Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 2014

Haryana legislative assembly election, 2014

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All 90 seats to the Haryana Legislative Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Manohar Lal Khattar Om Prakash Chautala Bhupinder Singh Hooda Party BJP INLD INC Alliance NDA UPA Last election 4 31 40 Seats won 47 19 15 Seat change 43 12 25
Chief Minister before election Bhupinder Singh Hooda INC Elected Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar BJP

Bhupinder Singh Hooda
INC

Manohar Lal Khattar
BJP

A general election was held on 15 October 2014 to elect 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. The term of previous assembly elected in 2009 was to expire on 27 October 2014. The results were announced on 19 October. The BJP won the majority in the Assembly.Manohar Lal Khattar was chosen to head the new government.

Four major parties contested the election - the Indian National Congress (INC, incumbent), the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC). Others that contested the elections included candidates from the Bahujan Samaj Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party (Marxist), Samajwadi Party, Shiromani Akali Dal (an alliance partner of BJP in neighbouring Punjab ), other regional parties and independents.

Forward caste

Dalits are 20% of total Haryana population of 2.5 crore. Out of 80 castes, 63 castes/communities have been notified either as a Scheduled Caste or Backward Class in Haryana.

The Election Commission of India announced, on 12 September 2014, Haryana's Legislative Assembly election under Article 324 and 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951. The announcement stated 90 assembly seats to be contested, of which 17 constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Castes candidates.

Voting was held on 15 October and the result was announced four days later. Voter turnout for the Assembly election set a new state record with 76.54%. A total of 1,351 candidates, of which 116 were women, contested for the 90 seats (an average of 15 candidates per seat). This was the highest number of total and women candidates in Haryana assembly elections since its formation in 1966.

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