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The INLD has lost several electoral battles to the Congress led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda ever since his party lost power to the latter in 2005.
Before losing power in Haryana, the INLD-BJP alliance was defeated on all 10 parliamentary seats in the parliamentary elections held in 2004. The INLD lost all three byelections in May 2008 that were held after unseating of Bhajan Lal (Adampur), Dharam Pal Malik (Gohana) and Rakesh Kamboj (Indri) as they had joined the Haryana Janhit Congress. While the INLD drew a blank, Bhajan Lal won Adampur and the Congress bagged Indri and Gohana. The INLD again failed to open its account in the parliamentary elections held in May this year. However, the INLD witnessed a partial comeback during the recent assembly elections, though they fell much short of returning to power, as they were able to win 32 seats in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal. Chautala himself won from Ellenabad as well as Uchana Kala, where he defeated Congress stalwart Birender Singh. His resignation from Ellenabad has necessitated the bypoll. The Congress has been undermining Chautala's feat by maintaining that wrong and delayed distribution of tickets and infighting in its ranks has helped Chautala win these seats. Chautala needs to win the bypoll to prove that his party's victory on 32 seats was not a fluke.
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The Congress has already nominated Bharat Singh Beniwal, who will file his nomination papers tomorrow. The INLD is likely to field Abhey Singh Chautala, younger son of party supremo Om Prakash Chautala. He will file his papers on January 2.