Ravindra Rathi, Bahadurgarh: After the country’s independence, elections for the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat were held 18 times. In these elections, the Congress could win a maximum of 11 times, Lok Dal or Janata Dal four times and Jan Sangh or BJP three times. The credit for Congress’ dominance in the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat goes to the Hooda family. Three generations of this family have reached the Lok Sabha by winning from here eight times. Ranbir Hooda won from here in 1952 and 1957, Bhupendra Hooda in 1991, 1996, 1998 and 2004 and Deependra Hooda in 2005, 2009 and 2014.
Rohtak Lok Sabha, known as Jatland, is also a topic of discussion this time.
This time too, the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat, sometimes known as the political capital of Haryana and sometimes as Jatland, is in the news. In this political stronghold of the Hooda family, it once again faces a tough challenge from outgoing MP Dr. Arvind Sharma. The Hooda family contested elections from this Lok Sabha constituency eleven times and won nine times. In 1999, Bhupendra Hooda and 2019 Deependra Hooda each suffered defeat, while Ranbir Hooda remained invincible. On the one hand, Congress has yet to make the formal announcement of the ticket. Arvind Sharma, on the other hand, has started his election campaign. This Lok Sabha election is also seen as a fight for survival for the Hooda family. This is why Deependra seems confident of saving his legacy this time. However, the result of his exam on May 25th will not be announced until June 4th.
Ranbir Hooda won both times
In 1952, Ranbir Hooda of the Congress defeated Hariram of the Zamindar Party by 26,372 votes. In 1957, Ranbir Hooda of the Congress defeated independent Dhaja Ram by 26,615 votes. Ramchand of Bharatiya Jana Sangh had secured 46,144 votes. In 1962, Lahari Singh of Jan Sangh defeated Randhir Singh of Congress by 20,107 votes. In 1967, Randhir Singh of Congress defeated Ramsaroop of Bharatiya Jan Sangh by 55,596 votes. In 1971, Mukhtyar Singh Malik of Bharatiya Jana Sangh defeated Randhir Singh of Congress by 4671 votes.
Hardwari Lal and Devi Lal
In 1977, Sher Singh of Bharatiya Lok Dal defeated Manphool Singh of Congress by 2,000 votes to 59,645. In 1980, Swami Indravesh of the Janata Party defeated Secular Sher Singh of the Janata Party by 1 lakh 21,000 440 votes while Chandram of the Congress came third. In 1984, Hardwari Lal of Congress had defeated Sarup Singh of Lok Dal by 30,000,931 votes while Hukam Chand Goyal of BJP could secure only 22,207 votes. In 1989, Devi Lal of Janata Dal defeated Hardwari Lal of Congress by a margin of 1 lakh, 89,000 and 5 votes.
Bhupendra Hooda’s hat-trick against Devi Lal
In 1991, Bhupendra Hooda of the Congress defeated Devi Lal of the Janata Dal with 30,573 votes while Inder Singh of the Haryana Vikas Party had to settle for 43804 votes and Rajkumar of the BJP had to settle for 23802 votes. In 1996, Bhupendra Hooda of the Congress defeated Devi Lal of the Samata Party by 2,664 votes. This time, BJP’s Pradeep Kumar also managed to get 1 lakh 58,000 376 votes and independent Ramesh Dalal got 11439 votes. In the close contest in 1998, Congress’s Bhupendra Hooda scored a hat-trick, defeating Haryana Lok Dal’s Devi Lal by a narrow margin of 383 votes. Swami Indravesh of the BJP also secured 1 lakh 30,000,895 votes.
Indra defeated Bhupendra in 1999
In 1999, INLD-BJP captain Inder Singh defeated Bhupendra Singh Hooda by 1 lakh 44,000,693 votes. Independent Arvind Sharma, on the other hand, managed to secure only 27,265 votes. In 2004, Bhupendra Hooda of the Congress defeated Captain Abhimanyu of the BJP by 1 lakh 50,000,435 votes. Bhim Singh of INLD got only 1 lakh 5,000 640 votes.
Deependra won the by-election
Due to Bhupendra Hooda’s resignation after becoming CM, Deependra Hooda of Congress defeated Captain Abhimanyu of BJP by 2 lakh 31,000,958 votes in the by-election in 2005. INLD strongman Suhag received only 41,726 votes. In 2009, Deependra Hooda of Congress defeated Nafe Singh Rathi of INLD-BJP by 4 lakh 45,000,736 votes. BSP’s Rajkumar got only 68,210 votes and HJK’s Krishnamurthy Hooda got only 20,472 votes.
Victory in 2014 – defeat in 2019
In 2014, Deependra Hooda of the Congress defeated Om Prakash Dhankhar of the BJP by 1 lakh 70,000,627 votes. However, Shamsher Kharkhara of INLD also got 1 lakh 51,000 120 votes and Naveen Jaihind of AAP got 46,000 759 votes. In 2019, Dr. Arvind Sharma of the BJP Deependra Hooda of the Congress with 7,503 votes. Kishan Lal Panchal of the BSP came third with 38,364 votes. Pradeep Deshwal of JJP got 21,211 votes and Dharmbir Fauji of INLD got only 7158 votes.
