To constitute India's 11th Lok Sabha, general elections were held in 1996.The main contenders were the Incumbent Congress and their allies, the BJP and their allies and the United Front led by Janata Dal.
Results by party
Results by state Andaman and Nicobar Islands(1) +INC (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress117464258.22%Bharatiya Janata Party103109724.25%
Andhra Pradesh(42) +INC (22)TDP(16)CPI(2)CPIM(1) AIMIM(1) Name of the partySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress42221208759639.66%Telugu Desam Party3616993182632.59%Communist Party of India327285362.39%All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen213400701.12%Communist Party of India (Marxist)318880362.91%
Arunachal Pradesh(2) +IND (2) Name of the partySeat contestedSeat wonVoteVote share Independent6215773853.75%
Assam(14) +INC (5)AGP (5)CPIM (1)BJP (1)IND (1)ASDC (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareAsom Gana Parishad115256050627.17%Indian National Congress145298170031.64%Independents651110330011.71%Autonomous State Demand Committee111801121.91%Communist Party of India (Marxist) 213711543.94%Bhartiya Janata Party14115008015.9%
Bihar(54) +INC (2)JD (22)CPI (3)BJP (18)SAP (6)IND (1)SP (1)JMM (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareJanata Dal44221091104431.9%Bharatiya Janata Party3218702989020.5%Samata Party206494660114.5%Communist Party of India7317380165.1%Indian National Congress542444605313%Independents1103118349245.4%Samajwadi Party314599181.3%Jharkhand Mukti Morcha1818985052.6%
Chandigarh(1) +BJP (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareBharatiya Janata Party1110113739%Indian National Congress107716829.8%
Dadra And Nagar Haveli(1) +INC (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress113938455.6%Bharatiya Janata Party103003542.5%
Daman And Diu(1) +INC (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress112454350.6%Bharatiya Janata Party101961240.4%
Delhi(7) +BJP (5)INC (2) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareBharatiya Janata Party75199455049.6%Indian National Congress72149912837.3%
Goa(2) +MAG (1)UGDP (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareMaharashtrawadi Gomantak2112922026.8%United Goans Democratic Party1110934622.7%
Gujarat(26) +BJP (16)INC (10) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareBharatiya Janata Party2616485443248.5%Indian National Congress2610387049738.7%
Haryana(10) +BJP (4)HVP (3)INC (2)IND (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareBharatiya Janata Party64150272319.7%Haryana Vikas Party43115632215.2%Indian National Congress102172308722.6%Independents210178012210.2%
Himachal Pradesh(4) +INC (4) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress44109700754.3%Bharatiya Janata Party4080001439.6%
Jammu and Kashmir(6) +INC (4)BJP (1)JD (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress6456994227.5%Bharatiya Janata Party5139530019%Janata Dal5136607417.6
Karnataka(28) +INC (5)KCP (1)BJP (6)JD (16) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress285566898830.3%Bharatiya Janata Party286464959824.8%Janata Dal2716653320434.9%Karnataka Congress Party1115818683.1%
Kerala(20) +INC (7)KC(M) (1)CPI(M) (5)RSP (1)JD (1)AIML (2)CPI (2)IND (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress177546713238%Communist Party of India (Marxist)95304436921.2%Communist Party of India4211829448.2%Janata Dal216331044.4%All India Muslim League227308095.1%Independents154110021987%Kerala Congress (M)113823192.7%Revolutionary Socialist Party113597862.5%
Lakshadweep(1) +INC (1) Name of the PartySeats contestedSeats wonVote Vote shareIndian National Congress111561151.7%Janata Dal101457748.3%
Madhya Pradesh(40) +INC (8)MPVC (1)BSP (2)IND (1)BJP (27)AIIC(T) (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareBharatiya Janata Party3927947294041.3%Indian National Congress408711175331%Bahujan Samaj Party28218745948.2%All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)33110785894.7%Independents1046121941159.6%Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress113375391.5%
Maharashtra(48) +INC (15)BJP (18)SHS (15) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareBharatiya Janata Party2518618442821.8%Indian National Congress4815986485334.8%Shiv Sena2015477241916.8%
Manipur(2) +INC (2) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareIndian National Congress2238520640.2%Independents13022104123%Federal Party of Manipur2012055712.6%
Meghalaya(2) +INC (1)IND (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareIndian National Congress2135332753.6%Independents4123589335.8%
Mizoram(1) +INC (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareIndian National Congress1112619142.5%Mizo National Front1011171037.6%
Nagaland(1) +INC (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareIndian National Congress1147210262.3%Independents2028552437.7%
Odisha(21) +INC (16)JD (4)SAP (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareIndian National Congress2116585002544.9%Janata Dal194391571030.1%Samata Party212024131.6%
Pondicherry(1) +INC (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareIndian National Congress1118398640%Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1018370239.9%
Punjab(13) +SAD (8)BSP (3)INC (2) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareIndian National Congress132309895635.1%Shiromani Akali Dal98253497928.7%Bahujan Samaj Party438255659.4%
Rajasthan(25) +BJP (12)AIIC(T) (1)INC (12) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareBharatiya Janata Party2512549445942.4%Indian National Congress2512525353140.5%All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)1714641593.6%
Sikkim(1) +SDF (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareSikkim Democratic Front1112421872.1%Sikkim Sangram Parishad104217524.5%
Tamil Nadu(39) +TMC(M) (20)CPI (2)DMK (17) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareTamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)2020733998227%Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1717696767925.6%Communist Party of India226328132.3%
Tripura(2) +CPM (2) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2267438652.4%Indian National Congress2043920634.1%
Uttar Pradesh(85) +INC (5)SP (16)BSP (6)IND (1)BJP (52)JD (2)AIIC(T) (2)SAP (1) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareBharatiya Janata Party83521538763233.4%Samajwadi Party6416958778720.8%Bahujan Samaj Party856948387920.6%Indian National Congress85537465058.1%Janata Dal17219613254.3%All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)76213876613%Independents2569130046616.5%Samata Party314276410.9%
West Bengal(42) +INC (9)CPI (3)CPM (23)RSP (4)AIFC (3) Name of the party Seats contestedSeats won VoteVote shareCommunist Party of India (Marxist)31231346752236.7%Indian National Congress4291471153840.1%Revolutionary Socialist Party4417456834.8%Communist Party of India3313971093.8%All India Forward Bloc3312537003.4%
Results by constituency Andhra Pradesh No. Constituency Type Winner Party 1 Srikakulam GEN Yerrannaidu Kinjarapu 2 Parvathipuram ST Pradeep Kumar Dev Vyricherla 3 Bobbili GEN Kondapalli Pydithalli Naidu 4 Visakhapatnam GEN T. Subbarami Reddy 5 Bhadrachalam ST Sode Ramaiah 6 Anakapalli GEN Chintakayala Ayyanna Patrudu 7 Kakinada GEN Gopal Krishna Thota 8 Rajahmundry GEN Ravindra Chitturi 9 Amalapuram SC K. S. R. Murthy 10 Narasapur GEN Kothapalli Subbarayudu 11 Eluru GEN Bolla Bulli Ramaiah 12 Machilipatnam GEN Kaikala Satyanarayana 13 Vijayawada GEN Upendra Parvathaneni 14 Tenali GEN Sarada Tadiparthi 15 Guntur GEN Rayapati Sambasiva Rao 16 Bapatla GEN Ummareddy Venkateswarlu 17 Narasaraopet GEN Sydaiah Kota 18 Ongole GEN Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy 19 Nellore SC Panabaka Lakshmi 20 Tirupathi SC Nelavala Subrahmanyam 21 Chittoor GEN Nuthanakalva Ramakrishna Reddy 22 Rajampet GEN Sai Prathap Annayyagari 23 Cuddapah GEN Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy 24 Hindupur GEN S. Ramachandra Reddy 25 Anantapur GEN Anantha Venkatarami Reddy 26 Kurnool GEN Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy 27 Nandyal GEN Bhuma Nagi Reddy 28 Nagarkurnool SC Manda Jagannath 29 Mahabubnagar GEN Mallikarjun Goud 30 Hyderabad GEN Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi 31 Secunderabad GEN P. V. Rajeshwar Rao 32 Siddipet SC Nandi Yellaiah 33 Medak GEN M. Baga Reddy 34 Nizamabad GEN Atmacharan Reddy 35 Adilabad GEN Samudrala Venugopal Chary 36 Peddapalli SC G. Venkat Swamy 37 Karimnagar GEN L. Gandula Ramana 38 Hanamkonda GEN Kamaluddin Ahmed 39 Warangal GEN Azmeera Chandulal 40 Khammam GEN Veerabhadram Tammineni 41 Nalgonda GEN Bommagani Dharma Bhiksham 42 Miryalguda GEN Baddam Narsimha Reddy
Arunachal Pradesh No. Constituency Type Winner Party 1 Arunachal West GEN Tomo Riba 2 Arunachal East GEN Wangcha Rajkumar
Assam No. Constituency Type Winner Party 1 Karimganj SC Dwaraka Nath Das 2 Silchar GEN Santosh Mohan Dev 3 Autonomous District ST Jayanta Rongpi 4 Dhubri GEN Nurul Islam 5 Kokrajhar ST Louis Islary 6 Barpeta GEN Uddabh Barman 7 Gauhati GEN Prabin Chandra Sarma 8 Mangaldoi GEN Birendra Prasad Baishya 9 Tezpur GEN Iswar Prasanna Hazarika 10 Nowgong GEN Muhi Ram Saikia 11 Kaliabor GEN Keshab Mahanta 12 Jorhat GEN Bijoy Krishna Handique 13 Dibrugarh GEN Paban Singh Ghatowar 14 Lakhimpur GEN Arun Kumar Sarma
Bihar No. Constituency Type Winner Party 1 Bagaha SC Mahendra Baitha 2 Bettiah GEN Madan Prasad Jaiswal 3 Motihari GEN Radha Mohan Singh 4 Gopalganj GEN Lal Babu Prasad Yadav 5 Siwan GEN Mohammad Shahabuddin 6 Maharajganj GEN Ram Bahadur Singh 7 Chapra GEN Rajiv Pratap Rudy 8 Hajipur SC Ram Vilas Paswan 9 Vaishali GEN Raghuvansh Prasad Singh 10 Muzaffarpur GEN Jai Narain Prasad Nishad 11 Sitamarhi GEN Nawal Kishore Rai 12 Sheohar GEN Anand Mohan 13 Madhubani GEN Chaturanan Mishra 14 Jhanjharpur GEN Devendra Prasad Yadav 15 Darbhanga GEN Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi 16 Rosera SC Pitambar Paswan 17 Samastipur GEN Ajit Kumar Mehta 18 Barh GEN Nitish Kumar 19 Balia GEN Shatrughan Prasad Singh 20 Saharsa GEN Dinesh Chandra Yadav 21 Madhepura GEN Sharad Yadav 22 Araria SC Sukdeo Paswan 23 Kishanganj GEN Taslimuddin 24 Purnea GEN Pappu Yadav 25 Katihar GEN Tariq Anwar 26 Rajmahal ST Thomas Hansda 27 Dumka ST Shibu Soren 28 Godda GEN Jagadambi Prasad Yadav 29 Banka GEN Giridhari Yadav 30 Bhagalpur GEN Chunchun Prasad Yadav 31 Khagaria GEN Anil Kumar Yadav 32 Monghyr GEN Brahmanand Mandal 33 Begusarai GEN Ramendra Kumar 34 Nalanda GEN George Fernandes 35 Patna GEN Ram Kripal Yadav 36 Arrah GEN Chandradeo Prasad Verma 37 Buxar GEN Lalmuni Chaubey 38 Sasaram SC Muni Lall 39 Bikramganj GEN Kanti Singh 40 Aurangabad GEN Virendra Kumar Singh 41 Jahanabad GEN Ramashray Prasad Singh 42 Nawada SC Kameshwar Paswan 43 Gaya SC Bhagwati Devi 44 Chatra GEN Dhirendra Agarwal 45 Kodarma GEN R.L.P. Verma 46 Giridih GEN Ravindra Kumar Pandey 47 Dhanbad GEN Rita Verma 48 Hazaribagh GEN M. L. Vishwakarma 49 Ranchi GEN Ram Tahal Choudhary 50 Jamshedpur GEN Nitish Bharadwaj 51 Singhbhum ST Chitrasen Sinku 52 Khunti ST Kariya Munda 53 Lohardaga ST Lalit Oraon 54 Palamau SC Braj Mohan Ram
Goa No. Constituency Type Winner Party 1 Panaji GEN Ramakant Khalap 2 Mormugao GEN Churchill Alemao
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