Elections 98

State:	Haryana
Constituency:	Bhiwani
Total Votes Polled:	759887
Winner: HVP	Sunder Singh S/o. Bansi Lal	361257
Runner Up: HLD(R	Ajay Singh	351546
Margin: 9711 (3%)

Elections 96

State:	Haryana
Constituency:	Bhiwani
Total Votes Polled:	749299
Winner: HVP	Surender Singh	406454
Runner Up: INC	Jangbir Singh	181271
Margin: 225183 (30.84%)

Bansi Lal made his electoral debut on the Congress ticket in 1977 and was swept aside in the Janata wave, but he made his parliamentary debut in 1980 and represented the seat till the 1989 election. After that, his Haryana Vikas Party retained the seat in the 1991 and 1996 elections, with the Congress showing little sign of revival.