1996 general election

The 11th Lok Sabha. Polled in 3 phases, counted 8 May 1996.

Seats declared

543

272 needed for a majority

Largest party

BJP

161 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

13,952

606 women, 42 elected

Turnout

56.61%

33.5 cr of 59.2 cr

The house

543 seats, each dot one constituency

BJP161
INC140
JD46
CPM32
TMCM20
SP17
DMK17
TDP16
SHS15
CPI12
BSP11
IND9
SAP8
SAD8
AGP5
RSP5
Others21

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous general election

INC

-104

BJP

+41

+17

DMK

+17

-13

SHS

+11

BSP

IND

JMM

-5

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	161	+41	471	23.4%	6,79,50,851	20.29%	+0.22	180
INC Indian National Congress	140	-104	529	29.7%	9,64,55,493	28.80%	-7.60	127
JD Janata Dal	46	-13	196	23.4%	2,70,70,340	8.08%	-3.64	85
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	32	-3	75	37.1%	2,04,96,810	6.12%	-0.02	22
TMCM TMCM	20	—	20	54.6%	73,39,982	2.19%	—	0
SP Samajwadi Party	17	+17	111	17.7%	1,09,89,241	3.28%	+3.28	50
DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	17	+17	18	56.2%	71,51,381	2.14%	+0.07	0
TDP Telugu Desam Party	16	+3	36	38.2%	99,31,826	2.97%	+0.01	2
SHS Shiv Sena	15	+11	132	6.3%	49,89,994	1.49%	+0.70	112
CPI Communist Party of India	12	-2	43	24.9%	65,82,263	1.97%	-0.51	22
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	11	+8	210	11.2%	1,34,53,235	4.02%	+2.21	138
IND Independent	9	+8	10636	0.3%	2,10,41,557	6.28%	+2.13	10604
SAP SAP	8	—	81	14.1%	72,56,086	2.17%	—	51
SAD Shiromani Akali Dal	8	—	9	40.5%	25,34,979	0.76%	—	0
AGP Asom Gana Parishad	5	+4	11	32.6%	25,60,506	0.77%	+0.23	0
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	5	+1	5	49.7%	21,05,469	0.63%	0.00	0
AIICT AIICT	4	—	321	2.6%	49,03,070	1.46%	—	310
FBL All India Forward Bloc	3	0	16	11.0%	12,79,492	0.38%	-0.03	13
HVP Haryana Vikas Party	3	+2	4	39.1%	11,56,322	0.34%	+0.23	0
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	2	0	12	7.3%	7,57,316	0.23%	-0.08	10
JMM Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1	-5	29	6.8%	12,87,072	0.38%	-0.15	24
KCP KCP	1	—	11	8.4%	5,81,868	0.17%	—	10
KECM Kerala Congress (M)	1	0	1	54.4%	3,82,319	0.11%	-0.02	0
AIMIM All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	1	—	2	19.0%	3,40,070	0.10%	—	1
MPVC MPVC	1	—	1	66.3%	3,37,539	0.10%	—	0
ASDC ASDC	1	—	1	52.7%	1,80,112	0.05%	—	0
MAG MAG	1	+1	2	26.8%	1,29,220	0.04%	+0.02	1
SDF Sikkim Democratic Front	1	—	1	72.1%	1,24,218	0.04%	—	0
UGDP UGDP	1	—	1	40.5%	1,09,346	0.03%	—	0
NTRTDPLP NTRTDPLP	0	—	42	10.7%	32,49,267	0.97%	—	36
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	—	10	29.4%	21,30,286	0.64%	—	0
RPI RPI	0	0	56	4.4%	14,54,363	0.43%	+0.42	48
MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	—	25	7.2%	12,35,812	0.37%	—	24
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	—	42	3.0%	8,08,065	0.24%	—	40
JP JP	0	-5	101	1.0%	6,31,021	0.19%	-3.15	100
PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	0	0	16	5.2%	5,71,910	0.17%	-0.29	15
PWPI PWPI	0	—	4	19.2%	4,37,805	0.13%	—	2
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	—	26	2.8%	4,04,261	0.12%	—	25
SADM SADM	0	0	7	7.3%	3,39,520	0.10%	+0.04	6
BBM BBM	0	—	4	14.4%	3,29,695	0.10%	—	3

Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/lok-sabha-1996/parties?limit=500.

States & union territories

Seats and the parties that won them

State / UT	Seats	Turnout	Won by
Uttar Pradesh	85	45.6%	BJP52SP16BSP6INC5
Bihar	54	58.6%	JD22BJP18SAP6CPI3
Maharashtra	48	51.3%	BJP18SHS15INC15
Andhra Pradesh	42	61.6%	INC22TDP16CPI2AIMIM1
West Bengal	42	80.5%	CPM23INC9RSP4FBL3
Madhya Pradesh	40	52.2%	BJP27INC8BSP2MPVC1
Tamil Nadu	39	64.0%	TMCM20DMK17CPI2
Karnataka	28	58.8%	JD16BJP6INC5KCP1
Gujarat	26	36.3%	BJP16INC10
Rajasthan	25	42.7%	BJP12INC12AIICT1
Odisha	21	58.1%	INC16JD4SAP1
Kerala	20	69.6%	INC7CPM5MUL2CPI2
Assam	14	74.9%	INC5AGP5BJP1ASDC1
Punjab	13	60.9%	SAD8BSP3INC2
Haryana	10	68.3%	BJP4HVP3INC2IND1
Delhi	7	49.9%	BJP5INC2
Jammu and Kashmir	6	46.6%	INC4JD1BJP1
Himachal Pradesh	4	57.1%	INC4
Arunachal Pradesh	2	53.9%	IND2
Goa	2	55.5%	MAG1UGDP1
Manipur	2	74.3%	INC2
Meghalaya	2	60.3%	IND1INC1
Tripura	2	78.1%	CPM2
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1	60.7%	INC1
Chandigarh	1	57.5%	BJP1
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	1	74.6%	INC1
Daman and Diu	1	69.1%	INC1
Lakshadweep	1	88.5%	INC1
Mizoram	1	72.8%	INC1
Nagaland	1	86.6%	INC1
Puducherry	1	72.7%	INC1
Sikkim	1	75.1%	SDF1

Largest victories of 1996

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Constituency	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
TURA	Meghalaya	INCPURNO AGITOK SANGMA	BJPENILA SHIRA	1,84,79065.78%
MADRAS CENTRAL	Tamil Nadu	DMKMURASOLI MARAN	INCG.K.J.BHARATHI	2,80,46747.93%
SIKKIM	Sikkim	SDFBHIM PRASAD DAHAL	SSPNAR BAHADUR BHANDARI	82,04347.65%
PURNEA	Bihar	SPRAJESH RANJAN	BJPRAJENDRA PD. GUPTA	3,16,15547.08%
MADRAS NORTH	Tamil Nadu	DMKSOMU N.V.N	INCPANDIAN.D	3,89,61746.07%
GWALIOR	Madhya Pradesh	MPVCMADHAVRAO SCINDHIYA	BSPPHOOL SINGH BARAIYA	2,23,99444.02%
JHARGRAM	West Bengal	CPMRUPCHAND MURMU	INCSUBODH HANSDA	3,47,26443.12%
PILIBHIT	Uttar Pradesh	JDMANEKA GANDHI	BJPPARASHU RAM	2,83,31042.82%
MADRAS SOUTH	Tamil Nadu	DMKBAALU T.R	ADMKGANESHAM.H	3,39,18139.02%
GANDHINAGAR	Gujarat	BJPATALBIHARI VAJAPAYEE	INCPOPATLAL V. PATEL	1,88,87238.74%

Closest results of 1996

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Constituency	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
BARODA	Gujarat	INCGAEKWAD SATYAJITSINH DILIPSINH	BJPJITENDRA RATILAL SUKHADIA (JITUBHAI)	170.00%
PONDICHERRY	Puducherry	INCM.O.H. FAROOK	DMKS. ARUMUGHAM	2840.06%
BULSAR	Gujarat	BJPMANIBHAI RAMJIBHAI CHAUDHARI	INCUTTAMBHAI HARJIBHAI PATEL	3680.09%
KOTA	Rajasthan	BJPDAU DAYAL JOSHI	INCRAM NARAYAN MEENA	6850.13%
TRICHUR	Kerala	CPIV.V.RAGHAVAN	INCK.KARUNAKARAN	1,4800.21%
ELURU	Andhra Pradesh	TDPBOLLA BULI RAMAIAH	INCMAGANTI VENKATESWARA RAO(BABU)	1,6350.21%
KALIABOR	Assam	AGPKESHAB MAHANTA	INCTARUN GOGOI	1,6160.22%
BALAGHAT	Madhya Pradesh	INCVISHVESHWAR BHAGAT	BJPGAURISHANKAR CHATURBHUJ BISEN	1,2570.23%
MORADABAD	Uttar Pradesh	SPSHAFIQUR RAHMAN WARQ	BJPSANDEEP	1,8850.30%
SAHARANPUR	Uttar Pradesh	BJPNAKLI SINGH	SPRASHID MASOOD	2,4990.35%