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
Assumed office
3 April 2024
Preceded byD. P. Vats
ConstituencyHaryana
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana
In office
2014–2020
Preceded byRam Bilas Sharma
Succeeded byO. P. Dhankar
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byParamvir Singh
Succeeded byDevender Singh Babli
ConstituencyTohana
Personal details
Born (1967-12-05) 5 December 1967 (age 56)[1]
Dangra, Haryana, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
SpouseMrs. Darshna[1]
Parent
  • Chaudhary Ram Nath (father)
Residence(s)Dangra village, Tohana, Fatehabad district, Haryana) India[1]
Alma materHMS Polytechnic, Bangalore[1]
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionCivil engineer, agriculturist
ReligionHindu

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

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

Electoral performance

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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


References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Haryana MLA Official Profile of Subhash Barala". Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Subhash Barala elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". Hindustan Times. 22 February 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  3. ^ "List of Ex State Presidents". BJPHaryana.org.
  4. ^ "MLA Subhash Barnala appointed Haryana BJP chief". Business Standard. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  5. ^ Hindustan Times
  6. ^ "Barely Corporate". Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Jat leader Barala appointed Haryana BJP chief". Times of India. 24 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Tohana Result: Major upset as BJP Haryana Chief Subhash Barala loses by 52,302 votes". India TV News. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Haryana Assembly election results 2019: Here are the winners with highest and lowest vote margins". CNBC TV18. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Haryana Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 - Haryana - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Haryana Results". Election Commission of India, Constituencywise-All Candidates. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.