Elections 98

State:	Haryana
Constituency:	Hissar
Total Votes Polled:	733865
Winner: HLD(R)	Surender Singh Barwala	260271
Runner Up: HVP	Om Prakash Jindal	179780
Margin: 80491 (31%)

Elections 96

State:	Haryana
Constituency:	Hissar
Total Votes Polled:	746249
Winner: HVP	Jai Parkash S/O Harikesh	306402
Runner Up: SAP	Gauri Shanker	131750
Margin: 174652 (24.12%)

Jai Prakash won the seat in 1989 for the Janata Dal, and after losing to the Congress in 1991 contested the last election on the HVP ticket and won it back. The Congress, which had won the previous election, could only come third, after the Samata Party.