Vishal Haryana Party

The Vishal Haryana Party (translation: Greater Haryana Party) was a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, led by Rao Birender Singh.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The party was formed in an effort to bring culturally similar groups in the region together,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> but recognized a need to gain financial stability in order to maintain the Haryana state.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> It was first regional party of Haryana and successfully made its own Chief minister only after six months of formation of Haryana state in 1967.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Initially, the party included only twenty-nine members,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> formed from non-Jan Sanghis present in the legislature at the time.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In the 1971 elections, the party released a manifesto that castigated the Congress Party for its 'semi-authoritarian' governance of the region, as well as promoting their own support for farmers.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The success of the party in the 1971 elections was attributed to Singh's personality; however, those same results appeared to show that their emphasis on local political issues detracted from further success.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

It merged with Congress (I)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> on 23 September 1978. It officially lost its status as a registered political party as of 23 July 1981.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>

Electoral performance

General election results<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Style="background-color:Template:Party color| Year	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Legislature	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Seats won	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Change in seats	Style="background-color:Template:Party color |Overall votes	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Percentage of votes
1971	5th Lok Sabha	Template:Composition bar	New	352,514	0.24%
1977	6th Lok Sabha	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 1	192,867	0.10%

Vidhan Sabha results<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Style="background-color:Template:Party color| Year	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Legislature	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Seats won	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Change in seats	Style="background-color:Template:Party color |Overall votes	Style="background-color:Template:Party color | Percentage of votes
1968 mid-terms	4th Vidhan Sabha	Template:Composition bar	New	106,373	46.10%
1972 general	5th Vidhan Sabha	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 4	121,311	43.67%
1977 general	6th Vidhan Sabha	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 1	120,422	41.69%

Haryana Legislative assembly elections

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1968	Template:Composition bar	New	377,744	14.86%	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1972	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 13	242,444	6.94%	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1977	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 2	225,478	5.96%	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

References

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