Tuesday, September 16, 2014

75 (83%) out of 90 winners won with less than 50% of the total votes polled in their constituency in the Haryana Assembly elections in 2009.

PRESS RELEASE
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“Vote Share” and “Representativeness” of MLAs elected in 2009 Assembly Elections from
Haryana

Association for Democratic Reforms and Haryana Election Watch have analysed the percentage of votes won by the MLAs of Haryana in assembly elections, 2009 and their representativeness among the total number of registered voters. The data disclosed by the Election Commission of India on their website (http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/index.aspx) has been used for this report.
The percentage of representativeness was calculated by dividing the votes polled for the winner by the electorate i.e. the total number of registered voters. This value represents the percentage of votes won by the winning candidate among the total number of registered voters in the constituency.
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The percentage of vote share was calculated by dividing the votes polled for the winner by the total number of valid votes. This value represents the percentage of votes won by the winning candidate among the total number of valid votes polled.

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Summary and Highlights – Haryana

Vote Share
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Vote Share - Haryana, 2009
Percentage of Vote Share
Number of Winners
Percentage of Winners
Below 20%
2
2%
From 20% to 29%
10
11%
From 30% to 39%
36
40%
From 40% to 49%
27
30%
Equal or more than 50%
15
17%
Total
90
100%

  • Average vote share of Winners: The Winners of the Haryana assembly elections, 2009 won by an average of 39% of total votes polled.
  • Vote Share of less than 50%: 75 (83%) Winners had won with less than 50% of total votes polled in their constituency.
  • Vote Share of less than 40%: 48 (53%) Winners had won with less than 40% of total votes polled in their constituency.
  • Vote Share of less than 30%: 12 Winners had won with less than 30% of total votes polled in their constituency.

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Five Winners from Haryana with the least vote share

S.No.
Winner Name
Party
District
Constituency
Total Votes Polled for Winner
Total Valid Votes
Vote Share (Total Votes Polled for Winner/Total Valid Votes)
1
Pt. Zile Ram Chochra
HJCBL
Karnal
Assandh
20266
128288
16%
2
Dharambir
INC
Gurgaon
Sohna
20443
114015
18%
3
Anita Yadav
INC
Mahendragarh
Ateli
24103
107466
22%
4
Mohammed Ilyas
INLD
Mewat
Punahana
18865
81252
23%
5
Om Prakash Jain
IND
Panipat
Panipat Rural
23770
96031
25%
  • Party-wise vote share of less than 50%: Out of 40 Winners of INC, 31 (78%) had won with less than 50% of total votes polled in their constituency. 26 (84%) out of 31 Winners of INLD, all of the 4 Winners from BJP, all 6 HJCBL Winners and all the 7 Independent Winners won with less than 50% of total votes polled in their constituency.
  • Winners with highest vote share: Bhupinder Singh of INC from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi Constituency had won with a vote share of 80% of total votes polled from his constituency. He was followed by Jaiveer of INC from Kharkhauda constituency with 64% of total votes polled and Geeta, also of INC from Jhajjarconstituency with 60% of total votes polled in the constituency.

Representativeness

Representativeness - Haryana, 2009
Percentage of Representativeness
Number of Winners
Percentage of Winners
Below 20%
9
10%
From 20% to 29%
48
53%
From 30% to 39%
26
29%
From 40% to 49%
6
7%
Equal or more than 50%
1
1%
Total
90
100%
  • Average representativeness of Winners: All the Winners of the Haryana Assembly elections, 2009 won with an average of 29% of the total registered voters. This implies that the Winners represent on an average, 29% of the total electorate.
  • Winners with Representativeness of less than 40%: 83 (92%) Winners had won with less than 40% of total registered voters in their constituency.
  • Winners with Representativeness of less than 30%: 57 (63%) Winners had won with less than 30% of total registered voters in their constituency.
  • Winners with Representativeness of less than 20%: 9 (10%) candidates had won with less than 20% of total registered voters in their constituency.

Five Winners with the Least Representativeness

S.No.
Winner Name
Party
District
Constituency
Votes Polled for the Winner
Total Registered Voters
Representativeness (Total Votes polled for Winner/Total Registered Voters)
1
Pt. Zile Ram Chochra
HJCBL
Karnal
Assandh
20266
170814
12%
2
Dharambir
INC
Gurgaon
Sohna
20443
153130
13%
3
Anita Yadav
INC
Mahendragarh
Ateli
24103
150113
16%
4
Mohammed Ilyas
INLD
Mewat
Punahana
18865
111551
17%
5
Sukhbeer
IND
Gurgaon
Gurgaon
41013
231340
18%


  • Winners with Representativeness of more than 50%: Only 1 Winner, Bhupinder Singh of INC from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi Constituency won with 55% of the total registered voters in the constituency.
  • Party-wise Representativeness of less than 40%: Out of 40 Winners of INC, 37 (93%) had won with less than 40% of total registered voters in their constituency. 28 (90%) out of 31 Winners of INLD, all of the 4 Winners from BJP, all 6 HJCBL Winners and all the 7 Independent Winners won with less than 40% of total registered voters in their constituency.
Party-wise Vote Share and Representativeness

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Party
No. of Winners
No. of Winners with Less than 50% Vote Share
No. of Winners with Less than 40% of Representativeness
% of Winners with less than 50% of Vote Share
% of Winners with less than 40% Representativeness
INC
40
31
37
78%
93%
INLD
31
26
28
84%
90%
IND
7
7
7
100%
100%
HJCBL
6
6
6
100%
100%
BJP
4
4
4
100%
100%
BSP
1
1
1
100%
100%
SAD
1
0
0
0%
0%
Total
90
75
83
83%
92%

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