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

Results

Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps 27 April 1996 Assam Hiteswar Saikia Prafulla Kumar MahantaKeralaA. K. Antony E. K. Nayanar27 April 1996Pondicherry V. Vaithilingam R. V. Janakiraman 2 May 1996 Tamil Nadu J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi 13 May 1996West Bengal Jyoti Basu Jyoti Basu Haryana Bhajan Lal Bishnoi Bansi Lal 17 September 1996Jammu and KashmirPresident's RuleFarooq Abdullah 30 September and 7 October 1996 Uttar PradeshPresident's Rule Mayawati

Legislative Assembly elections Assam

Haryana

|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes

|align="left"|Haryana Vikas Party ||65 ||33 ||17,16,572 ||22.7%

|align="left"|Samta Party ||89 ||24 ||15,57,914 ||20.6%

|align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party ||25 ||11 ||6,72,558 ||8.9%

|align="left"|Independent ||2022 ||10 ||11,73,533 ||15.5%

|align="left"|Indian National Congress ||90 ||9 ||15,76,882 ||20.8%

|align="left"|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) ||62 ||3 ||2,42,638 ||3.2%

Jammu and Kashmir

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.

The National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats. The BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats. The BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats.

Kerala

+Party-wise vote share of 1996 Kerala Assembly ElectionsSl.No:PartyContestedWonPopular VotesShare (%) National Parties1All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (AIIC(T))808,5490.062Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)12307,81,0905.483Communist Party of India (CPI)221810,86,3507.624Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))624030,78,72321.595Indian National Congress943743,40,71730.436Janata Dal (JD)1345,87,7164.127Janata Party (JP)2108,0270.06 State Parties1Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)12017,8720.132All India Forward Bloc (FBL)602,5220.023Indian Congress (Socialist) (IC(S))933,55,7552.494Kerala Congress (KEC)1064,42,4213.105Kerala Congress (Mani) (KCM)1054,53,6143.186Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)221310,25,5567.197Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)652,94,7442.078Shiv Sena (SHS)1604,4450.03 Unrecognised Parties1Bharatiya Labour Party (BLP)103,6320.032Communist Marxist Party (CMPKSC)3069,9340.493Indian Labour Congress (ILC)106300.004Indian National League (INL)301397750.895Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS)411,82,2101.286Kerala Congress (B) (KC(B))2191,9680.647Kerala Congress (Joseph) (KCJ)1024557482.98Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)5001,02,2260.069Social Action Party (SAP)901,9160.1910Socialist Labour Action Party (SLAP)10580.0711Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SWJP)101670.00Others/ Independents672510,95,7617.68Total1,20114014,262,692100

Puducherry

Tamil Nadu

!colspan=10| |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party !style="width:4px" | ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %‡ |- ! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ Alliance ! style="background-color: " | |221 |+214 |14,600,748 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |53.77% |- |DMK ! style="background-color: #FF0000" | |173 | +171 |11,423,380 |42.07% |54.04% |- |TMC(M) ! style="background-color: #008080" | |39 | +39 |2,526,474 |9.3% |55.21% |- |CPI ! style="background-color: #0000FF" | |8 | +7 |575,570 |2.12% |42.95% |- |AIFB ! style="background-color: #800000" | |1 | +1 |75,324 |0.28% |76.18% |- ! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: " | |4 |-221 |7,354,723 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |27.08% |- |AIADMK ! style="background-color: #008000" | |4 | -160 |5,831,383 |21.47% |29.24% |- |INC ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | |0 | -60 |1,523,340 |5.61% |21.09%

! style="background-color:#ff2a00 ; color:black"|MDMK+ alliance ! style="background-color:#ff2a00 | |2 |0 |2,143,141 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |7.89% |- |MDMK ! style="background-color: #ff2a00" | |0 |0 |1,569,168 |5.78% |7.6% |- |CPI(M) ! style="background-color: #000080" | |1 |0 |456,712 |1.68% |9.57% |- |JD ! style="background-color: " | |1 |0 |117,801 |0.43% |7.31% |- ! style="background-color:yellow; color:black"|PMK+ Alliance ! style="background-color:yellow" | |4 |+3 |1,252,275 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |4.61% |- |PMK ! style="background-color: #800080" | |4 | +3 |1,042,333 |3.84% |7.61% |- |AIIC(T) ! style="background-color: " | |0 |0 |209,942 |0.77% |4.23% |- ! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color:gray" | |3 |+1 |1,662,926 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 6.12% |- |BJP ! style="background-color: " | |1 | +1 |490,453 |1.81% |2.93% |- |JP ! style="background-color: " | |1 | +1 |150,134 |0.55% |2.51% |- |IND ! style="background-color: " | |1 |0 |1,022,339 |3.76% |3.8% |- | style="text-align:center;" |Total ! style="background-color: " | | 234 | – |27,154,721 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 100%

Uttar Pradesh

Source: Party Contested Won Votes % Seats change Bharatiya Janata Party 414 174 18,028,820 32.5% 3Samajwadi Party 281 110 12,085,226 21.8% 1Bahujan Samaj Party 296 67 10,890,716 19.6% Indian National Congress 126 33 4,626,663 8.3% 5Independent 2031 13 3,615,932 6.5% 5Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party 38 8 1,065,730 1.9% 8 (new)Janata Dal 54 7 1,421,528 2.6% 20Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11 4 1,421,528 0.8% 3All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 37 4 735,327 1.3% 4 (new)Samta Party 9 2 221,866 0.4% 2 (new)Communist Party of India 15 1 327,231 0.6% 2Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 77 1 325,787 0.6% 1 (new)

West Bengal

PartyCandidatesSeatsVotes%Left Front and alliesCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Including candidates from Samajwadi Party contesting on CPI(M) tickets.21315313,670,19837.16All India Forward Bloc34211,912,1835.20Revolutionary Socialist Party23181,367,4393.72Communist Party of India126642,9931.75Marxist Forward Bloc22150,0990.41Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)22129,3670.35Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)20105,3660.29Biplobi Bangla Congress1160,4530.16Janata Dal50105,6970.29Indian National Congress2888214,523,96439.48Bharatiya Janata Party29202,372,4806.45Gorkha National Liberation Front33161,4980.44Jharkhand Party (Naren)81145,5030.40Jharkhand Mukti Morcha260134,4360.37Forward Bloc (Socialist)201123,3160.34Bahujan Samaj Party48067,8530.18Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation30047,2060.13Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League3043,2610.12All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)29020,5550.06Muslim League20019,2210.05Amra Bangalee46017,3300.05Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi)5011,5930.03Pachim Banga Rajya Muslim League505,3590.01Indian National League704,4800.01Social Action Party1604,4760.01Jharkhand Party503,5330.01Hul Jharkhand Party203,3090.01Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh202,4480.01Samajwadi Jan Parishad201,2180.00Indian Democratic People's Party305150.00All India Christian Democratic and Backward People's Party103920.00Indian Union Muslim League102510.00Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha201780.00Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh10490.00Independents8444898,6772.44Total2,03529436,788,753100Source: Election Commission of IndiaElection Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1996 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL

Rajya Sabha

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