Chandigarh, October 24: Devender Singh Babli of the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) won the Tohana Vidhan Sabha constituency. Babli defeated his nearest rival Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Subhash Barala by a margin of 52,302 votes. The JJP candidate received 1,00,621 votes, while Gupta got 48,340 votes. Paramvir Singh of the Congress came at third spot. The counting of votes began on October 24 at 8 am. Barala had won the 2014 Assembly Elections.

The Tohana Vidhan Sabha constituency falls in the Fatehabad district of Haryana. Voting in Tohana for the Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 took place on October 21. Polling for the 90-member Haryana assembly was held along with assembly elections in Maharashtra. The Election Commission of India (ECI) on September 21 announced the election schedule for Haryana. Assembly Elections 2019 Dates: Maharashtra & Haryana Go to Polls in Single-Phase on October 21, Results on October 24.

According to the schedule of Haryana polls announced by the Election Commission, nomination papers were filed till October 4 and were scrutinised till October 5. The last date of withdrawal of candidature was October 7.  Haryana Assembly Elections 2019: Full List of Constituencies With Current MLA Names and How BJP, Congress, INLD Performed in 2014.

The main competition in Haryana was between the ruling BJP and the Congress. However, the newly formed JPP managed to dent vote share of both the parties. Haryana Legislative Assembly comprises of 90 seats out of which 17 seats are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and none for Scheduled Tribes (ST). In the 2014 polls in the state, the BJP had won with a thumping majority and had scripted history in the state. The BJP had won 47 seats, while the Congress managed to win only 15 seats.

2019 tohana Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
VIJAY KUMAR JAININD98
MAMU RAMIND84
RAKESH KUMARIND75
SUBHASH BARALABJP48450
ISHAN LEEKHAIND432
BALJIT BOUDDHBSP2593
MEENA RANIIND242
RAJBIR SINGHIND213
AJAY KUMARAAP1852
DEV SINGHIND176
VIJAY KUMARIND173
PARAMVIR SINGHINC16717
RAJPAL SAINIINLD1213
SANDEEP KUMARIND119
COMRADE JAGTAR SINGHCommunist Party of India (Marxist)NA
ANKIT GILLSwaraj IndiaNA
DEVENDER SINGH BABLIJannayak Janta PartyNA
DHARAMPAL SHER GILLRani Laxmibai Krantikari PartyNA
NARESH KUMARBhartiya Manavadhikaar Federal PartyNA
BHIM SINGHLoktanter Suraksha PartyNA

2014 tohana Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Subhash Barala (Current MLA)BJP49462
Nishan SinghINLD42556

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