1996 elections in India
| ← 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 → | |
| Incumbent Prime Minister | H. D. Deve Gowda (NF) |
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| Next Lok Sabha | 15th |
| Rajya Sabha elections | |
| Overall control | Indian National Congress |
| Seats contested | TBD |
| Net seat change | TBD |
| Lok Sabha elections | |
| Seats contested | 543 |
| State elections | |
| States contested | 8 |
| Net state change | TBD |
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Elections in the Republic of India in 1996 included the 1996 Indian general election, elections to eight state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
General Elections
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Indian National Congress | 96,455,493 | 28.80 | 140 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 67,950,851 | 20.29 | 161 | |
| Janata Dal | 27,070,340 | 8.08 | 46 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 20,496,810 | 6.12 | 32 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 13,453,235 | 4.02 | 11 | |
| Samajwadi Party | 10,989,241 | 3.28 | 17 | |
| Telugu Desam Party | 9,931,826 | 2.97 | 16 | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress | 7,339,982 | 2.19 | 20 | |
| Samata Party | 7,256,086 | 2.17 | 8 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,151,381 | 2.14 | 17 | |
| Communist Party of India | 6,582,263 | 1.97 | 12 | |
| Shiv Sena | 4,989,994 | 1.49 | 15 | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 4,903,070 | 1.46 | 4 | |
| NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) | 3,249,267 | 0.97 | 0 | |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 2,560,506 | 0.76 | 5 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 2,534,979 | 0.76 | 8 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,130,286 | 0.64 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2,105,469 | 0.63 | 5 | |
| Republican Party of India | 1,454,363 | 0.43 | 0 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,287,072 | 0.38 | 1 | |
| All India Forward Bloc | 1,279,492 | 0.38 | 3 | |
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,235,812 | 0.37 | 0 | |
| Haryana Vikas Party | 1,156,322 | 0.35 | 3 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 808,065 | 0.24 | 0 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 757,316 | 0.23 | 2 | |
| Janata Party | 631,021 | 0.19 | 0 | |
| Karnataka Congress Party | 581,868 | 0.17 | 1 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 571,910 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 437,805 | 0.13 | 0 | |
| Indian Congress (Socialist) | 404,261 | 0.12 | 0 | |
| Kerala Congress (M) | 382,319 | 0.11 | 1 | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 340,070 | 0.10 | 1 | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) | 339,520 | 0.10 | 0 | |
| Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress | 337,539 | 0.10 | 1 | |
| Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh | 329,695 | 0.10 | 0 | |
| Kerala Congress | 320,539 | 0.10 | 0 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) | 299,055 | 0.09 | 0 | |
| United Minorities Front, Assam | 244,571 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| Apna Dal | 222,669 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| Autonomous State Demand Committee | 180,112 | 0.05 | 1 | |
| Forward Bloc (Socialist) | 172,685 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| Gujarat Adijati Vikash Paksh | 166,003 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 129,220 | 0.04 | 1 | |
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 124,218 | 0.04 | 1 | |
| Federal Party of Manipur | 120,557 | 0.04 | 0 | |
| Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 114,406 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Krantikari Samajwadi Manch | 113,975 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Mizo National Front | 111,710 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| United Goans Democratic Party | 109,346 | 0.03 | 1 | |
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | 102,111 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party | 99,599 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Savarn Samaj Party | 84,725 | 0.03 | 0 | |
| Jharkhand Party | 78,907 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Majlis Bachao Tahreek | 78,335 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti | 66,065 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Peoples Democratic Party | 65,641 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Amra Bangali | 65,595 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Mahabharat People's Party | 64,266 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha | 60,361 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Jharkhand People's Party | 58,132 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) | 52,585 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | 52,300 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 49,978 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Satya Marg Party | 48,056 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 42,175 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Lok Hit Party | 37,127 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front | 34,803 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Pavitra Hindustan Kaazhagam | 34,147 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) | 33,900 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Kannada Chalevali Vatal Paksha | 31,136 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena | 30,970 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | 30,220 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Bhoomijotak Samooh | 29,874 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti | 26,403 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party | 25,131 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 22,640 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Uttar Pradesh Republican Party | 22,515 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhag | 19,394 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| New India Party | 19,135 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh | 17,744 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Indian National League | 15,954 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Jan Parishad | 15,112 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Nayay Party | 13,160 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Lokdal | 11,957 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Shoshit Samaj Dal | 11,937 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI) | 11,735 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Mahakushal Vikas Party | 11,152 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Jansatta Party | 10,901 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 10,657 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Democratic) | 10,072 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 9,985 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party | 9,974 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party | 9,813 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Janhit Morcha | 9,404 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hindustan Janata Party | 9,208 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Samajwadi Party 'pragatisheel' | 8,779 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Lok Party | 8,758 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Pachim Banga Rajya Muslim League | 8,624 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 8,491 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Janata Vikas Party | 7,726 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Arya Sabha | 7,563 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Jan Sabha | 7,338 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Presidium Party of India | 7,298 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bahujan Kranti Dal | 6,968 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Political Party of National Management Service | 6,667 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Surajya Parishad | 6,000 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) | 5,784 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Maharashtra Pradesh Krantikari Party | 5,765 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal | 5,673 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| National Republican Party | 5,271 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Democratic Party | 5,084 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Mazdoor Dal | 5,075 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Surajya Party | 4,917 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hindu Mahasabha | 4,720 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Aikta Manch | 4,574 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| National Democratic Peoples Front | 4,462 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bolshevik Party of India | 4,345 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Lok Panchayat | 4,018 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Rashtriya Party | 3,724 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Kisan Party | 3,635 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Mahasand Sarvahara Krantikari Party | 3,552 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Labour Party | 3,550 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das | 3,476 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Samdarshi Party | 3,360 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Vijeta Party | 3,328 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Satyayug Party | 3,319 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Rashtriya Morcha | 3,181 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party | 3,176 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Marxist Engelist Leninist Proletariat Health Commune | 3,155 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party | 3,152 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (Raj Bahadur) | 3,114 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party (Lohia) | 3,006 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Kannada Paksha | 2,883 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Manav Raksha Dal | 2,796 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Utthan Party | 2,654 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha | 2,295 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Secular Congress | 2,136 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bira Oriya Party | 2,088 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Republican Party of India (Sivaraj) | 2,081 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharathiya Nethaji Party | 2,024 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Rajiv Congress | 1,967 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad | 1,867 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Ekta Samaj Party | 1,852 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Congress Of People | 1,850 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party Of India (Rasik Bhatt) | 1,803 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Ekta Party | 1,801 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Shoshit Samaj Party | 1,684 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Samajwadi Dal | 1,637 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi | 1,477 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Kranti Sena | 1,439 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Democratic People's Party | 1,438 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Ekta Krandi Dal U.P. | 1,409 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party | 1,376 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh) | 1,327 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| People's Democratic League of India | 1,276 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Punjab Vikas Party (Punjab) | 1,185 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Desh Bhakt Party | 1,148 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Sabjan Party | 1,120 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Alp-Sankhyak Jan Morcha | 1,111 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Kisan Vyawasayee Mazdoor Party | 1,056 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Pratap Shiv Sena | 1,049 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Adarsh Lok Dal | 1,037 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Gareebjan Samaj Party | 962 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Dharmnirpeksh Dal | 894 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Azad Hind Mazdur & Jan Kalyan Party | 883 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bahujan Loktantrik Party | 857 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist Party (Ramakant Pandey) | 848 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Manav Sewa Sangh | 841 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Samajwadi Vikas Party | 805 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Rajarya Sabha | 787 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 786 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 724 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Ambedkar Kranti Dal | 667 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Jan Kisan Party | 633 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Mahabharath Mahajan Sabha | 572 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Samaj Sangathan Morcha | 535 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Bharat Nav Nirman Sangathan | 528 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Samajik Kranti Dal | 522 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Krantikari Dal | 520 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharat Jan Party | 505 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hind National Party | 496 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Sachet Bharat Party | 470 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhartiya Azad Party | 457 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal | 434 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Ballabh Vyas) | 428 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Tamil Nadu Hindu Vellalar Youth Kazhagam | 422 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Pragati Sheel Party | 407 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Socialist League of India | 384 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| United Indian Democratic Council | 374 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Rashtriya Samaj Sevak Dal | 348 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Morcha | 345 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hindu Praja Party | 332 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Janata Kranti Congress | 324 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Mukt Bharat | 295 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Jan Swarajya Party | 278 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Gujarat Janta Parishad | 266 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharat Pensioner's Front | 231 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha | 231 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| All India Democratic People Federation | 195 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jagrook Nagrik Dal | 176 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Federation of Sabhas | 142 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party | 131 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Poorvanchal Rashtriya Congress | 124 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Kranti Dal | 112 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Jan Ekata Morcha | 94 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Sarvkalyan Krantidal | 89 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Manav Samaj Party | 74 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Labour Party of India (V.V. Prasad) | 68 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Dal | 53 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Independents | 21,041,557 | 6.28 | 9 | |
| Nominated Anglo-Indians | 2 | |||
| Total | 334,873,286 | 100.00 | 545 | |
| Valid votes | 334,873,286 | 97.54 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,434,804 | 2.46 | ||
| Total votes | 343,308,090 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 592,572,288 | 57.94 | ||
| Source: ECI[1] | ||||
Overall Results
| Date(s) | State | Government before election | Chief Minister before election | Government after election | Chief Minister after election | Maps | ||
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| 27 April 1996 | Assam | Indian National Congress | Hiteswar Saikia | Asom Gana Parishad | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta | 
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| Kerala | United Democratic Front | A. K. Antony | Left Democratic Front | E. K. Nayanar | 
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| 27 April 1996 | Pondicherry | Indian National Congress | V. Vaithilingam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | R. V. Janakiraman | 
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| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Tamil Maanila Congress | |||||||
| 2 May 1996 | Tamil Nadu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | J. Jayalalithaa | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi | 
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| 13 May 1996 | West Bengal | Left Front | Jyoti Basu | Left Front | Jyoti Basu | 
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| Haryana | Indian National Congress | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi | Haryana Vikas Party | Bansi Lal | 
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| Bhartiya Janata Party | ||||||||
| 17 September 1996 | Jammu and Kashmir | President's Rule | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | Farooq Abdullah | .svg.png)
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| 30 September and 7 October 1996 | Uttar Pradesh | President's Rule | Bahujan Samaj Party | Mayawati | 
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Legislative Assembly elections
Assam
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 2,778,627 | 30.56 | 34 |  32 | |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 2,700,934 | 29.70 | 59 |  40 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 946,236 | 10.41 | 4 | 6 | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 337,668 | 3.71 | 2 | New | |
| Autonomous State Demand Committee | 179,877 | 1.98 | 5 | 1 | |
| Communist Party of India | 177,750 | 1.95 | 3 | 1 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 176,721 | 1.94 | 2 | 0 | |
| United Minorities Front, Assam | 105,408 | 1.16 | 2 | New | |
| Others | 105,471 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 1,584,109 | 17.42 | 11 | 4 | |
| Total | 9,092,801 | 100.00 | 122 | 4 | |
| Valid votes | 9,092,801 | 95.07 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 471,632 | 4.93 | |||
| Total votes | 9,564,433 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,119,125 | 78.92 | |||
| Source: ECI[2] | |||||
Haryana
| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haryana Vikas Party | 65 | 33 | 17,16,572 | 22.7% | |
| Samta Party | 89 | 24 | 15,57,914 | 20.6% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 25 | 11 | 6,72,558 | 8.9% | |
| Independent | 2022 | 10 | 11,73,533 | 15.5% | |
| Indian National Congress | 90 | 9 | 15,76,882 | 20.8% | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 62 | 3 | 2,42,638 | 3.2% |
Jammu and Kashmir
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 863,612 | 34.78 | 57 | 17 | |
| Indian National Congress | 496,628 | 20.00 | 7 | 19 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 301,238 | 12.13 | 8 | 6 | |
| Janata Dal | 269,984 | 10.87 | 5 | New | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 159,690 | 6.43 | 4 | New | |
| Jammu and Kashmir Awami League | 60,437 | 2.43 | 1 | New | |
| Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party | 55,885 | 2.25 | 1 | 1 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 23,774 | 0.96 | 1 | 1 | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 17,473 | 0.70 | 1 | New | |
| Others | 3,090 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 231,111 | 9.31 | 2 | 6 | |
| Total | 2,482,922 | 100.00 | 87 | 11 | |
| Valid votes | 2,482,922 | 96.74 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 83,734 | 3.26 | |||
| Total votes | 2,566,656 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,761,095 | 53.91 | |||
| Source: ECI[4] | |||||
In the 1996 assembly elections, 14 women contested, 10 of whom lost their deposits, while 2 were elected.[5] National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats.[6][7] BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats.[8] BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats in 1996.[9]
The National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats.[10][11] The BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats.[8] The BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats.[12]
Kerala
| Sl.No: | Party | Contested | Won | Popular Votes | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Parties | |||||
| 1 | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (AIIC(T)) | 8 | 0 | 8,549 | 0.06 |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 123 | 0 | 7,81,090 | 5.48 |
| 3 | Communist Party of India (CPI) | 22 | 18 | 10,86,350 | 7.62 |
| 4 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | 62 | 40 | 30,78,723 | 21.59 |
| 5 | Indian National Congress | 94 | 37 | 43,40,717 | 30.43 |
| 6 | Janata Dal (JD) | 13 | 4 | 5,87,716 | 4.12 |
| 7 | Janata Party (JP) | 21 | 0 | 8,027 | 0.06 |
| State Parties | |||||
| 1 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 12 | 0 | 17,872 | 0.13 |
| 2 | All India Forward Bloc (FBL) | 6 | 0 | 2,522 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Indian Congress (Socialist) (IC(S)) | 9 | 3 | 3,55,755 | 2.49 |
| 4 | Kerala Congress (KEC) | 10 | 6 | 4,42,421 | 3.10 |
| 5 | Kerala Congress (Mani) (KCM) | 10 | 5 | 4,53,614 | 3.18 |
| 6 | Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 22 | 13 | 10,25,556 | 7.19 |
| 7 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 6 | 5 | 2,94,744 | 2.07 |
| 8 | Shiv Sena (SHS) | 16 | 0 | 4,445 | 0.03 |
| Unrecognised Parties | |||||
| 1 | Bharatiya Labour Party (BLP) | 1 | 0 | 3,632 | 0.03 |
| 2 | Communist Marxist Party (CMPKSC) | 3 | 0 | 69,934 | 0.49 |
| 3 | Indian Labour Congress (ILC) | 1 | 0 | 630 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Indian National League (INL) | 3 | 0 | 139775 | 0.89 |
| 5 | Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) | 4 | 1 | 1,82,210 | 1.28 |
| 6 | Kerala Congress (B) (KC(B)) | 2 | 1 | 91,968 | 0.64 |
| 7 | Kerala Congress (Joseph) (KCJ) | 10 | 2 | 455748 | 2.9 |
| 8 | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | 50 | 0 | 1,02,226 | 0.06 |
| 9 | Social Action Party (SAP) | 9 | 0 | 1,916 | 0.19 |
| 10 | Socialist Labour Action Party (SLAP) | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0.07 |
| 11 | Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SWJP) | 1 | 0 | 167 | 0.00 |
| Others/ Independents | 672 | 5 | 10,95,761 | 7.68 | |
| Total | 1,201 | 140 | 14,262,692 | 100 | |
Puducherry
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 116,618 | 25.34 | 9 | 6 | |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 105,392 | 22.90 | 7 | 3 | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 57,678 | 12.53 | 3 | 3 | |
| Tamil Maanila Congress | 42,485 | 9.23 | 5 | New | |
| Communist Party of India | 29,964 | 6.51 | 2 | 1 | |
| Janata Dal | 20,360 | 4.42 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pattali Makkal Katchi | 11,544 | 2.51 | 1 | New | |
| Others | 29,126 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 47,126 | 10.24 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 460,293 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 460,293 | 96.43 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 17,036 | 3.57 | |||
| Total votes | 477,329 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 633,635 | 75.33 | |||
| Source: ECI[14] | |||||
Tamil Nadu
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| Alliance/Party | Seats won | Change | Popular Vote | Vote % | Adj. %‡ | ||||
| DMK+ Alliance | 221 | +214 | 14,600,748 | 53.77% | |||||
| DMK | 173 | +171 | 11,423,380 | 42.07% | 54.04% | ||||
| TMC(M) | 39 | +39 | 2,526,474 | 9.3% | 55.21% | ||||
| CPI | 8 | +7 | 575,570 | 2.12% | 42.95% | ||||
| AIFB | 1 | +1 | 75,324 | 0.28% | 76.18% | ||||
| AIADMK+ alliance | 4 | -221 | 7,354,723 | 27.08% | |||||
| AIADMK | 4 | -160 | 5,831,383 | 21.47% | 29.24% | ||||
| INC | 0 | -60 | 1,523,340 | 5.61% | 21.09% | ||||
| MDMK+ alliance | 2 | 0 | 2,143,141 | 7.89% | |||||
| MDMK | 0 | 0 | 1,569,168 | 5.78% | 7.6% | ||||
| CPI(M) | 1 | 0 | 456,712 | 1.68% | 9.57% | ||||
| JD | 1 | 0 | 117,801 | 0.43% | 7.31% | ||||
| PMK+ Alliance | 4 | +3 | 1,252,275 | 4.61% | |||||
| PMK | 4 | +3 | 1,042,333 | 3.84% | 7.61% | ||||
| AIIC(T) | 0 | 0 | 209,942 | 0.77% | 4.23% | ||||
| Others | 3 | +1 | 1,662,926 | 6.12% | |||||
| BJP | 1 | +1 | 490,453 | 1.81% | 2.93% | ||||
| JP | 1 | +1 | 150,134 | 0.55% | 2.51% | ||||
| IND | 1 | 0 | 1,022,339 | 3.76% | 3.8% | ||||
| Total | 234 | – | 27,154,721 | 100% | |||||
Uttar Pradesh
Source:[15]
| Party | Contested | Won | Votes | % | Seats change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 414 | 174 | 18,028,820 | 32.5% | 3
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| Samajwadi Party | 281 | 110 | 12,085,226 | 21.8% | 1
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| Bahujan Samaj Party | 296 | 67 | 10,890,716 | 19.6% | ||
| Indian National Congress | 126 | 33 | 4,626,663 | 8.3% | 5
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| Independent | 2031 | 13 | 3,615,932 | 6.5% | 5
| |
| Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | 38 | 8 | 1,065,730 | 1.9% | 8 (new)
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| Janata Dal | 54 | 7 | 1,421,528 | 2.6% | 20
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | 4 | 1,421,528 | 0.8% | 3
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| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 37 | 4 | 735,327 | 1.3% | 4 (new)
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| Samta Party | 9 | 2 | 221,866 | 0.4% | 2 (new)
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| Communist Party of India | 15 | 1 | 327,231 | 0.6% | 2
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| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 77 | 1 | 325,787 | 0.6% | 1 (new)
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West Bengal
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Front and allies | Communist Party of India (Marxist) Including candidates from Samajwadi Party contesting on CPI(M) tickets. |
213 | 153 | 13,670,198 | 37.16 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 21 | 1,912,183 | 5.20 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,367,439 | 3.72 | |
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 6 | 642,993 | 1.75 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 150,099 | 0.41 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 2 | 2 | 129,367 | 0.35 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt) | 2 | 0 | 105,366 | 0.29 | |
| Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 1 | 60,453 | 0.16 | |
| Janata Dal | 5 | 0 | 105,697 | 0.29 | |
| Indian National Congress | 288 | 82 | 14,523,964 | 39.48 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 292 | 0 | 2,372,480 | 6.45 | |
| Gorkha National Liberation Front | 3 | 3 | 161,498 | 0.44 | |
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | 8 | 1 | 145,503 | 0.40 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 26 | 0 | 134,436 | 0.37 | |
| Forward Bloc (Socialist) | 20 | 1 | 123,316 | 0.34 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 48 | 0 | 67,853 | 0.18 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 30 | 0 | 47,206 | 0.13 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | 3 | 0 | 43,261 | 0.12 | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 29 | 0 | 20,555 | 0.06 | |
| Muslim League | 20 | 0 | 19,221 | 0.05 | |
| Amra Bangalee | 46 | 0 | 17,330 | 0.05 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) | 5 | 0 | 11,593 | 0.03 | |
| Pachim Banga Rajya Muslim League | 5 | 0 | 5,359 | 0.01 | |
| Indian National League | 7 | 0 | 4,480 | 0.01 | |
| Social Action Party | 16 | 0 | 4,476 | 0.01 | |
| Jharkhand Party | 5 | 0 | 3,533 | 0.01 | |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | 2 | 0 | 3,309 | 0.01 | |
| Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 2 | 0 | 2,448 | 0.01 | |
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 2 | 0 | 1,218 | 0.00 | |
| Indian Democratic People's Party | 3 | 0 | 515 | 0.00 | |
| All India Christian Democratic and Backward People's Party | 1 | 0 | 392 | 0.00 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 1 | 0 | 251 | 0.00 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 2 | 0 | 178 | 0.00 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0.00 | |
| Independents | 844 | 4 | 898,677 | 2.44 | |
| Total | 2,035 | 294 | 36,788,753 | 100 | |
| Source: Election Commission of India[16] | |||||
Rajya Sabha
References
- ^ "General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II)". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Statistical Report of General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 1996". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians?".
- ^ Key challenges: Harsh winter, boycott calls Night temperature likely to hover around freezing point during elections; fragile security situation may impact voting
- ^ Question of Simple Majority
- ^ a b "Statistical report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir" (PDF).
- ^ "J&K Assembly poll: Rise of BJP changes political landscape of State". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Key challenges: Harsh winter, boycott calls Night temperature likely to hover around freezing point during elections; fragile security situation may impact voting".
- ^ "Question of Simple Majority".
- ^ "J&K Assembly poll: Rise of BJP changes political landscape of State". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1997.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh 1996". Election Commission of India.
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
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