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Tosham
Existence1962 - present
Reservationnone
Current MLAKiran Choudhry
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected Year2019
StateHaryana
Most Successful PartyIndian National Congress (9 times)
Lok Sabha constituencyBhiwani-Mahendragarh

Tosham Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 90 Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) constituencies in Haryana state in northern India.[1]

Overview[edit | edit source]

Tosham (constituency number 58) is one of the 6 Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Bhiwani district.[1] This constituency covers the entire Tosham tehsil and part of Bhiwani tehsil.[2]

Tosham is part of Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency along with eight other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Loharu, Badhra, Dadri and Bhiwani in this district and Ateli, Mahendragarh, Narnaul and Nangal Chaudhry in Mahendragarh district.[2]

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit | edit source]

SI No. Year Name Party
(Punjab) 1962 Jagan Nath Independent (Punjab Assembly) [3]
1 1967 Bansi Lal Congress (Haryana Assembly)
2 1972 Bansi Lal Indian National Congress
3 1977 Sunder Singh Independent
4 1982 Surender Singh Indian National Congress
4b 1986 ^ Bansi Lal (bye-poll to elect sitting CM) Congress
5 1987 Dharambir (Election annulled) [4] Lok Dal
6 1991 Bansi Lal Haryana Vikas Party
7 1996 Bansi Lal Haryana Vikas Party
8 2000 Dharambir Indian National Congress
9 2005 Surender Singh Indian National Congress
9b 2005
(By poll)
Kiran Choudhry Indian National Congress
10 2009 Kiran Choudhry Indian National Congress[5]
11 2014 Kiran Choudhry Indian National Congress
11 2019 Kiran Choudhry Indian National Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

General elections 2019[edit | edit source]

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Kiran Choudhry 72,699 49.72% Increase11.24%
BJP Shashi Rana 54,640 37.37% Increase37.37%
JJP Sita Ram 7,522 5.14% Increase5.14%
BSP Narendar 4,513 3.09% Increase1.79%
INLD Kamla Rani 2,094 1.43% Decrease24%
Independents Others 4,736 3.24% Decrease2.23%
Majority 18,059 12.35% Decrease0.7%
Turnout 1,46,424 70.04 Decrease11.31%
INC hold Swing

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "District Wise Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. pp. 153, 157.
  3. ↑ Election Commission of India, results, 1962 elections
  4. ↑ "BJP's Dharambir wins Bhiwani-Mahendergarh seat | Chandigarh News - Times of India".
  5. ↑ "General Elections to Haryana Vidhan Sabha 2009 (11th Vidhan Sabha)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.