Subhash Barala

Subhash Barala (born 5 December 1967)^[1] is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament from Haryana.^[2] He is the former president of state unit of the party from (2014–2020)^[3][4] and former member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Tohana in Fatehabad district.^[5][6][7]

Subhash Barala
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 April 2024
Preceded by	D. P. Vats
Constituency	Haryana
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana
In office 2014–2020
Preceded by	Ram Bilas Sharma
Succeeded by	O. P. Dhankar
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Paramvir Singh
Succeeded by	Devender Singh Babli
Constituency	Tohana
Personal details
Born	(1967-12-05) 5 December 1967 (age 57)[1] Dangra, Haryana, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Spouse	Mrs. Darshna[1]
Parent	Chaudhary Ram Nath (father)
Residence(s)	Dangra village, Tohana, Fatehabad district, Haryana) India[1]
Alma mater	HMS Polytechnic, Bangalore[1]
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Civil engineer, agriculturist
Religion	Hindu

He lost the Tohana Assembly seat to Jananayak Janata Party candidate, Devender Singh Babli in the Haryana Legislative Assembly 2019 Elections.^[8] Devender Singh Babli defeated Subhash Barala by a margin of 52,302 votes which was the second worst defeat faced by any candidate in the state.^[9]

Personal life

Barala was born in Dangra village in Tohana tehsil. He completed a diploma in Civil Engineering from HMS Polytechnic in Bengaluru.

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Tohana Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election : Tohana^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JJP	Devender Singh Babli	100,752	56.72%
	BJP	Subhash Barala	48,450	27.28%	1.29
	INC	Paramvir Singh	16,717	9.41%	9.71
	BSP	Baljit Bouddh	2,593	1.46%	0.62
	AAP	Ajay Kumar	1,852	1.04%
	CPI(M)	Comrade Jagtar Singh	1,334	0.75%
	INLD	Rajpal Saini	1,213	0.68%	23.89
	LSP	Bhim Singh	1,087	0.61%
Margin of victory			52,302	29.45%	25.46
Turnout			1,77,622	80.55%	4.67
Registered electors			2,20,517		8.53
	JJP gain from BJP		Swing	28.16

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tohana^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Subhash Barala	49,462	28.57%	20.14
	INLD	Nishan Singh	42,556	24.58%	6.62
	Independent	Devender Singh Babli	38,282	22.11%
	INC	Paramvir Singh	33,111	19.12%	14.87
	Independent	Sunita	1,506	0.87%
	BSP	Dharamender Gothwal	1,454	0.84%	7.19
	HJC(BL)	Ramesh Dulat	1,008	0.58%	3.43
	CPI	Chand Singh	869	0.50%	0.5
Margin of victory			6,906	3.99%	1.19
Turnout			1,73,155	85.22%	3.28
Registered electors			2,03,188		21.06
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	5.43

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tohana

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Paramvir Singh	46,752	33.99%	11.43
	INLD	Nishan Singh	42,900	31.19%	2.22
	Independent	Roshan Lal	14,816	10.77%
	BJP	Subhash Barala	11,587	8.42%	8.53
	BSP	Sanjay Sharma	11,038	8.03%	5.11
	HJC(BL)	Dheera Ram	5,521	4.01%
	CPI	Sampuran Singh	1,374	1.00%
	Smast Bhartiya Party	Bajrang	1,280	0.93%
	Independent	Subhash Chand	881	0.64%
	Independent	Sita Ram	777	0.56%
Margin of victory			3,852	2.80%	13.65
Turnout			1,37,535	81.94%	3.51
Registered electors			1,67,845		15.33
	INC hold		Swing	11.43