Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over September–October 1996.K&K 1996 Assembly elections Farooq Abdullah became Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir after the elections. The 1996 Lok Sabha elections and assembly elections in the state were possible due to efforts of counter-insurgents like Kuka Parray, (head of Ikhwan-ul-Muslemoon).2002 interviewKukka Parray: A profile1996 Lok Sabha elections in J&K

Background The National Conference, which had boycotted the 1996 Indian general election, agreed to participate in the 1996 Assembly elections only after Prime Minister, H. D. Deve Gowda, promised "maximum autonomy" for Jammu and Kashmir.Towards greater autonomy

Parties Party NameFlagElectoral SymbolLeaderSeats contested Jammu and Kashmir National ConferenceFarooq Abdullah81 Bharatiya Janata PartyVaid Vishnu Dutt53 Indian National CongressMehbooba Mufti84

Results

In the 1996 assembly elections, 14 women contested, 10 of whom lost their deposits, while 2 were elected. National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats.Key challenges: Harsh winter, boycott calls Night temperature likely to hover around freezing point during elections; fragile security situation may impact votingQuestion of Simple Majority BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats. BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats in 1996.

Results by constituency Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Karnah66.07%Kafil-ur-Rehman10,73962.19%Abdul Rahman Badana4,31124.96%6,4282Kupwara25.97%Saifullah Mir5,76637.9%Chowdhary Salam-U-Din4,75531.26%1,0113Lolab43.82%Mushtaq Ahmad Lone9,55437.26%Abdul Rahim Wani7,36728.73%2,1874Handwara34.82%Mohammed Ramzan Chowdry10,93766.71%Ali Mohammed Dar3,01718.4%7,9205Langate42.67%Abdul Ahad Wani9,73461.61%Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din War2,88618.27%6,8486Uri70.69%Mohammad Shafi18,11753.67%Taj Mohiuddin9,73128.83%8,3867Rafiabad43.97%Mohammad Dilawar Mir9,08444.2%Ghulam Mohammed Khan5,66627.57%3,4188Sopore38.02%Abdul Ahad Vakil14,44164.47%Ghulam Nabi Mircha2,84212.69%11,5999Gurez76.14%Faqir Mohammed Khan2,17529.72%Mohammed Anwar1,39819.1%77710Bandipora50.57%Ghulam Rasool Mir9,62538.3%Usman Abdul Majid5,65222.49%3,97311Sonawari60.94%Mohammad Yusuf Parray15,60141.15%Mohammad Akbar Lone14,87539.24%72612Sangrama60.21%Mohammed Maqbool9,77948.86%Shiekh Mohammed Sadiq5,16025.78%4,61913Baramulla37.47%Mujahid Mohammed Abdullah7,64941.28%Mohammed Sareer Khan2,47413.35%5,17514Gulmarg65.16%Sheikh Mustafa Kamal18,57549.23%Ghulam Hassan Mir16,82244.59%1,75315Pattan71.34%Iftikhar Hussain Ansari18,86845.94%Abdul Rashid Shaheen10,54025.66%8,32816Kangan63.29%Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi21,55390.23%Qazi Mohammed Afzal9543.99%20,59917Ganderbal50.62%Farooq Abdullah16,44070.25%Qazi Mohammad Afzal3,61715.46%12,82318Hazratbal23.6%Mohmmad Syed Akhoon10,10965.08%Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din3,85524.82%6,25419Zadibal12.68%Sadiq Ali2,94849.08%Abdul Hassan Bhat1,45124.16%1,49720Eidgah20.01%Mubarak Ahmed Gul8,20678.12%Farooq Ahmad1,0359.85%7,17121Khanyar12.66%Ali Mohammad Sagar6,19487.52%Nazir Ahmed6078.58%5,58722Habba Kadal5.37%Piyare Lal Handoo5,98459.83%Sarla Taploo1,96919.69%4,01523Amira Kadal11.51%Mohammad Shafi Bhat4,25663.86%Mohammed Altaf Dar96814.52%3,28824Sonawar34.5%Ghulam Mohammed Bawan9,87358.92%Bashir Ahmad Kuthoo3,13718.72%6,73625Batmaloo19.44%Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shah9,58369.03%Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh1,57611.35%8,00726Chadoora61.69%Ali Mohammad Dar11,23044.78%Ghulam Nabi Mir6,13424.46%5,09627Budgam67.27%Syed Ghulam Hussain Geelani15,36041.51%Aga Syed Mahmood13,76637.21%1,59428Beerwah70.72%Aga Syed Mahmood Almosvi19,45644.68%Sarfarz Khan17,79840.87%1,65829Khan Sahib63.55%Abdul Gani Naseem12,78540.65%Nazir Ahmad Khan6,25419.89%6,53130Charari Sharief64.13%Abdul Rahim Rather19,59060.31%Ghulam Hassan Wani6,39519.69%13,19531Tral58.3%Ali Muhammad Naik22,73277.92%Krishan Singh2,1277.29%20,60532Pampore61.01%Mushtaq Ahmad18,11269.83%Mohammed Anwar6,16223.76%11,95033Pulwama51.31%Bashir Ahmad Nengroo12,03052.46%Syed Bashir Ahmad7,39832.26%4,63234Rajpora51.63%Ghulam Mohi Uddin Mir15,45561.2%Naba Mir6,08324.09%9,37235Wachi50.93%Mohammed Jabar Mir12,16955.85%Ghulam Hassan Khan3,11314.29%9,05636Shopian48.06%Shiekh Mohammed Rafi10,34049.1%Ghulam Nabi Shah7,04033.43%3,30037Noorabad58.7%Sakeena Akhtar12,55353.12%Gulzar Dar7,69432.56%4,85938Kulgam59.65%Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami21,83769.65%Habibullah Laway5,67118.09%16,16639Hom Shali Bugh46.58%Gul Mohammed Rafiqui5,86332.2%Mohammed Sikander3,94821.68%1,91540Anantnag34.18%Safdar Ali Beg6,06631.5%Bashir Ahmad Dada5,44828.29%61841Devsar51.56%Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad8,76335.26%Mohammed Yousuf6,77727.27%1,98642Dooru49.49%Ghulam Hassan Wani10,07646.05%Ghulam Ahmad Mir5,17523.65%4,90143Kokernag39.03%Syed Abdul Rashid11,43649.88%Abdul Rashid Rather4,14518.08%7,29144Shangus–Anantnag East52.35%Abdul Majeed Mir10,70344.55%Gowhar Maqbool9,71040.42%99345Srigufwara–Bijbehara36.26%Mehbooba Mufti10,05145.28%Abdul Gani Shah7,78035.05%2,27146Pahalgam49.51%Abdul Kabir Bhat13,74961.81%Gulshan Akhter4,07818.33%9,67147Nubra64.46%Tsetan Namgyal3,17650.66%Stanzin Tundup3,09349.34%8348Leh57.28%Chering Dorjay16,71251.52%Sonam Wangchuk Narboo10,22531.52%6,48749Kargil80.54%Qamar Ali Akhoon24,18357.62%Hassan Khan12,10428.84%12,07950Zanskar79.92%Mohammed Abass6,85546.9%Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan5,55938.03%1,29651Kishtwar68.49%Bashir Ahmed Kichloo17,88950.61%Rajinder Singh10,90030.84%6,98952Inderwal61.27%Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din11,09737.87%Ghulam Mohammad Saroori10,00234.13%1,09553Doda64.5%Maulana Attaullah Suharwardy13,23043.74%Ghulam Qadir Wani8,06526.66%5,16554Bhaderwah66.73%Sheikh Abdul Rehman21,61551.23%Daya Krishan Kotwal17,26040.91%4,35555Ramban (SC)61.26%Bali Bhagat12,35946.78%Suram Chand10,12338.32%2,23656Banihal52.26%Mohammed Farooq Mir10,92546.69%Molvi Abdul Rashid7,77833.24%3,14757Gulabgarh67.01%Abdul Ghani Malik11,64440.87%Ajaz Ahmad10,68837.52%95658Reasi61.24%Jagjiven Lal11,97427.97%Baldev Raj7,07216.52%4,90259Gool Arnas58.29%Abdul Wahid Shan9,78344.89%Mohammed Ayub Khan5,66926.01%4,11460Udhampur56.14%Shiv Charan Gupta22,92857.83%Balak Ram7,46318.82%15,46561Chenani (SC)47.88%Prithvi Chand10,49343.08%Krishan Chander7,58931.15%2,90462Ramnagar53.75%Harsh Dev Singh9,04924.56%Khalil-Allah8,44822.93%60163Bani63.94%Ghulam Haider Malik5,81034.%Lal Chand3,44620.17%2,36464Basohli63.6%Chaudhary Lal Singh12,14038.44%Jagdish Raj S/O Tula Ram7,91225.05%4,22865Kathua64.73%Sagar Chand12,13025.26%Lal Chand Sharma11,00122.91%1,12966Billawar62.45%Balbir Singh13,35436.25%Rajinder Singh12,72234.54%63267Hiranagar (SC)60.75%Prem Lal15,92235.95%Girdhari Lal13,63030.77%2,29268Samba (SC)56.31%Som Nath14,10742.08%Swaran Lata8,09024.13%6,01769Vijaypur67.49%Surjeet Singh Slathia17,52935.75%Manjit Singh17,31135.3%21870Nagrota64.56%Ajatshatru Singh7,84928.32%Dhan Raj Bargotra5,73120.68%2,11871Gandhinagar50.55%Choudhary Piara Singh19,77937.6%Harbans Singh17,14232.59%2,63772Jammu East47.14%Vaid Vishno Dutt19,04758.67%Raman Bhalla6,54620.16%12,50173Jammu West43.31%Hans Raj22,50645.67%Yogesh Sawhney10,06820.43%12,43874Bishnah69.8%Jagdish Raj Dubey10,94126.43%Hari Chand9,05721.88%1,88475Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South (SC)67.95%Ram Chand13,37938.07%Romesh Lal11,85033.72%1,52976Suchetgarh71.59%Chuni Lal7,92526.28%Gharu Ram Bhagat7,78925.83%13677Marh70.68%Ajay Sadhotra10,07229.75%Sukh Nandan Kumar9,25927.35%81378Raipur Domana (SC)61.69%Sat Paul9,07627.85%Bansi Lal Bharti6,34619.47%2,73079Akhnoor72.71%Govind Ram Sharma8,85521.02%Ram Saroop8,58320.38%27280Chhamb (SC)72.07%Tara Chand12,66335.15%Tej Ram12,00133.31%66281Nowshera62.63%Radhay Sham Sharma20,23850.7%Rattan Singh10,70226.81%9,53682Darhal55.41%Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain14,96940.91%Abdul Rashid Mirza9,80326.79%5,16683Rajouri65.45%Mohammed Sharief Tariq25,93450.73%Chowdhary Talib Hussain18,04835.31%7,88684Kalakote54.96%Ashok Kumar Sharma14,16945.51%Puran Singh Thakur4,19413.47%9,97585Surankote74.26%Mushtaq Ahmed Shah27,27557.78%Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad18,74339.71%8,53286Mendhar68.59%Nisar Ahmed Khan16,71637.47%Javed Ahmed Rana14,25631.95%2,46087Poonch Haveli66.94%Ghulam Mohammed Jan16,15033.81%Yeshpal Sharma10,72222.45%5,428

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