Harpal Singh (born 1 October 1929) is an Indian politician from Haryana. He won the Tohana seat in seven elections between 1967 and 1991, including a by-election in 1985.
Political career
Harpal Singh was first elected from Tohana in the 1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as an Indian National Congress candidate. He retained the seat in the 1968 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of the Vishal Haryana Party and again in the 1972 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a Congress candidate.
After losing the Tohana seat in the 1977 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, he returned to the assembly in the 1982 Haryana Legislative Assembly election as a Congress candidate. He retained the seat in a 1985 by-election and won again in the 1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, this time as a CPI(M) candidate.
Harpal Singh served as a minister in the Haryana government. He was the Town and Country Planning Minister in 1982–83 and the Public Works (B&R) Minister in 1983–84. He later served as Agriculture Minister of Haryana and was identified as Agriculture Minister in the Haryana Legislative Assembly in 1995.
In the 1991 Haryana Legislative Assembly election, Harpal Singh was elected from Tohana as a Congress candidate. He contested the constituency again in the 1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election but was defeated by Vinod Kumar Marya of the Samata Party.
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