Will the 'hand' change the situation in Haryana?
Voting will be held for 90 assembly seats in haryana on 5 october 2024. As the date of this election approaches, political activities have also intensified in Haryana. This time there is a possibility of a tough fight between congress and BJP. On the one hand, congress is ready to end its 10-year political exile, while on the other hand, the BJP has also been facing discontent and opposition in haryana in the last decade.
In this assembly election, apart from Congress-BJP, the Indian National Lok Dal-Bahujan Samaj party alliance, Jannayak Janata Party-Azad Samaj party alliance and aam aadmi party have also fielded their candidates on 90 seats. Not only this, this time small parties like Gopal Kanda's haryana Lokhit party are also ready to play an important role. In such a situation, the question arises whether the 'hand' of congress will be able to do something in the direction of changing the situation in haryana or will small parties and independent candidates emerge as kingmakers.
How many candidates are in one seat?
In the last two assembly elections, the voters of haryana gave a somewhat scattered mandate. In the assembly elections held in the year 2009, 1,222 candidates, that is, 13.6 candidates per seat, contested here. Now in the 2014 elections, these candidates increased to 1,351, that is, 15 candidates were in the fray on one seat. After this, in the elections held in the year 2019, the number of candidates decreased to 1,169.
In the last assembly elections, 13 candidates were in the fray per seat here. Now in the year 2024, according to the election Commission, 1,051 candidates are contesting, that is, 11.7 candidates will contest on one seat. On an average, seven independent and small party candidates are contesting from each seat.
In the 2009 assembly elections and in the 2014 elections, the candidates who came second on 61 seats received more votes than the winning candidates. This number declined to 53 in 2019, but still represented 60% of the assembly seats. The high number of candidates per seat, tough competition and the important role of the third-placed party led to hung assemblies in the 2009 and 2014 elections.
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