The 1996 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 11th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 1 seat, Indian National Congress won 4 seats and Janta Dal won 1 seat.
Constituency Details ConstituencyCandidates NominatedElectorsVotersPolling %Baramulla1570460132868846.65Srinagar1778630132192840.94Anantnag2376467038386150.20Ladakh1313140210634780.93Udhampur4786223645945653.29Jammu49120649958131448.18 STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME I - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdfSTATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1996 TO THE ELEVENTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_II_LS96.pdf
List of Candidates ConstituencyINCBJPJD1BaramullaGh. Rasool KarDid not contestSheikh Mohd Sadiq2SrinagarGhulam Mohammad MirAmar Nath VaishanviFarooq Ahmad Anderabi3AnantnagTaj Mohi-Ud-DinSarla TaplooMohamad Maqbool4LadakhPhuntsog NamgyalSpalzes AngmoDid not contest5UdhampurJanak Raj GuptaChaman Lal GuptaDevi Dass Thakur6JammuMangat Ram SharmaVaid Vishno DuttBalwan Singh
Results
Results by Party/Alliance Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % Contested Won INC 5,69,942 27.46 6 4 BJP 3,95,300 19.04 5 1 JD 3,66,074 17.63 5 1 BSP 1,23,591 5.95 2 0 JKPP 99,599 4.80 5 0 AIIC(T) 17,276 0.83 3 0 IND 5,04,098 24.28 84 0 Total 20,75,880 100% 110 6
List of Elected MPs ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1BaramullaGhulam Rasool KarINC110,33136.09Gh. Nabi MirIND45,35014.8364,98121.262SrinagarGhulam Mohammad MirINC55,50318.63Farooq Ahmad AnderabiJD53,90418.101,5990.533AnantnagMohamad MaqboolJD117,22132.76Taj Mohi-Ud-DinINC59,13716.5358,08416.234LadakhPhuntsog NamgyalINC54,59252.10Qamar Ali AkhoonIND44,45742.4310,1359.675UdhampurChaman Lal GuptaBJP166,20637.58Janak Raj GuptaINC96,15121.7470,05515.846JammuMangat Ram SharmaINC194,22834.24Vishno Datt SharmaBJP147,49526.0046,7338.24
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Jammu & Kashmir #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Maqbool DarAnantnagMoSHome Affairs10 July199621 April19971 May199719 March19982Saifuddin SozRajya Sabha(Jammu & Kashmir)Cabinet MinisterEnvironment and Forests21 Feb199721 April199721 April199719 March1998
See also
Results of the 2004 Indian general election by state Elections in Jammu and Kashmir
References