Jammu and Kashmir, Lok Sabha election 1996
6 constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 46.59% turnout.
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Jammu and Kashmir
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 4 | +4 | 6 | 5,69,942 | 27.46% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 1 | +1 | 5 | 3,95,300 | 19.04% | — |
| JDJanata Dal | 1 | +1 | 5 | 3,66,074 | 17.63% | — |
| INDIndependent | 0 | 0 | 84 | 5,04,098 | 24.28% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,23,591 | 5.95% | — |
| JPPJPP | 0 | 0 | 5 | 99,599 | 4.80% | — |
| AIICTAIICT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17,276 | 0.83% | — |
- INC4 (67%)
- BJP1 (17%)
- JD1 (17%)
- INC4
- BJP1
- JD1
- INC4
- BJP1
- JD1
Constituency performance
From the 6 results in Jammu and Kashmir
Seat change
Against Jammu and Kashmir's previous Lok Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained0 (0%)
- Changed hands0 (0%)
- New seat6 (100%)
0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 6 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Jammu and Kashmir, every Lok Sabha election on record
- INC
- BJP
- JD
Constituency results
All 6 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–6 of 6
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANANTNAG | JDMOHAMAD MAQBOOL | INCTAJ MOHI-UD-DIN | 58,08416.23% | 46.8% |
| BARAMULLA | INCGH. RASOOL KAR | INDGH. NABI MIR | 64,98121.25% | 43.4% |
| JAMMU | INCMANGAT RAM SHARMA | BJPVAID VISHNO DUTT | 46,7338.24% | 47.0% |
| LADAKH | INCPHUNTSOG NAMGYAL | INDQAMAR ALI AKHOON | 10,1359.67% | 79.7% |
| SRINAGAR | INCGHULAM MOHAMMAD MIR | JDFAROOQ AHMAD ANDERABI | 1,5990.54% | 37.9% |
| UDHAMPUR | BJPCHAMAN LAL GUPTA | INCJANAK RAJ GUPTA | 70,05515.84% | 51.3% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Jammu and Kashmir alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.