The Vishal Haryana Party (

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: Greater Haryana Party) was a

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in the

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n state of

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

, led by Rao Birender Singh. The party was formed in an effort to bring culturally similar groups in the region together, but recognized a need to gain financial stability in order to maintain the Haryana state. 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. Initially, the party included only twenty-nine members, formed from non- Jan Sanghis present in the legislature at the time. 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. 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. It merged with

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on 23 September 1978. It officially lost its status as a registered political party as of 23 July 1981.

Electoral performance

General election results

Vidhan Sabha results

Haryana Legislative assembly elections

References

Defunct political parties in Haryana Political parties established in 1966 Political parties disestablished in 1978 1966 establishments in Haryana Indian National Congress breakaway groups {{India-party-stub