Dharambir Singh Chaudhary

Chaudhary Dharambir Singh Panghal (born 1955) is an Indian politician and a member of Lok Sabha from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency), Haryana. He won the 2014,2019 and 2024 Indian general elections, being a Bharatiya Janata Party member.^[1]

Dharambir Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2014
Preceded by	Shruti Choudhry
Constituency	Bhiwani-Mahendragarh
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Sukhbir Singh
Succeeded by	Tejpal Tawar
Constituency	Sohna
In office 2005–2009
Preceded by	Ranbir Singh
Succeeded by	Raghbir Singh
Constituency	Badhra
In office 2000–2005
Preceded by	Bansi Lal
Succeeded by	Surender Singh
Constituency	Tosham
In office 1987–1991
Preceded by	Bansi Lal
Succeeded by	Bansi Lal
Constituency	Tosham
Personal details
Born	(1955-03-05) 5 March 1955 (age 70) Talu, Bhiwani, Haryana
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (before 2014)
Spouse	Manju Devi
Children	4
Residence(s)	Bhiwani, Haryana
Alma mater	Kurukshetra University (B.A.)
Occupation	Farmer

During his political career, he is famous for defeating the 3 generations of Bansi Lal family. He has also lost many elections against members of that family.^[2] He defeated Bansi Lal from Tosham (Vidhan Sabha constituency) as a Lok Dal candidate in 1987, then he defeated his son, Surender from Tosham in 2000 as a member of Congress, and later Bansi Lal's grand daughter (Surender's daughter) Shruti Choudhry from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh (Lok Sabha constituency) as a member of BJP in 2014 and 2019.^[3]

Electoral performance

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Badhra^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharambir	42,981	41.86	33.01
	INLD	Ranbir Singh	25,745	25.07	4.47
	Independent	Narpender Singh	25,288	24.63	New
	Independent	Dalbir	4,070	3.96	New
	BJP	Dharampal	2,180	2.12	New
Margin of victory			17,236	16.79	8.83
Turnout			1,02,681	76.39	3.18
Registered electors			1,34,422		15.35
	INC gain from INLD		Swing	12.31

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Badhra^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharambir	42,981	41.86	33.01
	INLD	Ranbir Singh	25,745	25.07	4.47
	Independent	Narpender Singh	25,288	24.63	New
	Independent	Dalbir	4,070	3.96	New
	BJP	Dharampal	2,180	2.12	New
Margin of victory			17,236	16.79	8.83
Turnout			1,02,681	76.39	3.18
Registered electors			1,34,422		15.35
	INC gain from INLD		Swing	12.31

2000 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dharambir	49,132	52.24%	13.15
	HVP	Surender Singh	28,335	30.13%	23.48
	INLD	Sunil Lamba	12,991	13.81%	New
	BSP	Om Prakash	897	0.95%	New
	Independent	Ram Sarup	672	0.71%	New
	Independent	Ramehar	572	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			20,797	22.11%	7.60
Turnout			94,052	76.74%	4.30
Registered electors			1,22,641		0.67
	INC gain from HVP		Swing	1.36

1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HVP	Bansi Lal	47,274	53.60%	1.49
	INC	Dharambir	34,472	39.09%	2.37
	Samata Party	Joginder	2,685	3.04%	New
	JD	Ramesh	647	0.73%	New
	Independent	Amar Chand	507	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			12,802	14.52%	3.86
Turnout			88,194	74.29%	8.98
Registered electors			1,21,829		11.21
	HVP hold		Swing	1.49

1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	HVP	Bansi Lal	38,272	55.10%	New
	INC	Dharambir	25,507	36.72%	9.46
	JP	Om Parkash S/O Nanu Ram	1,735	2.50%	New
	BJP	Sukhpal Singh	1,513	2.18%	New
	BSP	Dharam Pal	552	0.79%	New
Margin of victory			12,765	18.38%	15.05
Turnout			69,463	65.03%	2.40
Registered electors			1,09,549		9.66
	HVP gain from LKD		Swing	5.59

1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LKD	Dharambir	32,547	49.51%	New
	INC	Bansi Lal	30,361	46.18%	New
	Independent	Dharam Pal	772	1.17%	New
	Independent	Zile Singh	333	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			2,186	3.33%
Turnout			65,743	69.71%
Registered electors			99,898
	LKD gain from INC		Swing