Haryana Vikas Party Explained

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

After parted company with Congress in 1996, Bansi Lal set up the Haryana Vikas Party and his campaign against prohibition propelled him to power in the assembly polls the same year. On 14 October 2004 HVP merged with the Indian National Congress.^[1]

Electoral performance

General election results

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

Haryana Legislative assembly elections

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

See also

• Indian National Congress breakaway parties

Notes and References

1. News: HVPHVP merges with Congress merges with Congress . Rediff . 14 October 2004.
2. Web site: Statistical Report of General Election, 1991 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana . Election Commission of India . 2018-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180820040556/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/stat_rep_HR_91.pdf. 20 August 2018.
3. Web site: Statistical Report of General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana . Election Commission of India . 2018-02-15.
4. Web site: 2000 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Haryana . India votes.