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Solanki, new Haryana Governor

P   rof Kaptan Singh Solanki, the new Governor of Haryana, was born at Garhpara village in
    Bhind District of Madhya Pradesh on July 1, 1939. He is an MA, B.Ed and got his education
from Vikram University, Ujjain; P.G.B.T. College, Ujjain, and Maharani Luxmibai College, Jiwaji
University, Gwalior. He served as a teacher at Banmor in Morena district from 1958 to 1965 and
as a professor in P G V College, Gwalior from 1966 to 2000. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in
August, 2009 and re-elected in August, 2012. He has replaced Mr Jagannath Pahadia whose five-
year term ended on July 26, 2014.
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HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                                                          EDITORIAL 1

                                                           Haryana makes history
                                                        H     aryana has made history. The voters of the state
                                                              have voted for a metamorphosis, not simple change,
                                                        in the 2014 Assembly polls. The bellwether polls have
 CHIEF EDITOR
                                                        made the state go saffron for the first time since it was
 Sudhir Rajpal
                                                        carved out of Punjab on November 1, 1966. Not that the
 MANAGING EDITOR
                                                        BJP was never in power earlier. It did but as a junior al-
 Viraat                                                 liance partner separately with the INLD and the Haryana
                                                        Vikas Party on different occasions. Refusing to ebb after
 CONSULTING EDITOR                                      the Lok Sabha polls, the Modi wave has swept BJP to
 Parveen K Modi                                         power in Haryana, and, that too, with thumping majori-
                                                        ty. The party has bagged 47 out of the 90 seats, reducing
 NEWS BUREAU                                            the Congress to a tally of 15 and third slot. The INLD
 Swati Sethi                                            comes second with 19 seats.
                                                           The BJP Government, led by former RSS Pracharak,
 COPY DESK
                                                        Mr Manohar Lal Khattar, has got down to serious busi-
 Shweta Vashishta
                                                        ness after assuming office. He has promised people the
 LAYOUT & DESIGN                                        dawn of an era of uniform development of all parts of
 Monika Modak                                           the state. The first-time-MLA-first-time chief Minister is
                                                        determined to make the much talked about north-south
 PHOTOGRAPHER                                           divide a thing of the past. At its maiden Cabinet meet-
 Vinay Malik                                            ing, the new government has vowed to review some of
                                                        the decisions taken by the previous government led by
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 Gopal Singh
                                                           The swearing-in ceremony was attended by the 'who
 Karam Singh
                                                        is who' of the Central Government and the BJP. Making
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                                                        a rare gesture, the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi,
 Gauri Shankar
                                                        and the BJP chief, Mr Amit Shah, too attended the event.
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                                                           In our Cover Report, we bring our readers incisive
 DIGITAL & IT SUPPORT                                   and in-depth reports on the outcome of the 2014 Assem-
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                                                        character and composition of the new Council of Minis-
                                                        ters; and the mood prevailing in the state after formation
 VOL 28, ISSUE 10-11, OCT-NOV 2014                      of the first-ever BJP majority government.
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2 CONTENTS                                            HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014

                                                                                  contents
                     COVER STORY
                     Uniform growth is BJP Govt mantra                                          p4
                     Haryana can now look forward to all-round development of all parts of
                     the state and a graft-free, transparent, responsive and public-friendly
                     administration. Welfare of the people tops the list of priorities of the first BJP
                     Government, led by Mr Manohar Lal Khattar

                     MDU to have Mangel Sein chair                                              p9

               [4]
                     Meet new CM & his team                                                     p 10

                     It’s time to celebrate                                                     p 12

                     The bellwether of 2014 polls                                               p 14

                     Record turn-out; record women candidates                                   p 16

                     13th Haryana Assembly: Short profiles of MLAs                              p 20

                     Saffron surge in Haryana                                                   p 24

[13]                 Electoral profile of districts                                             p 25
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HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                                                            CONTENTS 3

                                                                                                                 [50]

                                                   [52]

                                         [46]
SPORTS
Haryana sportspersons shine in Incheon      p 46
Hisar girls win u-17 Subroto Cup            p 50
                                                   [54]
ART AND CULTURE
The spiritual magic in art                  p 51
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4 COVER STORY                                         HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014

           The Haryana Governor,
           Mr Kaptan Singh Solanki,
           administrating oath of
           office and secrecy to Mr
           Manohar Lal Khattar as
           Chief Minister of Harya-
           na at swearing-in cere-
           mony held in Panchkula

 Uniform growth is BJ
 North-south divide will be a thing of past: Khattar
                                                    Parveen K Modi
 Haryana can now look forward to all-round de-
 velopment of all parts of the state and a graft-
 free, transparent, responsive and public-friend-   F    orget the north-south divide. The
                                                         people of Haryana can now look
                                                    forward to all-round development of
 ly administration. Welfare of the people tops      all parts of the state and a graft-free,
                                                    transparent, responsive and pub-
 the list of priorities of the first BJP Govern-    lic-friendly administration. Welfare
 ment, led by Mr Manohar Lal Khattar                of the common man, especially the
UNIFORM GROWTH IS BJP GOVT MANTRA - Manohar Lal is new Haryana Chief Minister P 46
HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                                                              COVER STORY 5

                                                                                     two-pronged strategy for the develop-
                                                                                     ment of the state: assist the farmers
                                                                                     while developing industries and cre-
                                                                                     ate jobs in the state”. He was adminis-
                                                                                     tered the oath of office and secrecy by
                                                                                     the Haryana Governor, Prof Kaptan
                                                                                     Singh Solanki.
                                                                                        On the recommendation of the
                                                                                     Chief Minister, Prof Solanki also ad-
                                                                                     ministered oath to six Cabinet minis-
                                                                                     ters and three Ministers of State. The
                                                                                     Cabinet Ministers are: Mr Ram Bilas
                                                                                     Sharma, Capt. Abimanyu, Mr Om
                                                                                     Parkash Dhankhad, Mr Anil Vij, Rao
                                                                                     Narbir Singh and Mrs Kavita Jain.
                                                                                     Mr Vikram Singh Thekedar (Inde-
                                                                                     pendent charge), Mr Krishan Kumar
                                                                                     Bedi and Mr Karan Dev Kamboj are
                                                                                     Ministers of State.
                                                                                        Swept by the saffron, the swear-
                                                                                     ing-in ceremony at HUDA Grounds
                                                                                     in Panchkula, was attended, among
                                                                                     others, by the Prime Minister, Mr
                                                                                     Narendra Modi, the BJP President,
                                                                                     Mr Amit Shah, Union Ministers,
                                                                                     senior leaders Mr L.K Advani and
                                                                                     Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi, and in-
                                                                                     charge, Haryana affairs, Mr Kailash
                                                                                     Vijayvargiya.

                                                                                     GOVT TO REVIEW DECISIONS
                                                                                     Firmly in the saddle, the new Har-
                                                                                     yana Government has decided to
                                                                                     review all the announcements made
                                                                                     and decisions taken by the Bhupin-
                                                                                     der Singh Hooda Government after
                                                                                     May 16, 2014 regarding appointments
                                                                                     or recruitments. This and some
                                                                                     other decisions were taken at the
                                                                                     maiden Cabinet meeting presided
                                                                                     over by Mr Khattar.

P Govt mantra
                                                                                        Briefing the media on the deci-
                                                                                     sions, the Chief Minister said that
                                                                                     after a proper review, decisions
                                                                                     found to be in public interest would
                                                                                     be implemented, but those where
                                                                                     any discrepancy was found would be
                                                                                     reviewed or even reversed. All deci-
 farmers, the poor and the underprivi-       the global canvas. All through the      sions would be taken in keeping with
 leged, tops the list of priorities of the   election campaign, Mr Khattar had       the law. The Cabinet also decided to
 first BJP Government in the state, led      exuded the confidence that the people   stop forthwith the ongoing recruit-
 by the Chief Minister, Mr Manohar           of Haryana would vote in large          ment processes.
 Lal Khattar, which assumed office on        numbers to help form a BJP govern-         Besides, all decisions on re-em-
 October 26, 2014.                           ment. And the net outcome shows his     ployment made during the regime of
    His vision is clear. The first-time-     confidence was not misplaced.           the previous government would be
 MLA-first-time-chief minister wants            Sharing his vision with Haryana      re-examined. “I have asked for a list
 to build a unique Haryana which             Review during an exclusive chat soon    of such persons as were re-employed,
 leads in various fields and is acknowl-     after the swearing-in ceremony, Mr      to take further action at the next
 edged not only nationally but also on       Khattar said, “We need to adopt a       Cabinet meeting”, Mr Khattar said.
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6 COVER STORY                                                              HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014

 It has also been decided to go into the   Haryana has voted for         has been convened at 2 pm on No-
 complaints regarding paddy procure-       big-ticket change. And        vember 3, 2014. Mr Khattar said that
 ment, and action would be taken at                                      the Cabinet had authorized him to
 the next Cabinet meeting.
                                           the change revolves           approve any legislative business to be
     When his attention was drawn to       around many first-time        presented before the Haryana Vidhan
 such decisions as change of land use      firsts. It is for the first   Sabha during its session.
 (CLU) taken by the previous govern-
 ment and investigations concerning
                                           time in the history of        VOTE FOR CHANGE
 the Robert Vadra case, Mr Khattar         the state that the people     Haryana has voted for big-ticket
 said that his government would not        have voted BJP to power       change. And the change revolves
 act with vendetta but law would take
                                           on its own, and, that         around many first-time firsts. It is
 its own course. “The priority of the                                    for the first time in the history of the
 state government is to implement its      too, with a thumping          state that the people have voted BJP
 agenda which is aimed at welfare of       majority. Again, it is for    to power on its own, and, that too,
 people of the state”, he quipped.         the first time in 18 years    with a thumping majority. Again, it is
                                                                         for the first time in 18 years since Mr
 REVIEW DOESN'T MEAN REJECTION             since Mr Bhajan Lal that      Bhajan Lal that a non-Jat and Punjabi
 In reply to a query concerning imple-     a non-Jat and Punjabi         face has become chief minister of the
 mentation of the enhanced old age         face has become chief         state. Also, it is for the first time since
 samman allowance and pay-scales to                                      1991 that the number of Independ-
 state government employees on Pun-
                                           minister of the state.        ents in the state Assembly has been
 jab pattern, the Chief Minister said      Also, it is for the first     reduced to five.
 that review of the announcements          time since 1991 that the         More interestingly, Haryana seems
 did not imply rejection. He assured                                     to be inching closer to the great
 that the new government would take
                                           number of Independents        Greek philosopher Plato who was
 care of the interests of employees.       in the House has been         of the firm conviction that a king
    The Haryana Assembly session           reduced to five               should never get married. It is for the
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HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                                                              COVER STORY 7

                                                (From left) Anandiben Patel, Sushma Swaraj, L K Advani, Narendra
                                                Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu, Vasundhara Raje
                                                at the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana CM Khattar

first time that the state has a bach-     unassuming person, a dedicated soul        said he and his government were
elor chief minister who has set his       and a hard task master.                    committed to fulfilling each and every
already eyes on the tasks ahead.             An avid follower of the age-old         promise made to the electorate before
   The decision to appoint 60-year-old    precept “we have two ears and one          the October 15 Assembly elections.
leader and former RSS member for          mouth so that we may listen more              So far as the finances are con-
four decades, chief minister of Har-      and talk less,” Mr Khattar, a sexa-        cerned, he anchors himself on
yana was announced after a meeting        genarian RSS-turned-BJP leader, is         backing from the BJP-led government
of the BJP legislators in Chandigarh.     essentially a doer. Unbiased in his        at the Centre. Financial constraints
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and         approach and positive in outlook, he       will not be allowed to come in way of
senior BJP leader Dinesh Sharma           swears by people’s welfare and the         public good, he remarked.
had been appointed party's observ-        policies and programmes pursued               “Wedded to good governance, my
ers to oversee election of the leader     by the Narendra Modi government at         government will take conscious and
in Haryana, where the BJP won             the Centre.                                concrete steps to ensure that there
simple majority with 47 seats in the                                                 is no discrimination in development
90-member House, paving the way           CM THANKS LEGISLATORS                      and we shall work hard to make Hary-
for formation of the party's first-ever   “I never aspired for any post either in    ana prosperous and progressive,” he
government in the state since 1966.       the organisation or in government.         vowed. No injustice will be done to
   Khattar emerged as the front-run-      But I will try my best to live up to the   the farmers under the garb of land
ner for the post. Also in the race were   expectations of the Prime Minister         deals, he said adding that caste, col-
Capt Abhimanyu, Mr Ram Bilas              and BJP president Amit Shah, who           our and creed would not be allowed to
Sharma, Mr Anil Vij, Union Minis-         have entrusted me with the respon-         dictate policies.
ter Rao Inderjit Singh and former         sibility of heading the maiden BJP            “I will myself reach people’s
MP Chaudhary Birender Singh. The          government in Haryana”, Mr Khattar         doorsteps to get a hang of the
tenth Chief Minister of Haryana           told Haryana Review.                       problems they faced and to assess
who represents Karnal in Haryana             Expressing his gratitude to party       their demands, and take steps to
Assembly, the seat he won with a mar-     MLAs who had elected him their             address them on a priority basis”,
gin of 63,736 votes, is a simple and      leader in the Assembly, Mr Khattar         Mr Khatar averred. g
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8 COVER STORY                                                                      HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014

 First-time MLA, first-time CM
 M     anohar Lal Khattar who has
       been a prominent RSS leader
 for close to four decades, is not new
 to Haryana. A bachelor, Mr Khattar
 joined RSS as a full-time Pracharak
 in 1980. After 14 years of service to
 the Sangh, he was moved to BJP and
 placed at the helm as party general
 secretary in Haryana in 1994. He
 was made chairman of the BJP's
 campaign committee for Haryana
 in the Lok Sabha elections in 2009
 when the party won seven out of the
 10 seats. The first-time-MLA-first-
 time-chief minister enjoys close
 proximity to the Prime Minister, Mr
 Narendra Modi.
    Besides sharing RSS back-
 ground, Mr Khattar worked closely
 with Mr Modi who kicked off his
 Haryana campaign for the Assem-
 bly polls from Karnal, the seat
 chosen for the new leader. It was in
 1996 that Mr Khattar started work-
 ing with Mr Modi, who was then in
 charge of Haryana.
    In the aftermath of the Bhuj
 earthquake, Mr Khattar was called
 upon to manage the elections in Ku-
 tch district of Gujarat by Mr Modi
 and the BJP secured three out of six
 seats. Apart from his crucial role
 in the party's success in states like
 Punjab, Haryana and Chhattisgarh,
 he was given prominent roles in
 various elections in different states
 where he always delivered results.
    In 2002, Mr Khattar was given
 made election in-charge of Jammu
 and Kashmir. He is known for being
 a quiet worker, both in the field and
 in the BJP. It is this faculty that
 earned him the reputation of being
 a hard task master having no-non-       Chairman of Election Campaign            was born in 1954.
 sense approach.                         Committee.                                  He borrowed money from his
    Mr Khattar who once wanted to           Coming from humble agricultur-        mother and enrolled himself in
 become a doctor, is a man known         al background, his family arrived        Rohtak's Neki Ram Sharma Gov-
 for his organisational skills. He       in Haryana from Pakistan after           ernment College and become the
 enjoys a clean image. Known for his     Partition. They settled down in Nin-     first member of his family to study
 political acumen, he played the role    dana village of Rohtak district. To      beyond Class X. To prepare for en-
 of master strategist and successfully   survive, his father and grandfather      trance tests to gain entry in medical
 led many electoral campaigns for        took up odd jobs as labourers, finally   colleges, Khattar went to Delhi,
 the BJP, the latest being the 2014      saving enough to start a small shop.     setting in motion a chain of events
 Lok Sabha elections in Haryana as       It was in Nindana that Manohar Lal       which transformed his life. g
HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                                                       COVER STORY 9

MDU to have Mangel Sein chair
Haryana Review Bureau                  the young generation should take       matter of pride for him that he got
                                       inspiration from his life and follow   a chance to work with Dr Sein. He

A   chair at Maharshi Dayanand
    University, Rohtak would be set
up in the name of former Deputy
                                       him as their role model.
                                          Mr Khattar said that Dr Mangel
                                       Sein started his career as a RSS
                                                                              learnt a lot from him.
                                                                                 Cabinet Minister Ram Bilas Shar-
                                                                              ma also spoke on the occasion. Cab-
Chief Minister of Haryana, Dr          Pracharak and played a vital role in   inet Minister Om Parkash Dhankar
Mangel Sein. This was stated by the    strengthening BJP base in Harya-       presented the vote of thanks. The
Chief Minister, Mr Manohar             na. He said that when the politics     Additional Chief Secretary, Cul-
Lal Khattar.                           of ‘Aaya Ram and Gaya Ram’ was         tural Affairs Department, Mr Vijay
                                       dominating the state, Dr Magal Sein    Vardhan threw light on the life of
TRIBUTE TO DR MANGEL SEIN              strengthened the BJP and now the       Dr Mangel Sein.
The Chief Minister was speak-          party has emerged as the largest
ing after paying floral tributes to    democratic party not only in the       DIGNITARIES PRESENT
Dr Mangel Sein on his 88th birth       country but in Haryana also. Dr        Cabinet Ministers Rao Narbir
anniversary on October 27, 2014.       Sein also participated in various      Singh and Kavita Jain, Minister of
He described Dr Mangel Sein as a       movements across the country.          State Vikram Singh (Independent
personality of nationalist ideology    He worked as Sangh Pracharak in        Charge), Chief Secretary Shakun-
who gave utmost importance to          Burma also.                            tala Jakhu and other senior officers
discipline in his life. He said that      Mr Khattar said that it was a       were also present on the occasion. g

     Chief Minister M L Khattar
     paying floral tributes to Dr
     Mangel Sein, former Deputy
     CM of Haryana, on his birth
     anniversary
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with Ministers Ram Bilas Sharma, Karan Dev Kamboj, Anil Vij, Rao Narbir and
O P Dhankar waving at the crowd after the swearing-in ceremony in Panchkula

Meet new CM & his team
Shweta Vashishta                         Modi, was administered the oath          has given lion’s share to Ahirwal re-
                                         along with nine ministers-- six hold-    gion and Karnal while number of Jat

M     anohar Lal Khattar, mentored
      by RSS and known for his or-
ganisational skills and clean image,
                                         ing cabinet ranks and three ministers
                                         of state-- by the Governor, Mr Kaptan
                                         Singh Solanki at a function attended
                                                                                  ministers is two. Except Ram Bilas
                                                                                  Sharma and Rao Narbir Singh, all are
                                                                                  first time ministers. Five, in fact, are
took oath as the Chief Minister          by a galaxy of BJP leaders, including    first-time MLAs.
of Haryana at a grand function in        the PM, BJP President Amit Shah, un-        The chief ministers of BJP ruled
Panchkula, leading the first BJP         ion ministers, chief ministers of BJP    states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
government in the state since it was     ruled states and veterans L K Advani     and Gujarat as well as Shiromani
created 48 years ago.                    and Murli Manohar Joshi.                 Akali Dal chief and Punjab Chief
   Khattar, a first time MLA, rep-          The six cabinet ministers are Kavi-   Minister Parkash Singh Badal were
resents Karnal constituency in the       ta Jain, state BJP president Ram Bilas   also present at the ceremony held
Haryana Assembly and is the 10th         Sharma, Captain Abhimanyu, Om            at the Sector 5 HUDA Ground in
chief minister of the state. He is       Prakash Dhankar, Anil Vij and Narbir     Panchkula.
Haryana's first non-Jat chief minister   Singh. Bikram Singh Thekedar,               In a departure from past when
in 18 years.                             Krishan Kumar Bedi and Karan Dev         swearing-in ceremonies were held in
   Sixty-year-old Khattar, known to      Kamboj are the ministers of state.       Chandigarh, this time the event was
be close to Prime Minister Narendra         The first BJP cabinet in Haryana      held in Panchkula. g
HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                                                 COVER STORY 11

           CHIEF MINISTER
                                                   Home, Power, Town & Country Planning and
                                                   Urban Estates, Mines & Geology, General
                                                   Administration, Science & Technology,
                                                   Urban Local Bodies, Administration of
                                                   Justice, Archives, Architecture, Electronics
                                                   & Information Technology, Housing, Jails,
                                                   Information, Public Relations & Cultural
                                                   Affairs, Personnel & Training, Raj Bhawan
                                                   Affairs, Renewable Energy & any department
                                                   not specifically allotted to any minister
          Manohar Lal Khattar

                                                CABINET MINISTERS

                                                          Capt Abhimanyu
               Ram Bilas Sharma
                                                          Finance, Revenue & Disaster
                 Education & Languages,                       Management, Excise &         O P Dhankar
                    Transport, Technical                   Taxation, Planning, Forests,
                Education, Food & Supplies,                                                     Agriculture,
                                                             Environment, Industries
                  Tourism, Civil Aviation,                                                    Development &
                                                              & Commerce, Labour
                   Parliamentary Affairs,                                                  Panchayats, Irrigation,
                                                              & Employment, Law &
                 Archaeology & Museums,                                                     Animal Husbandry &
                                                             Legislative, Institutional
                         Hospitality                                                         Dairying, Fisheries
                                                            Finance & Credit Control,
                                                          Consolidation, Rehabilitation,
                                                                Industrial Training

                                                                                             Kavita Jain
                       Anil Vij                                                               Social Justice &
                                                          Rao Narbir Singh                 Empowerment, Women
                Health & Medical Education,
                                                           Public Works (B&R), Public      & Child Development,
               AYUSH, ESI, Election, Sports &
                                                              Health Engineering            Welfare of Scheduled
                       Youth Affairs
                                                                                            Castes & Backward
                                                                                                  Classes

                                                MINISTERS OF STATE

                                                            Krishan Kumar
                  Bikram Singh
                                                                 Bedi                         Karan Dev
                    Thekedar
                                                                Social Justice &               Kamboj
                 Cooperation (Independent
                                                           Empowerment, Women &               Food & Supplies,
               Charge), Printing & Stationery
                                                         Child Development, Welfare of       Transport, Tourism,
                  (Independent Charge),
                                                         Scheduled Castes & Backward             Hospitality
                Development & Panchayats
                                                                    Classes
12 COVER STORY                                                Chief Minister ManoharREVIEW
                                                                          HARYANA            OCT - NOV 2014
                                                              Lal Khattar in Karnal

  Shweta Vashishta

  T    he Bhartiya Janata Party’s
       (BJP’s) historic and stupendous
  success in the 13th Haryana Assem-
  bly elections-- a ten-fold increase in
  its tally, from four to 47 seats, in the
  legislative assembly-- was marked by
  celebrations and victory processions
  all over Haryana.
      The BJP stormed to power in
  Haryana winning the state for the
  first time alone since it was formed
  in 1966. The party that had never won
  more than five seats contesting on its
  own has a tally of 47 in the 90-member
  House. The Modi wave has crumbled
  the bastions of Congress, which was
  in power for the last 10 years.
      BJP's vote share rocketed to 33.2
  per cent from a meagre 9.05 per cent
  in the last Assembly polls in 2009,
  bringing a dramatic victory for the
  saffron party. It had been earlier
  playing second fiddle to the regional
  parties in Haryana, including INLD
  that has now finished second.

  CELEBRATING BJP'S VICTORY
  The BJP workers and supporters
  painted the state red with their joy
  and enthusiasm. They broke out
  into a dance at the thumping beats
  of dhols to express their happiness.
  Sweets were distributed to celebrate
  the party’s spectacular win.

   Mr Gian Chand Gupta in Panchkula

                                             It’s time to
                                             celebrate
                                             The historic victory of the BJP in Haryana
                                             was marked by celebrations and victory
                                             processions all over the state
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   It was celebration time at the
Haryana BJP headquarters when the
election results were announced. Par-
ty workers as well as supporters, who
had started assembling at the state
party office celebrated Holi as well as
Diwali together as the pro-BJP elec-
tion results poured in. They danced
to “dhol” beats, applied “gulaal” on
one another and distributed sweets
to celebrate the party’s victory. Some
enthusiastic youngsters also burst
crackers to mark the occasion.
   The winning candidates, mem-
bers, workers and supporters of
the saffron party took out victory
processions in their respective con-
stituencies to celebrate their victory
and express gratitude to the electors.
People came out in large numbers to
greet their newly elected leaders and
extend their best wishes. Enthusias-
tic supporters and children wearing
Narendra Modi masks could be seen
at the processions.

VICTORY PROCESSIONS FOLLOW
While BJP leader Capt Abhimanyu
lead a victory procession in Hisar,
Manish Grover, the winning BJP
candidate from Rohtak, thanked the
residents and accepted their greetings
as his supporters showered flower
petals on the onlookers.                   Krishan Lal in Israna
   For the first time, the Panchkula
constituency witnessed a surge of
saffron when Gian Chand Gupta of
the BJP was elected to the Haryana
Assembly by a huge margin of 44,602
votes. Ecstatic after his victory, Gupta
said that he would fulfill all his prom-
ises. “I will make Panchkula a smart
city, and will build better educational
institutes, including a university.
Modi leher chha gayi,” he smiled, as
he left for the victory procession.
   While it was a moment of jubila-
tion and ecstasy for the winners, it
was that of dejection and low spirits
for the ones who lost the election.
Accepting defeat, the former Chief
Minister, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda,
who though managed to win from his
constituency Garhi Sampla in Rohtak,
said he hoped the BJP continue the
momentum of growth of his 10-year
regime. “It is democracy. Last time,
the people of the state gave us their
mandate, and this time to the BJP.” g
                                           Giving the joy an exit through drum beats
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  The bellwether of 2014 polls
  Marked by high-octane and high-decibel campaign, the 2014 Harya-
  na Assembly polls have been seized by the voters to vote for a com-
  plete break with the past. What’s more, the electoral exercise has
  thrown up some new trends which make it memorably different
  from all such exercises held in the past
  Parveen K Modi                          make the 2014 Assembly polls go          es in the fray. The BJP broke ranks
                                          down in the annals as memorably          with the Haryana Janhit Congress

  I t has been the bellwether of an
    electoral exercise marked by
  high-octane and high-decibel cam-
                                          different from all such electoral
                                          exercises held in Haryana since
                                          the state was carved out of Punjab
                                                                                   (HJC) of Kuldeep Bishnoi. Both
                                                                                   had jointly contested the Lok Sabha
                                                                                   polls in May.
  paign twinned with exchange of          on November 1, 1966 as a separate           The BJP which has always been
  barbs and innuendos. The people of      entity of federal India.                 an adjunct to the party in power, or
  the state have voted for big change                                              played a second fiddle to an elder
  in the 2104 elections to the 90-mem-    FOUR-TO-FIVE-CORNERED CONTESTS           political brother in some electoral
  ber Haryana Assembly. And while         Firstly, it is for the first time in     battles, went it alone. Riding the
  voting for what looks like a complete   the electoral history of Haryana—        crest of Narendra Modi wave which
  break with the past, the electorate     which has been known mainly for          refused to ebb after the lok Sabha
  has pulled down some known vote-        bipolar contests--that the Assembly      polls in May 2014, the saffron party
  bank barriers, shattered traditional    polls witnessed four-to-five-cor-        swept the polls and came to power,
  loyalties, and blazed a new trail.      nered contests with every outfit         having emerged as the single largest
     What’s more, the exercise has        worth its salt fending for itself, and   party with a tally of record 47 seats.
  thrown up some new trends which         there being no pronounced allianc-       The Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo

Voters queue up at a polling
booth in Ramgarh village,
Panchkula
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seems to have turned alchemist to         contestants were in the race for the        Congress in Punjab or strategized in
convert the dross the BJP looked          Ateli constituency whereas the max-         a manner as to split the votes of its
like until recent past, into pure gold.   imum of 31 male candidates were in          followers to the advantage of one or
   Secondly, it is for the first time     the fray from from Bhiwani Assem-           the other party. But this time round,
that the state logged all-time high       bly constituency.                           things were quite different. Known
voter turn-out of 76.5 per cent              Fourthly, never before has a             for playing aloof in matters politi-
bettering the previous best of 72.65      Prime Minister addressed as many            cal, the Dera head tweeted on poll
per cent recorded in 1967. About          as 11 rallies in any Haryana Assem-         day that the decision of the Dera’s
75.5 per cent of the more than 1.63       bly polls. Stakes being very high           ‘political wing’ be heeded. It is for
crore electors exercised their right      since Haryana which borders the             the first time that he tweeted his
to vote in Haryana, making the            national capital on three sides, was        photo after casting his vote since his
polling continue up to 7.30 pm on         the first state along with Maharash-        coronation as Dera head.
October 15, 2014.                         tra to go to the polls after the Lok
   Interestingly, in the male-dom-        Sabha elections, the Prime Minister         DERA SUPPORTS BJP
inated Haryana, notorious for its         virtually took charge of the BJP’s          Though observers of secular hues
skewed sex ratio, women voters vir-       poll campaign to prove the point that       see in it a disturbing and undesir-
tually outnumbered men in at least        the Modi wave has not ebbed. And            able trend, religion and sects have
four districts of the state. While in     he succeeded in doing so.                   come to constitute the fulcrum
Kaithal, the percentage of voting for        Fifthly, it is for the first time that   of the agenda of key parties and
male and female voters was almost         the Sirsa-headquartered Dera Sacha          politicians of different parties keep
same, the percentage of female            Sauda which commands huge follow-           making a beeline to the controver-
voters was more in Bhiwani, Jind,         ing across the state openly came out        sial chief of Dera chief Gurmeet
Kurukshetra and Mahendragarh.             in support of the BJP. Its political        Ram Rahim Singh, in the run-up to
                                          wing minced no words in telling the         the polls to seek his blessings. The
RECORD 109 WOMEN CONTESTANTS              followers to stamp the Lotus, BJP           Dera decision to back BJP after
Thirdly, it is for the first time that    symbol, in the Assembly polls. In the       Narendra Modi heaped praise on the
the number of women contestants           past too, politicians have been call-       sect is being seen as one of the most
touched a record 109, the highest         ing on him to seek his blessings but        crucial aspects of the election.
ever since the inception of Haryana.      never before has the Dera come out             It is a different matter though
This distinction was earlier held by      in the open and pronounced support          that except for one (Tohana), the
the 1996 Assembly elections which         to any party. Never before did the          BJP bagged no seat in Sirsa and
witnessed 93 female contestants.          Dera shed its apolitical veneer.            Fetehabad districts where the Dera
The maximum number of six female             The Dera has in the past backed          enjoys large following. g
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                 Latika Sharma acknowledges greetings
                 after being elected MLA from Kalka

  Record turn-out; record
  women candidates
  The 2014 Haryana Assembly polls will go down in the annals of
  electoral history of the state as one marked by five-cornered con-
  tests; highest-ever turn-out of voters; highest number of women
  candidates in the fray; and sending to the 13th House as many
  women legislators
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                                                                                   elections, the maximum of 72.29 per
                                                                                   cent votes were polled in 2009; 71.96
                                                                                   per cent in 2005; 71.24 per cent in 1987
                                                                                   and 70.54 per cent in 1996. Similarly,
                                                                                   70.46 per cent votes were polled in
                                                                                   1972 followed by 69.87 per cent in 1982,
                                                                                   69.01 per cent in 2000, 65.86 per cent in
                                                                                   1991, 64.46 per cent in 1977 and 57.26
                                                                                   per cent in 1968. In the Lok Sabha
                                                                                   elections in May, 2014, the total voters
                                                                                   included 87,37,116 males, 74,79,439
                                                                                   females, 88,662 service voters. Among
                                                                                   the service voters were 12 NRIs.

                                                                                   MAXIMUM POLLING IN ELLENABAD
                                                                                   Mr Shrikant Walgad, Chief Elector-
                                                                                   al Officer, Haryana, told Haryana
                                                                                   Review that this time round, the
                                                                                   maximum of 89.4 per cent polling

                                                                                      Women candidates
                                                                                        set a record
                                                                                     There were record number of
                                                                                     109 women candidates in the
                                                                                     fray for the Haryana Assembly
                                                                                     elections, the highest ever
                                                                                     since the inception of Haryana
                                                                                     in 1966. This distinction
                                                                                     was earlier held by the
                                                                                     1996 Assembly elections
                                                                                     which witnessed 93 female
                                                                                     contestants.
                                                                                        With as many as
                                                                                     168 candidates having
                                                                                     withdrawn their nomination
                                                                                     papers, as many as 1,350
                                                                                     candidates are left in the fray.
Parveen K Modi                         on the electoral canvas of the state
                                                                                     These included 1,241 male
                                       known so for bi-polar contests. The
                                                                                     and 109 female candidates.
T    he 2014 Haryana Assembly polls
     will be remembered for long for
                                       key contestants included Congress,
                                       BJP, INLD, HJC, BSP; SAD, LJP and             Today was the last day for
factors more than one. These include   Independents.                                 withdrawals.
five-cornered contests; highest-ever      Among other things, the 2014
                                                                                        The maximum number of
turn-out of voters; highest number     Assembly polls would go down as one
of women candidates in the fray; and   which recorded the highest-ever turn-         six female candidates were
sending to the 13th House as many      out of voters. In all, 1,24,12,023 voters     in the race for the Ateli
women legislators.                     cast their votes in the elections, tak-       Assembly constituency
   With the BJP and HJC deciding to    ing the voting percentage to a record
                                                                                     whereas the maximum of
part ways for the Assembly polls--     high of 76.54. These included 67,37,003
-they had contested the Lok Sabha      male voters logging percentage of             31 male candidates were in
polls together in May---the state      77.11, and 56,75,020 females account-         the fray from from Bhiwani
witnessed mainly four-cornered         ing for a percentage of 75.87.                Assembly constituency.
to five-cornered contests, a rarity       During the earlier Assembly
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  In all, 2,700 sensitive                  gory and 17 are Scheduled Castes        Nuh Assembly constituencies.
                                           segments.
  booths had been                             In all, 1,351 candidates contested   1,351 CANDIDATES
  identified in the state                  the elections out of which 116 were     Out of the 1,351 candidates, 90 can-
  and video cameras                        females. As many as 30 Assembly         didates belonged to BJP, 87 to BSP,
  and CCTV cameras                         constituencies had more than 15         14 to CPI, 17 to CPM, 90 to INC, 88 to
                                           candidates who have been contesting     INLD, 65 to HJC, 297 to other regis-
  were installed, web-                     elections on a regular basis. While     tered political parties and 603 were
  casting done and micro                   on the upper side, the maximum 31       Independents. As many as 45 General
  observers deputed at                     candidates were in the fray from        Observers, 21 Expenditure Observers,
                                           Bhiwani Assembly constituency, on       five Police Observers, 10 Awareness
  all polling booths for                   the lower side, seven candidates each   Observers, 16,357 Micro Observers
  monitoring the poll                      were in the race from Shahbad and       and about 70,000 polling personnel
  process. Observers were
  also deployed to deal
  with the complaints of
  the people in almost all
  constituencies. Besides,
  para-military forces
  and Home Guards were
  deputed along with
  the Haryana Police for
  peaceful conduct of
  elections
  was recorded in the Ellenabad
  Assembly constituency in Sirsa
  district which also logged maximum
  polling by males and females: while
  89.49 per cent males cast their votes,
  88.52 per cent females exercised
  their franchise.
     Sirsa district led the state with
  84.66 per cent polling. The maximum
  male and female voting percentage
  has also been recorded in Sirsa where
  83.99 per cent females and 85.25 per
  cent males cast their votes.
     Clocking only 59.97 per cent, the
  Faridabad Assembly constituency
  recorded the lowest voting in the
  state. The lowest female voting was
  recorded in Badhkal (57.81 per cent)
  whereas the lowest male voting was
  recorded in Ballabgarh (61.36 per
  cent).
     As many as 70,000 polling person-
  nel had been deployed at the 16,357
  polling stations dotting the length
  and breadth of the state to conduct
  the Assembly elections. There were
  in all 1,63,18,577 voters, including
  87,37,116 males, 74,79,439 females,
  1,02,022 service and 12 NRI voters.
  Out of the 90 Assembly constitu-
  encies, 73 fall in the general cate-
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had been deployed. For 16,357 polling      and 40 ballot units were replaced        booths for monitoring the poll pro-
stations, there were 18,320 Control        before the mock drill for polling, Mr    cess. Observers were also deployed
Units and 24,000 Ballot Units.             Walgad said.                             to deal with the complaints of the
   Mr Walgad said that but for some           In all, 2,700 sensitive booths had    people in almost all constituencies.
sporadic incidents of violence were        been identified in the state and video   Besides, para-military forces and
reported from some parts of the state,     cameras and CCTV cameras were            Home Guards were deputed along
the polling was by and large peace-        installed, web-casting done and micro    with the Haryana Police for peaceful
ful. It was marred by allegations of       observers deputed at all polling         conduct of elections. g
people forcefully entering the polling
booths; incidents of firing in a village
of Sirsa district; and stone-pelting         Women voters: It’s Badshahapur Vs Narnaul
and torching of motorcycles in Bar-
wala. As many as 127 control units           Out of the 1,63,18,577 voters          85,427; Tosham 85,303; Gadhi
                                             registered in Haryana up to July       Sampla-Kiloi 85,347; Narwana
                                             31, 2014, there are 87,37,116          85,020; Dabwali 84,817;
                                             males and 74,79,439 females.           Sonepat 85,256; Hathin 84,441;
                                             While Badshahpur Assembly              Bhiwani 84,558; Bahadurgarh
       Kavita Jain, Social
       Justice & Empowerment,                constituency tops with the             83,919; Narnaund 83,380;
       Women & Child Develop-                maximum number of 3,16,567             Samalkha 83,444; Ferozepur
       ment, MLA from Sonipat                voters out of which 1,49,443           Jhirka 82,958; Kaithal 83,906;
                                             were females and 1,67,124              Radaur 82,850; Rohtak 82,740;
                                             males, Narnaul has the minimum         and Kalayat 82,870.
                                             number of 1,26,804 voters out             Bawani Khera Assembly
                                             of which 67,508 were males and         constituency has 82,255 female
                                             59,296 females.                        voters; Ambala Cantonment
                                                Let’s have a look at the            81,403; Uklana 81,426; Indri
                                             constituency-wise strength of          81,451; Dadri 80,364; Kalanaur
                                             female voters. The Gurgaon             80,354; Mahendergarh
                                             Assembly constituency has              79,940; Thanesar 79,672; Ateli
                                             1,41,099; Ambala City 1,07,920;        78,716; Naraingarh 78,570;
                                             Fatehabad 1,02,707; Kosli              Loharu 78,039; Ladwa 77,765;
                                             99,636; Badkhal 99,442;                Ellenabad 77,490; Hansi
                                             Tigaon 98,242; Karnal 97,835;          77,328; Badhda 77,018; Rania
                                             Tohana 95,955; Rewari 95,096;          76,481; Guhla 76,400; Prithla
                                             Panipat City 93,843; Ratia             75,310; Pundri 75,885; Pehowa
                                             92,427; Yamunanagar 92,905;            75,795; Kalanwali 74,838; Jind
                                             Assandh 92,678; and Panipat            74,592; Meham 74,432; Israna
                                             Rural 91,690.                          73,435; Safidon 73,434; Jhajjar
                                                Faridabad NIT Assembly              73,186; Badli 73,050; Barwala
                                             constituency has 91,783                73,085; Hisar 72,863; Kalka
                                             female voters; Pataudi 91,099;         73,245; Hodal 72,693; Julana
                                             Panchkula 91,864; Faridabad            71,759; Baroda 71,267; Beri
                                             90,566; Jagadhari 89,616;              71,273; Adampur 71,262; Nalwa
                                             Sadhaura 89,265; Palwal                70,798; Gohana 70,166; Ganaur
                                             89,082; Sohna 88,814; Mulana           69,275; Punhana 69,241;
                                             88,439; Gharaunda 87,495;              Shahbad 68,997; Nuh 68,244;
                                             Bawal 87,214; Sirsa 87,093;            Rai 67,917; Kharkhoda 64,387
                                             Ballabgarh 86,541;                     and Nangal Chaudhary 61,635
                                             Nilokheri 86,075; Uchana Kalan         female voters.
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  13th Haryana Assembly:
                 Latika Sharma         Gian Chand Gupta                  Nayab Saini
                 Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya                  Party: Bharatiya
                 Janata Party          Janata Party                      Janata Party
                 Constituency: Kalka   Constituency:                     Constituency:
                 Margin: 19,027        Panchkula                         Naraingarh
                                       Margin: 44,602                    Margin: 24,361

                 Anil Vij              Aseem Goel                        Santosh Chauhan
                 Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya                  Sarwan
                 Janata Party          Janata Party                      Party: Bharatiya
                 Constituency:         Constituency:                     Janata Party
                 Ambala Cantt          Ambala City                       Constituency:
                 Margin: 15,462        Margin: 23,252                    Mulana (SC)
                                                                         Margin: 5,649

                 Balwant Singh         Kanwar Pal                        Ghanshyam Dass
                 Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya                  Party: Bharatiya
                 Janata Party          Janata Party                      Janata Party
                 Constituency:         Constituency:                     Constituency:
                 Sadhauara (SC)        Jagadhari                         Yamuananagar
                 Margin: 14,146        Margin: 34,156                    Margin: 28,245

                 Shyam Singh           Dr. Pawan Saini                   Krishan Kumar
                 Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya                  Party: Bharatiya
                 Janata Party          Janata Party                      Janata Party
                 Constituency:         Constituency: Ladwa               Constituency:
                 Radaur                Margin: 2,992                     Shahbad (SC)
                 Margin: 38,707                                          Margin: 562

                 Subhash Sudha         Jaswinder Singh                   Kulwant Ram
                 Party: Bharatiya      Sandhu                            Bazigar
                 Janata Party          Party: Indian                     Party: Bharatiya
                 Constituency:         National Lok Dal                  Janata Party
                 Thanesar              Constituency:                     Constituency: Gulha
                 Margin: 25,638        Pehowa                            (SC)
                                       Margin: 9,347                     Margin: 2,440

                 Bhai Jai Parkash      Randeep Singh                     Dinesh Kaushik
                 (J.P.)                Surjewala                         Party: Independent
                 Party: Independent    Party: Indian                     Constituency:
                 Constituency:         National Congress                 Pundri
                 Kalayat               Constituency:                     Margin: 4,832
                 Margin: 8,390         Kaithal
                                       Margin: 23,675

                 Bhagwan Dass          Karan Dev Kamboj                  Manohar Lal
                 Kabir Panthi          Party: Bharatiya                  Khattar
                 Party: Bharatiya      Janata Party                      Party: Bharatiya
                 Janata Party          Constituency: Indri               Janata Party
                 Constituency:         Margin: 23,875                    Constituency:
                 Nilokheri (SC)                                          Karnal
                 Margin: 34,410                                          Margin: 63,773
HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                COVER STORY 21

Short profiles of MLAs
             Harvinder Kalyan    Bakhshish Singh        Mahipal Dhanda
             Party: Bharatiya    Virk                   Party: Bharatiya
             Janata Party        Party: Bharatiya       Janata Party
             Constituency:       Janata Party           Constituency:
             Gharaunda           Constituency:          Panipat Rural
             Margin: 17,883      Assandh                Margin: 36,132
                                 Margin: 4,608

             Rohita Rewri        Krishan Lal Panwar     Ravinder
             Party: Bharatiya    Party: Bharatiya       Machhrouli
             Janata Party        Janata Party           Party: Independent
             Constituency:       Constituency: Israna   Constituency:
             Panipat City        (SC)                   Samalkha
             Margin: 53,721      Margin: 1,828          Margin: 20,373

             Kuldip Sharma       Jai Tirath             Jaiveer Singh
             Party: Indian       Party: Indian          Party: Indian
             National Congress   National Congress      National Congress
             Constituency:       Constituency: Rai      Constituency:
             Ganaur              Margin: 3              Kharkhauda (SC)
             Margin: 7,543                              Margin: 14,182

             Kavita Jain         Jagbir Singh Malik     Sri Krishan
             Party: Bharatiya    Party: Indian          Party: Indian
             Janata Party        National Congress      National Congress
             Constituency:       Constituency:          Constituency:
             Sonipat             Gohana                 Baroda
             Margin: 25,810      Margin: 3,228          Margin: 5,183

             Parminder Singh     Jasbir Deswal          Dr Hari Chand
             Dhull               Party: Independent     Middha
             Party: Indian       Constituency:          Party: Indian
             National Lok Dal    Safidon                National Lok Dal
             Constituency:       Margin: 1,422          Constituency: Jind
             Julana                                     Margin: 2,257
             Margin: 22,806

             Prem Lata           Pirthi Singh           Subhash Barala
             Party: Bharatiya    Party: Indian          Party: Bharatiya
             Janata Party        National Lok Dal       Janata Party
             Constituency:       Constituency:          Constituency:
             Uchana Kalan        Narwana (SC)           Tohana
             Margin: 7,480       Margin: 9,152          Margin: 6,906

             Balwan Singh        Prof. Ravinder         Balkaur Singh
             Daulatpuria         Baliala                Party: Shiromani
             Party: Indian       Party: Indian          Akali Dal
             National Lok Dal    National Lok Dal       Constituency:
             Constituency:       Constituency: Ratia    Kalawali (SC)
             Fatehabad           (SC)                   Margin: 12,965
             Margin: 3,505       Margin: 453
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                 Naina Singh           Ram Chand Kamboj                   Makhan Lal Singla
                 Chautala              Party: Indian                      Party: Indian
                 Party: Indian         National Lok Dal                   National Lok Dal
                 National Lok Dal      Constituency: Rania                Constituency: Sirsa
                 Constituency:         Margin: 4,315                      Margin: 2,938
                 Dabwali
                 Margin: 8,545

                 Abhay Singh           Kuldeep Bishnoi                    Anoop Dhanak
                 Chautala              Party: Haryana                     Party: Indian
                 Party: Indian         Janhit Congress (BL)               National Lok Dal
                 National Lok Dal      Constituency:                      Constituency:
                 Constituency:         Adampur                            Uklana (SC)
                 Ellenabad             Margin: 17,249                     Margin: 17,927
                 Margin: 11,539

                 Captain Abhimanyu     Renuka Bishnoi                     Ved Narang
                 Party: Bharatiya      Party: Haryana                     Party: Indian
                 Janata Party          Janhit Congress (BL)               National Lok Dal
                 Constituency:         Constituency: Hansi                Constituency:
                 Narnaund              Margin: 14,652                     Barwala
                 Margin: 5,761                                            Margin: 10,261

                 Dr Kamal Gupta        Ranbir Gangwa                      Om Parkash Barwa
                 Party: Bharatiya      Party: Indian                      Party: Indian
                 Janata Party          National Lok Dal                   National Lok Dal
                 Constituency: Hisar   Constituency: Nalwa                Constituency:
                 Margin: 13,646        Margin: 7,115                      Loharu
                                                                          Margin: 2,095

                 Sukhvinder            Rajdeep                            Ghanshyam Saraf
                 Party: Bharatiya      Party: Indian                      Party: Bharatiya
                 Janata Party          National Lok Dal                   Janata Party
                 Constituency:         Constituency: Dadri                Constituency:
                 Badhra                Margin: 1,610                      Bhiwani
                 Margin: 5,006                                            Margin: 28,597

                 Kiran Choudhry        Bishamber Singh                    Anand Singh Dangi
                 Party: Indian         Party: Bharatiya                   Party: Indian
                 National Congress     Janata Party                       National Congress
                 Constituency:         Constituency:                      Constituency:
                 Tosham                Bawani Khera (SC)                  Meham
                 Margin: 19,741        Margin: 2,559                      Margin: 9,657

                 Bhupinder Singh       Manish Kumar                       Shakuntla Khatak
                 Hooda                 Grover                             Party: Indian
                 Party: Indian         Party: Bharatiya                   National Congress
                 National Congress     Janata Party                       Constituency:
                 Constituency: Garhi   Constituency:                      Kalanaur (SC)
                 Sampla-Kiloi          Rohtak                             Margin: 3,972
                 Margin: 47,185        Margin: 11,132

                 Naresh Kaushik        Om Parkash                         Geeta Bhukkal
                 Party: Bharatiya      Dhankar                            Party: Indian
                 Janata Party          Party: Bharatiya                   National Congress
                 Constituency:         Janata Party                       Constituency:
                 Bahadurgarh           Constituency: Badli                Jhajjar (SC)
                 Margin: 4,882         Margin: 9,266                      Margin: 26,584
HARYANA REVIEW OCT - NOV 2014                                 COVER STORY 23

             Dr Raghuvir Singh     Santosh Yadav         Ram Bilash Sharma
             Kadian                Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya
             Party: Indian         Janata Party          Janata Party
             National Congress     Constituency: Ateli   Constituency:
             Constituency: Beri    Margin: 48,601        Mahendragarh
             Margin: 4,493                               Margin: 34,491

             Omprakash             Abhey Singh Yadav     Dr Banwari Lal
             Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya
             Janata Party          Janata Party          Janata Party
             Constituency:         Constituency:         Constituency: Bawal
             Narnaul               Nangal chaudhry       (SC)
             Margin: 4,573         Margin: 981           Margin: 37,391

             Bikram Singh          Randhir Singh         Bimla Chaudhary
             Thekedar              Kapriwas              Party: Bharatiya
             Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya      Janata Party
             Janata Party          Janata Party          Constituency:
             Constituency: Kosli   Constituency:         Pataudi (SC)
             Margin: 10,767        Rewari                Margin: 38,963
                                   Margin: 45,466

             Narbir Singh          Umesh Aggarwal        Tejpal Tawar
             Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya      Party: Bharatiya
             Janata Party          Janata Party          Janata Party
             Constituency:         Constituency:         Constituency: Sohna
             Badshahpur            Gurgaon               Margin: 24,547
             Margin: 18,132        Margin: 84,095

             Zakir Hussain         Naseem Ahmed          Rahish Khan
             Party: Indian         Party: Indian         Party: Independent
             National Lok Dal      National Lok Dal      Constituency:
             Constituency: Nuh     Constituency:         Punahana
             Margin: 32,796        Ferozepur Jhirka      Margin: 3,141
                                   Margin: 3,245

             Kehar Singh           Udai Bhan             Karan Singh Dalal
             Party: Indian         Party: Indian         Party: Indian
             National Lok Dal      National Congress     National Congress
             Constituency:         Constituency: Hodal   Constituency:
             Hathin                (SC)                  Palwal
             Margin: 6,372         Margin: 11,680        Margin: 5,642

             Tek Chand Sharma      Nagender Bhadana      Seema Trikha
             Party: Bahujan        Party: Indian         Party: Bharatiya
             Samaj Party           National Lok Dal      Janata Party
             Constituency:         Constituency:         Constituency:
             Prithla               Faridabad NIT         Badkhal
             Margin: 1,179         Margin: 2,914         Margin: 36,609

             Mool Chand            Vipul Goel            Lalit Nagar
             Sharma                Party: Bharatiya      Party: Indian
             Party: Bharatiya      Janata Party          National Congress
             Janata Party          Constituency:         Constituency:
             Constituency:         Faridabad             Tigaon
             Ballabhgarh           Margin: 44,781        Margin: 2,938
             Margin: 53,098
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  Saffron surge in Haryana
             Party                                                 Seats won
             Bharatiya Janata Party                                    47
             Indian National Lok Dal                                   19
             Indian National Congress                                  15
             Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)                              2
             Shiromani Akali Dal                                       1
             Bahujan Samaj Party                                       1
             Independent                                               5
             Total                                                     90

                                        Party-wise vote share
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                          Electoral profile of districts

I
     Ambala
   n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014,
   Ambala district recorded 76.20 per cent
 voting, whereas in 2009 Assembly elections, the
 district logged 74.61 per cent voting. The district
 has four seats in the House and all have been
 bagged by the BJP, whereas in 2009 elections,
 two seats were bagged by the Congress, one by
 the BJP and one by INLD.

                                                                Name of district: Ambala
                                                                Number and name of Assembly
                                                                constituencies: 4- Naraingarh, Ambala Cantt,
                                                                Ambala City, Mullana
                                                                Total number of voters: 7,65,900
                                                                Voter turnout: 5,83,654
                                                                Voter turnout percentage: 76.20

      Assembly                  Total number of        Total number of                        Voter turnout
                                                                           Voter turnout
    constituencies                candidates                voters                              (% age)
Naraingarh                              8                 1,68,680            1,40,391            83.23
Ambala Cantt                            12                1,74,190            1,26,821            72.81
Ambala City                             13                2,28,311            1,61,329            70.66
Mullana                                 8                 1,94,719            1,55,113            79.66
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  I
                                          Bhiwani
    n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014, Bhiwani
    district has recorded 78.54 per cent voting, whereas
                                                                     Name of district: Bhiwani
                                                                     Number and name of Assembly
  in 2009 Assembly elections, the district logged 71.08
                                                                     constituencies: 6- Loharu, Bhadra, Dadri,
  per cent voting. The district has six seats in the House,
                                                                     Bhiwani, Tosham and Bawani Khera (SC)
  out of which three have been bagged by the BJP, two
                                                                     Total number of voters: 10,48,676
  by the INLD and one by the Congress, whereas in 2009
                                                                     Voter turnout: 8,23,649
  elections, two seats were bagged by the Congress, two
                                                                     Voting percentage: 78.54
  by the INLD, one by the BJP and one by the HJC (BL).

                                       Total number of        Total number of     Voter turnout     Voter turnout
   Assembly Constituencies
                                         candidates                voters                             (% age)
   Loharu                                      20                1,67,961            1,37,592            81.92
   Bhadra                                      15                1,64,538            1,32,257            80.38
   Dadri                                       17                1,72,252            1,31,813            76.52
   Bhiwani                                     31                1,81,494            1,30,060            71.66
   Tosham                                      23                1,83,763            1,50,956            82.15
   Bawani Khera                                21                1,78,668            1,40,971            78.90
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Faridabad                                                I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014,
                                                           Faridabad district has recorded 65.32 per cent
                                                         voting, whereas in 2009 Assembly elections, the
                                                         district logged 62.55 per cent voting. The district
                                                         has six seats in the House, out of which three
                                                         have been bagged by the BJP, two by the Congress
                                                         and one by the BSP, whereas in 2009 elections,
                                                         four seats were bagged by the Congress, one by
                                                         the BJP and one by the INLD.

Name of district: Faridabad
Number of Assembly
Constituencies: 6- Prithla,
Faridabad NIT, Badhkal, Ballabgarh,
Faridabad, Tigaon
Total number of voters: 12,28,320
Voter turnout: 8,02,356
Voting percentage: 65.32

                                Total number of   Total number of                          Voter turnout
Assembly constituencies                                                Voter turnout
                                  candidates           voters                                (% age)
Prithla                               9              1,66,012              1,34,816             81.21
Faridabad NIT                         16             2,13,575              1,43,162             67.03
Badhkal                               13             2,21,960              1,33,719             60.24
Ballabgarh                            13             2,00,859              1,21,316             60.40
Faridabad                             9              2,00,389              1,20,180             59.97
Tigaon                                12             2,25,525              1,49,163             66.14
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  Fatehabad
  I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014, Fatehabad district has recorded 83.17
    per cent voting, whereas in 2009 Assembly elections, the district logged 80.34
  per cent voting. The district has three seats in the House, out of which two
  have been bagged by the INLD and one by the BJP, whereas in 2009 elections,
  two seats were bagged by the Congress and one by an independent candidate.

                                                                                     Name of district: Fatehabad
                                                                                     Number of Assembly
                                                                                     constituencies: 3- Tohana,
                                                                                     Fatehabad, Ratia (SC)
                                                                                     Total number of voters: 6,18,228
                                                                                     Voter turnout: 5,14,159
                                                                                     Voting percentage: 83.17

                                      Total number of          Total number of                          Voter turnout
   Assembly Constituencies                                                            Voter turnout
                                        candidates                  voters                                (% age)
   Tohana                                    18                    2,02,960              1,72,728           85.10
   Fatehabad                                 27                    2,20,227              1,84,630           83.84
   Ratia (SC)                                15                    1,95,041              1,56,801           80.39
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                                     Gurgaon
I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014, Gurgaon
  district has recorded 69.22 per cent voting, whereas
in 2009 Assembly elections, the district logged 62.94
                                                                 Name of district: Gurgaon
                                                                 Number and name of Assembly
                                                                 constituencies: 4- Pataudi (SC), Badshahpur,
per cent voting. The district has four seats in the
                                                                 Gurgaon, Sohna
House and all of them have been bagged by the BJP.
                                                                 Total number of voters: 9,96,752
In 2009 elections, BJP was nowhere in sight; two seats
                                                                 Voter turnout: 6,89,956
were bagged by the Congress and two by the INLD.
                                                                 Voting percentage: 69.22

                                   Total number of       Total number of                         Voter turnout
 Assembly constituencies                                                      Voter turnout
                                     candidates               voters                               (% age)
 Pataudi (SC)                              10               1,92,744             1,33,840            69.44
 Badshahpur                                14               3,16,567             2,17,616            68.74
 Gurgaon                                   18               2,95,963             1,89,922            64.17
 Sohna                                     20               1,91,478             1,48,578            77.60
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           Hisar

  I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014, Hisar district
    has recorded 77.95 per cent voting, whereas in 2009
  Assembly elections, the district logged 75.63 per cent
                                                                     Name of district: Hisar
                                                                     Number and name of Assembly
                                                                     constituencies: 7- Adampur, Uklana (SC),
  voting. The district has seven seats in the House, out
                                                                     Narnaund, Hansi, Barwala, Hisar, Nalwa
  of which three have been bagged by the INLD, two by
                                                                     Total number of voters: 11,51,095
  the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) and two by the BJP,
                                                                     Voter turnout: 8,97,269
  whereas in 2009 elections, four seats were bagged by the
                                                                     Voter turnout percentage: 77.95
  Congress, two by the HJC (BL) and one by the INLD.

                                    Total number of          Total number of                       Voter turnout
   Assembly Constituencies                                                      Voter turnout
                                      candidates                  voters                             (% age)
   Adampur                                 13                   1,53,778           1,20,025            78.05
   Uklana (SC)                              9                   1,78,936           1,40,422            78.48
   Narnaund                                23                   1,85,528           1,54,949            83.52
   Hansi                                   18                   1,67,478           1,30,437             77.88
   Barwala                                 18                   1,58,026           1,25,618            79.49
   Hisar                                   25                   1,55,440           1,08,722            69.94
   Nalwa                                   21                   1,51,909           1,17,096             77.08
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Jhajjar
I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014,
  Jhajjar district has recorded 71.58 per cent
voting, whereas in 2009 Assembly elections,
the district logged 66.20 per cent voting. The
district has four seats in the House, out of
which two have been bagged by the BJP and
two by the Congress, whereas in 2009 elections,
all seats were bagged by the Congress.

                                                                       Name of district: Jhajjar
                                                                       Number and name of Assembly
                                                                       constituencies: 4- Bahadurgarh,
                                                                       Badli, Jhajjar (SC), Beri
                                                                       Total number of voters: 6,56,042
                                                                       Voter turnout: 4,69,606
                                                                       Voter turnout percentage: 71.58

                                Total number of   Total number of                      Voter turnout
 Assembly Constituencies                                            Voter turnout
                                  candidates           voters                            (% age)
 Bahadurgarh                            17           1,85,574         1,32,367             71.33
 Badli                                  13           1,58,468         1,13,874             71.86
 Jhajjar (SC)                           15           1,56,073         1,07,081             68.61
 Beri                                   9            1,55,927         1,16,284             74.58
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                                                       Jind
                                                       I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014,
                                                         Jind district has recorded 81.01 per cent
                                                       voting, whereas in 2009 Assembly elections,
                                                       the district logged 78.11 per cent voting. The
                                                       district has five seats in the House, out of
                                                       which three have been bagged by the INLD,
                                                       one by the BJP and one by an independent
                                                       candidate, whereas in 2009 elections, all seats
                                                       were bagged by the INLD.

  Name of district: Jind
  Number and name of Assembly
  constituencies: 5- Julana,
  Safidon, Jind, Uchana Kalan,
  Narwana (SC)
  Total number of voters: 8,56,817
  Voter turnout: 6,94,111
  Voter turnout percentage: 81.01

                                Total number of   Total number of                             Voter turnout
   Assembly Constituencies                                               Voter turnout
                                  candidates           voters                                   (% age)
   Julana                              11             1,58,964              1,23,968              77.98
   Safidon                             14             1,61,937              1,34,667              83.16
   Jind                                17             1,59,973              1,21,437              75.91
   Uchana Kalan                        14             1,89,798              1,61,776              85.24
   Narwana (SC)                        14             1,86,145              1,52,263              81.80
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                                                     Kaithal
                                                     I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014,
                                                       Kaithal district has recorded 82.46 per cent
                                                     voting, whereas in 2009 Assembly elections,
                                                     the district logged 79.32 per cent voting. The
                                                     district has four seats in the House, out of
                                                     which two have been bagged by independent
                                                     candidates, one by the Congress and one by
                                                     the BJP. In 2009 elections, two seats were won
                                                     by the INLD, one by the Congress and one by
                                                     an independent candidate.

                                                               Name of district: Kaithal
                                                               Number and name of Assembly
                                                               constituencies: 4- Guhla (SC),
                                                               Kalayat, Kaithal, Pundri
                                                               Total number of voters: 6,94,252
                                                               Voter turnout: 5,72,511
                                                               Voter turnout percentage: 82.46

                           Total number of   Total number of                           Voter turnout
Assembly Constituencies                                           Voter turnout
                             candidates           voters                                 (% age)
Guhla (SC)                       12             1,62,722             1,31,809               81.00
Kalayat                          19             1,84,532             1,52,291               82.53
Kaithal                          13             1,80,979             1,51,052               83.46
Pundri                           20             1,66,019             1,37,359               82.74
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  Karnal
                                                                           Name of district: Karnal
                                                                           Number and name of Assembly
                                                                           Constituencies: 5- Nilokheri (SC), Indri, Karnal,
                                                                           Gharaunda, Assandh
                                                                           Total number of voters: 9,62,740
                                                                           Voter turnout: 7,32,612
                                                                           Voter turnout percentage: 76.1
  I n the Haryana Assembly elections 2014, Karnal
    district has recorded 76.1 per cent voting, whereas in
  2009 Assembly elections, the district logged 71.72 per
  cent voting. The BJP has made a clean sweep in the
  district by winning its all five seats in the House. In 2009
  elections, three seats were bagged by the INLD, one by
  the Congress and one by the HJC (BL).

                                     Total number of             Total number of                          Voter turnout
   Assembly Constituencies                                                            Voter turnout
                                       candidates                     voters                                (% age)
   Nilokheri (SC)                            17                     1,85,692             1,39,010              74.86
   Indri                                     16                     1,76,024             1,40,154              79.62
   Karnal                                    14                     2,06,654             1,40,149              67.82
   Gharaunda                                 14                     1,91,304             1,55,402              81.23
   Assandh                                   28                     2,03,066             1,57,897              77.76
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