Tosham Assembly constituency

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

Tosham
Constituency for the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateHaryana
LS constituencyBhiwani-Mahendragarh
Established1962
Member of Legislative Assembly
14th Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2019

Overview

Tosham (constituency number 58) is one of the 6 Assembly 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 Assembly segments, namely, Loharu, Badhra, Dadri and Bhiwani in this district and Ateli, Mahendragarh, Narnaul and Nangal Chaudhry in Mahendragarh district.[2]

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

Election results

2019
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

References
  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. "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 Assembly 2009 (11th Vidhan Sabha)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Haryana website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.

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