Tosham Assembly constituency

Tosham Assembly constituency is one of the 90 Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) constituencies in Haryana state in northern India.^[1]

Tosham
Constituency No. 58 for the Haryana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Haryana
District	Bhiwani
Lok Sabha constituency	Bhiwani-Mahendragarh
Established	1967
Total electors	2,22,757
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Haryana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shruti Choudhry
Party	Bharatiya Janata party
Elected year	2024

Overview

Tosham (constituency number 58) is one of the 6 Assembly constituencies located in Bhiwani district.^[1] This constituency covers the entire Tosham tehsil and part of Bhiwani tehsil.^[2]

Tosham is part of Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency along with eight other Assembly segments, namely, Loharu, Badhra, Dadri and Bhiwani in this district and Ateli, Mahendragarh, Narnaul and Nangal Chaudhry in Mahendragarh district.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1962	Jagan Nath		Independent [3]
1967	Chaudhary Bansi Lal		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Surender Singh		Independent
1982			Indian National Congress
1986^	Ch. Bansi Lal
1987	Election annulled[4]
1991	Ch. Bansi Lal		Haryana Vikas Party
1996
2000	Dharambir Singh Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
2005	Surender Singh
2005^	Kiran Choudhry
2009
2014
2019
2024	Shruti Choudhry		Bharatiya Janata Party

^By election

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shruti Choudhry	76,414	47.55%	10.18
	INC	Anirudh Chaudhry	62,157	38.68%	11.04
	Independent	Shashi Ranjan Parmar	15,859	9.87%	New
	JJP	Rajesh Bhardwaj	2,175	1.35%	3.79
	BSP	Om Singh	1,645	1.02%	2.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	490	0.30%	New
Margin of victory			14,257	8.87%	3.48
Turnout			1,60,692	72.57%	2.63
Registered electors			2,22,757		5.92
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.17

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kiran Choudhry	72,699	49.72	11.26
	BJP	Shashi Ranjan Parmar	54,640	37.37	36.17
	JJP	Sita Ram	7,522	5.14	New
	BSP	Narender Lara	4,513	3.09	1.78
	INLD	Kamla Rani	2,094	1.43	23.99
	AAP	Pawan Hindustani	865	0.59	New
Margin of victory			18,059	12.35	0.69
Turnout			1,46,204	69.93	11.45
Registered electors			2,09,063		12.42
	INC hold		Swing	11.26

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kiran Choudhry	58,218	38.46	19.16
	INLD	Kamla Rani	38,477	25.42	10.45
	Independent	Rajbir Singgh Lala	38,427	25.39	New
	HJC(BL)	Ved Pal Tanwar	5,907	3.90	9.27
	BSP	Jai Bhagwan	1,971	1.30	6.44
	BJP	Gunpal	1,822	1.20	2.00
Margin of victory			19,741	13.04	29.61
Turnout			1,51,357	81.39	13.19
Registered electors			1,85,970		17.33
	INC hold		Swing	19.16

Assembly Election 2009^[8]

2009 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kiran Choudhry	62,290	57.63	41.73
	INLD	Col. Gajraj Singh	16,183	14.97	New
	HJC(BL)	Kamal Singh	14,233	13.17	New
	BSP	Narender Lara	8,369	7.74	New
	BJP	Meena Kumari	3,460	3.20	New
Margin of victory			46,107	42.66	56.43
Turnout			1,08,088	68.19	20.63
Registered electors			1,58,501		11.14
	INC hold		Swing	41.73

Assembly By-election 2005

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly by-election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kiran Choudhry	125,858	99.36	45.39
	Independent	Mangal Singh Khreta	338	0.27	New
	Independent	Jitendra	208	0.16	New
Margin of victory			1,25,520	99.09	77.86
Turnout			1,26,674	88.82	14.14
Registered electors			1,42,617
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2005

2005 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surender Singh	57,480	53.97%	1.73
	INLD	Sunil Kumar Lamba	34,868	32.74%	18.92
	BJP	Col. Mangal Singh	4,985	4.68%	New
	LJP	Ram Dayal	3,140	2.95%	New
	BSP	Subhash Chand	2,254	2.12%	1.16
	CPI	Ram Kumar	1,057	0.99%	New
	LKD	Chander Bhan	645	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			22,612	21.23%	0.88
Turnout			1,06,509	74.68%	2.01
Registered electors			1,42,617		16.29
	INC hold		Swing	1.73

Assembly Election 2000

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

Assembly Election 1996

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

Assembly Election 1991

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

Assembly Election 1987

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

Assembly By-election 1986

1986 Haryana Legislative Assembly by-election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bansi Lal	81,298
	Independent	Ram Sarup	479		New
	Independent	B. Ram	330		New
	Independent	R. Singh	211		New
Margin of victory			80,819
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1982

1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Surender Singh	33,283	60.83%	New
	LKD	Om Parkash	7,655	13.99%	New
	Independent	Ram Sarup	7,145	13.06%	New
	Independent	Ramesh Chand	2,750	5.03%	New
	Independent	Jagbir	1,399	2.56%	New
	JP	Bhanwar Singh	1,078	1.97%	1.03
	Independent	Har Karan	557	1.02%	New
Margin of victory			25,628	46.84%	42.37
Turnout			54,711	66.63%	4.23
Registered electors			83,407		19.90
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	11.81

Assembly Election 1977

1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	SUNDER SINGH	23,814	49.02%	New
	Independent	Jangbir Singh	21,640	44.55%	New
	Independent	Bhanwar Singh	1,073	2.21%	New
	Independent	Prabhu Dayal	560	1.15%	New
	JP	Balvir Singh	458	0.94%	New
	Independent	Sajjan Kumar	402	0.83%	New
	SUCI(C)	Zile Singh	292	0.60%	New
Margin of victory			2,174	4.48%	42.68
Turnout			48,576	70.61%	3.09
Registered electors			69,564		16.72
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	22.15

Assembly Election 1972

1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bansi Lal	30,934	71.17%	41.23
	Independent	Devi Lal	10,440	24.02%	New
	Independent	Gigrai	1,391	3.20%	New
	Independent	Rattan Singh	697	1.60%	New
Margin of victory			20,494	47.15%	43.05
Turnout			43,462	75.09%	16.51
Registered electors			59,599		10.51
	INC hold		Swing	41.23

Assembly Election 1968

1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bansi Lal	9,109	29.94%	29.6
	SSP	Jangbir Singh	7,860	25.84%	25.65
	SWA	Deva Singh	6,090	20.02%	New
	Independent	Jagam Nath	4,326	14.22%	New
	Independent	Banwari Singh	2,790	9.17%	New
	Independent	Mehatab	144	0.47%	New
	Independent	Mohinder Singh	104	0.34%	New
Margin of victory			1,249	4.11%	11.74
Turnout			30,423	58.01%	8.39
Registered electors			53,932		3.16
	INC hold		Swing	4.04

Assembly Election 1967

1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election: Tosham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bansi Lal	11,511	33.98%	New
	SSP	M. R. D. Ram	6,142	18.13%	New
	Independent	J. Singh	5,758	17.00%	New
	Independent	Sajjan Kumar	3,732	11.02%	New
	Independent	Sultan	2,766	8.17%	New
	Independent	S. Ram	1,743	5.15%	New
	Independent	A. Ram	1,160	3.42%	New
	Independent	H. Narain	402	1.19%	New
	Independent	D. Dutt	210	0.62%	New
	Independent	Parbhati	208	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			5,369	15.85%
Turnout			33,875	68.72%
Registered electors			52,278
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Tosham
• Tosham rock inscription