1996 elections in India

none May 2025 1996 H. D. Deve Gowda (NF) 15th Indian National Congress TBD TBD 543 8 TBD 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 1996 Indian general election 350px Indian National Congress 96455493 140 Bharatiya Janata Party 67950851 161 Janata Dal 27070340 46 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 20496810 32 Bahujan Samaj Party 13453235 11 Samajwadi Party 10989241 17 Telugu Desam Party 9931826 16 Tamil Maanila Congress 7339982 20 Samata Party 7256086 8 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7151381 17 Communist Party of India 6582263 12 Shiv Sena 4989994 15 All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 4903070 4 NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) 3249267 0 Asom Gana Parishad 2560506 5 Shiromani Akali Dal 2534979 8 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2130286 0 Revolutionary Socialist Party 2105469 5 Republican Party of India 1454363 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1287072 1 All India Forward Bloc 1279492 3 Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1235812 0 Haryana Vikas Party 1156322 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation 808065 0 Indian Union Muslim League 757316 2 Janata Party 631021 0 Karnataka Congress Party 581868 1 Pattali Makkal Katchi 571910 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 437805 0 Indian Congress (Socialist) 404261 0 Kerala Congress (M) 382319 1 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 340070 1 Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) 339520 0 Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress 337539 1 Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh 329695 0 Kerala Congress 320539 0 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) 299055 0 United Minorities Front, Assam 244571 0 Apna Dal 222669 0 Autonomous State Demand Committee 180112 1 Forward Bloc (Socialist) 172685 0 Gujarat Adijati Vikash Paksh 166003 0 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 129220 1 Sikkim Democratic Front 124218 1 Federal Party of Manipur 120557 0 Marxist Co-ordination Committee 114406 0 Krantikari Samajwadi Manch 113975 0 Mizo National Front 111710 0 United Goans Democratic Party 109346 1 Jharkhand Party (Naren) 102111 0 Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party 99599 0 Savarn Samaj Party 84725 0 Jharkhand Party 78907 0 Majlis Bachao Tahreek 78335 0 Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti 66065 0 Peoples Democratic Party 65641 0 Amra Bangali 65595 0 Mahabharat People's Party 64266 0 Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha 60361 0 Jharkhand People's Party 58132 0 Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) 52585 0 Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 52300 0 Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh 49978 0 Satya Marg Party 48056 0 Sikkim Sangram Parishad 42175 0 Lok Hit Party 37127 0 United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front 34803 0 Pavitra Hindustan Kaazhagam 34147 0 Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) 33900 0 Kannada Chalevali Vatal Paksha 31136 0 Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena 30970 0 Hul Jharkhand Party 30220 0 Bhoomijotak Samooh 29874 0 Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti 26403 0 Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party 25131 0 Republican Party of India (Athawale) 22640 0 Uttar Pradesh Republican Party 22515 0 Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhag 19394 0 New India Party 19135 0 Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh 17744 0 Indian National League 15954 0 Jan Parishad 15112 0 Rashtriya Nayay Party 13160 0 Lokdal 11957 0 Shoshit Samaj Dal 11937 0 Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI) 11735 0 Mahakushal Vikas Party 11152 0 Jansatta Party 10901 0 Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh 10657 0 Republican Party of India (Democratic) 10072 0 Gondwana Ganatantra Party 9985 0 Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party 9974 0 Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party 9813 0 Janhit Morcha 9404 0 Hindustan Janata Party 9208 0 Rashtriya Samajwadi Party 'pragatisheel' 8779 0 Lok Party 8758 0 Pachim Banga Rajya Muslim League 8624 0 Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 8491 0 Akhil Bhartiya Janata Vikas Party 7726 0 Arya Sabha 7563 0 Bharatiya Jan Sabha 7338 0 Republican Presidium Party of India 7298 0 Bahujan Kranti Dal 6968 0 Political Party of National Management Service 6667 0 Rashtriya Surajya Parishad 6000 0 Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) 5784 0 Maharashtra Pradesh Krantikari Party 5765 0 Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal 5673 0 National Republican Party 5271 0 Indian Democratic Party 5084 0 Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Mazdoor Dal 5075 0 Surajya Party 4917 0 Hindu Mahasabha 4720 0 Rashtriya Aikta Manch 4574 0 National Democratic Peoples Front 4462 0 Bolshevik Party of India 4345 0 Bharatiya Lok Panchayat 4018 0 Bharatiya Rashtriya Party 3724 0 Rashtriya Kisan Party 3635 0 Akhil Bharatiya Mahasand Sarvahara Krantikari Party 3552 0 Bharatiya Labour Party 3550 0 Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das 3476 0 Rashtriya Samdarshi Party 3360 0 Vijeta Party 3328 0 Satyayug Party 3319 0 Bharatiya Rashtriya Morcha 3181 0 Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party 3176 0 Marxist Engelist Leninist Proletariat Health Commune 3155 0 Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party 3152 0 Bahujan Samaj Party (Raj Bahadur) 3114 0 Socialist Party (Lohia) 3006 0 Kannada Paksha 2883 0 Bharatiya Manav Raksha Dal 2796 0 Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Utthan Party 2654 0 Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha 2295 0 Indian Secular Congress 2136 0 Bira Oriya Party 2088 0 Republican Party of India (Sivaraj) 2081 0 Bharathiya Nethaji Party 2024 0 Bharatiya Rajiv Congress 1967 0 Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad 1867 0 Ekta Samaj Party 1852 0 Congress Of People 1850 0 Revolutionary Communist Party Of India (Rasik Bhatt) 1803 0 Bhartiya Ekta Party 1801 0 Shoshit Samaj Party 1684 0 Samajwadi Dal 1637 0 Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi 1477 0 Bharatiya Kranti Sena 1439 0 Indian Democratic People's Party 1438 0 Ekta Krandi Dal U.P. 1409 0 Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party 1376 0 Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh) 1327 0 People's Democratic League of India 1276 0 Punjab Vikas Party (Punjab) 1185 0 Desh Bhakt Party 1148 0 Sabjan Party 1120 0 Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Alp-Sankhyak Jan Morcha 1111 0 Kisan Vyawasayee Mazdoor Party 1056 0 Pratap Shiv Sena 1049 0 Adarsh Lok Dal 1037 0 Gareebjan Samaj Party 962 0 Akhil Bharatiya Dharmnirpeksh Dal 894 0 All India Azad Hind Mazdur & Jan Kalyan Party 883 0 Bahujan Loktantrik Party 857 0 Socialist Party (Ramakant Pandey) 848 0 Manav Sewa Sangh 841 0 Bharatiya Samajwadi Vikas Party 805 0 Akhil Bhartiya Rajarya Sabha 787 0 Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 786 0 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 724 0 Ambedkar Kranti Dal 667 0 Bhartiya Jan Kisan Party 633 0 Mahabharath Mahajan Sabha 572 0 Bharatiya Samaj Sangathan Morcha 535 0 Rashtriya Bharat Nav Nirman Sangathan 528 0 Samajik Kranti Dal 522 0 Rashtriya Krantikari Dal 520 0 Bharat Jan Party 505 0 Hind National Party 496 0 Sachet Bharat Party 470 0 Bhartiya Azad Party 457 0 Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal 434 0 Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Ballabh Vyas) 428 0 Tamil Nadu Hindu Vellalar Youth Kazhagam 422 0 Pragati Sheel Party 407 0 Socialist League of India 384 0 United Indian Democratic Council 374 0 Rashtriya Samaj Sevak Dal 348 0 Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Morcha 345 0 Hindu Praja Party 332 0 Janata Kranti Congress 324 0 Mukt Bharat 295 0 Jan Swarajya Party 278 0 Gujarat Janta Parishad 266 0 Bharat Pensioner's Front 231 0 Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha 231 0 All India Democratic People Federation 195 0 Akhil Bharatiya Jagrook Nagrik Dal 176 0 Federation of Sabhas 142 0 Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party 131 0 Poorvanchal Rashtriya Congress 124 0 Kranti Dal 112 0 Jan Ekata Morcha 94 0 Bharatiya Sarvkalyan Krantidal 89 0 Manav Samaj Party 74 0 Labour Party of India (V.V. Prasad) 68 0 Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Dal 53 0 Independents 21041557 9 Nominated Anglo-Indians 2 8434804 592572288 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4123-general-election-1996-vol-i-ii/ General Election, 1996 (Vol I, II) Election Commission of India Results Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps 27 April 1996 Assam Indian National Congress Hiteswar Saikia Asom Gana Parishad Prafulla Kumar Mahanta50pxKeralaIndian National CongressA. K. Antony Communist Party of India (Marxist) yesE. K. Nayanar50px27 April 1996Pondicherry Indian National CongressV. Vaithilingam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam R. V. Janakiraman50pxAll 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 50px13 May 1996West Bengal Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes Jyoti Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes Jyoti Basu 50px Haryana Indian National Congress 2 Bhajan Lal Bishnoi Haryana Vikas Party Bansi Lal50px Bhartiya Janata Party 17 September 1996Jammu and KashmirPresident's RuleJammu and Kashmir National ConferenceFarooq Abdullah50px 30 September and 7 October 1996 Uttar PradeshPresident's Rule Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati 50px Legislative Assembly elections Assam 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election File:India Assam Legislative Assembly 1996.svg Indian National Congress 2778627 34 32 Asom Gana Parishad 2700934 59 40 Bharatiya Janata Party 946236 4 6 All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 337668 2 New Autonomous State Demand Committee 179877 5 1 Communist Party of India 177750 3 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 176721 2 0 United Minorities Front, Assam 105408 2 New Others 105471 0 0 Independents 1584109 11 4 4 471632 12119125 ECIhttps://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4004-assam-1996/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Assam Election Commission of India 10 February 2022 Haryana 1996 Haryana Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 1996https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3823-haryana-1996/ Statistical Report of General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana Election Commission of India 2018-02-15 yes |- 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 |- | Haryana Vikas Party |align="left"|Haryana Vikas Party ||65 ||33 ||17,16,572 ||22.7% |- | Samata Party |align="left"|Samta Party ||89 ||24 ||15,57,914 ||20.6% |- | Bharatiya Janata Party |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party ||25 ||11 ||6,72,558 ||8.9% |- | Independent politician |align="left"|Independent ||2022 ||10 ||11,73,533 ||15.5% |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress ||90 ||9 ||15,76,882 ||20.8% |- | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) |align="left"|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) ||62 ||3 ||2,42,638 ||3.2% |- |} Jammu and Kashmir File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1996.svg Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 863612 57 17 Indian National Congress 496628 7 19 Bharatiya Janata Party 301238 8 6 Janata Dal 269984 5 New Bahujan Samaj Party 159690 4 New Jammu and Kashmir Awami League 60437 1 New Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party 55885 1 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 23774 1 1 All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 17473 1 New Others 3090 0 0 Independents 231111 2 6 11 83734 4761095 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3794-jammu-kashmir-1996/ Jammu & Kashmir 1996 Election Commission of India 13 November 2021 In the 1996 assembly elections, 14 women contested, 10 of whom lost their deposits, while 2 were elected.http://www.livemint.com/Politics/ThLJaAlCSB4bZmCKExFFIO/Kudos-to-Mehbooba-Mufti-but-where-are-Kashmirs-female-poli.html Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians? 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.http://www.niticentral.com/2014/08/20/jk-assembly-poll-rise-of-bjp-changes-political-landscape-of-state-236255.html J&K Assembly poll: Rise of BJP changes political landscape of State 22 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221005713/http://www.niticentral.com/2014/08/20/jk-assembly-poll-rise-of-bjp-changes-political-landscape-of-state-236255.html 21 December 2014 dead dmy-all 1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election The National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats.https://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141110/j&k.htm Key challenges: Harsh winter, boycott calls Night temperature likely to hover around freezing point during elections; fragile security situation may impact votinghttp://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Jul/7/question-of-simple-majority-8.asp Question of Simple Majority The BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats.Statistical report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-JK96.pdf The BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats.http://www.niticentral.com/2014/08/20/jk-assembly-poll-rise-of-bjp-changes-political-landscape-of-state-236255.html J&K Assembly poll: Rise of BJP changes political landscape of State 22 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221005713/http://www.niticentral.com/2014/08/20/jk-assembly-poll-rise-of-bjp-changes-political-landscape-of-state-236255.html 21 December 2014 dead dmy-all Kerala 1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election +Party-wise vote share of 1996 Kerala Assembly Electionshttp://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1996_ST_REP.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala Election Commission of India 1997Sl.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 1996 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election File:India Pondicherry Legislative Assembly 1996.svg Indian National Congress 116618 9 6 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 105392 7 3 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 57678 3 3 Tamil Maanila Congress 42485 5 New Communist Party of India 29964 2 1 Janata Dal 20360 1 0 Pattali Makkal Katchi 11544 1 New Others 29126 0 0 Independents 47126 2 1 0 17036 633635 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3434-puducherry-1996/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Pondicherry Election Commission of India 30 July 2022 Tamil Nadu 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Summary of the 1996 June Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election results !colspan=10|File:India Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1996.svg |- ! 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: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam" | |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: AIADMK" | |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:Janata Dal " | |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: BJP" | |1 | +1 |490,453 |1.81% |2.93% |- |JP ! style="background-color: Janata Party" | |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 1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Source:https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3259-uttar-pradesh-1996/ Uttar Pradesh 1996 Election Commission of India 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 1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 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 1996 Indian Rajya Sabha elections References External links https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports Election Commission of India Category:1996 elections in India India Category:1996 in India Category:Elections in India by year