92%Swaroop SinghINC11,87838.42%Jaswant SinghSWA10,45633.82%1,422
69Narnaund51.93%Joginder SinghSWA14,97353.19%Rameshwar DuttINC8,23529.26%6,738
70Hansi56.14%Hari SinghINC13,60846.28%Ajit SinghVHP9,36331.84%4,245
71Bawani Khera41.98%Parbhu SinghINC9,61144.16%Amar SinghSWA7,39733.99%2,214
72Adampur71.63%Bhajan LalINC23,72359.26%Balraj SinghIndependent13,67934.17%10,044
73Hisar60.13%Balwant Rai TayalBKD17,65447.03%Gulab Singh DhimanINC16,49543.94%1,159
74Barwala39.99%Gordhan DassINC9,91945.89%Pir ChandBKD9,54844.18%371
75Tohana55.37%Harpal SinghVHP14,62146.66%Mehar ChandINC8,15626.03%6,465
76Fatehabad65.52%Pokhar RamINC24,02957.22%Lila KrishanIndependent17,96342.78%6,066
77Badopal62.28%Partap SinghVHP18,79152.72%Raja RamINC16,19145.42%2,600
78Sirsa62.49%Premsukh DassINC17,85653.17%Sushil ChanderIndependent12,00135.74%5,855
79Rori63.30%Harkishan LalINC15,66238.76%Dara SinghAkali Dal (SFS)15,05537.26%607
80Dabwali57.88%Teja SinghIndependent11,92537.74%Kesra RamINC10,47733.16%1,448
81Ellenabad71.40%Lal ChandVHP20,81649.53%Om PrakashINC15,48536.85%5,331

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