Subhash Barala

Subhash Barala
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	5 December 1967 (age 57); Dangra, Haryana, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Spouse	Mrs. Darshna
Parent	Chaudhary Ram Nath (father);
Residence(s)	Dangra village, Tohana, Fatehabad district, Haryana) India
Alma mater	HMS Polytechnic, Bangalore
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Civil engineer, agriculturist
Religion	Hindu

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]

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

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