Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Jul 1996
424 assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, 54.94% turnout.
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Uttar Pradesh
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 174 | -3 | 414 | 1,80,28,820 | 32.52% | -0.78 |
| SPSamajwadi Party | 110 | +1 | 281 | 1,20,85,226 | 21.80% | +3.86 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 67 | -1 | 296 | 1,08,90,716 | 19.64% | +8.53 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 33 | +5 | 126 | 46,26,663 | 8.35% | -6.73 |
| INDIndependent | 13 | +5 | 2031 | 36,15,932 | 6.52% | -0.28 |
| BKKGPBKKGP | 8 | +8 | 38 | 10,65,730 | 1.92% | — |
| JDJanata Dal | 7 | -20 | 54 | 14,21,528 | 2.56% | -9.77 |
| AIICTAIICT | 4 | +4 | 37 | 7,35,327 | 1.33% | — |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 4 | +3 | 11 | 4,24,752 | 0.77% | +0.29 |
| SAPSAP | 2 | +2 | 9 | 2,21,866 | 0.40% | — |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 1 | -2 | 15 | 3,27,231 | 0.59% | -0.05 |
| SJPRSJPR | 1 | +1 | 77 | 3,25,787 | 0.59% | — |
| ADAD | 0 | 0 | 155 | 4,25,737 | 0.77% | — |
| BHJSBHJS | 0 | 0 | 336 | 2,77,869 | 0.50% | — |
| KVPKisan Vishwa Party | 0 | 0 | 63 | 1,64,907 | 0.30% | — |
| NLPNLP | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1,52,421 | 0.27% | — |
| UKKDUKKD | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1,23,921 | 0.22% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 24 | 74,007 | 0.13% | -0.14 |
| JPJP | 0 | -1 | 31 | 73,531 | 0.13% | -0.39 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 39 | 40,418 | 0.07% | — |
| BSPRBhartiya Sarthak Party | 0 | 0 | 49 | 40,306 | 0.07% | — |
| QJDQJD | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38,586 | 0.07% | — |
| SSDSSD | 0 | 0 | 17 | 32,716 | 0.06% | -0.02 |
| NDPNDP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25,421 | 0.05% | — |
| AKDAKD | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19,470 | 0.04% | — |
| ABASABAS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18,024 | 0.03% | — |
| UCPIUCPI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15,164 | 0.03% | — |
| RPIRPI | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15,132 | 0.03% | -0.03 |
| PMSPPragatisheel Manav Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10,042 | 0.02% | — |
| ICSIndian Congress (Socialist) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10,012 | 0.02% | +0.01 |
| ABJSABJS | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8,828 | 0.02% | — |
| NMNPNMNP | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8,241 | 0.01% | — |
| BKDJBKDJ | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6,692 | 0.01% | 0.00 |
| MMUPMMUP | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6,593 | 0.01% | — |
| INLINL | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5,649 | 0.01% | — |
| ABBPABBP | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5,510 | 0.01% | -0.03 |
| RSPPRashtra Samanya Praja Party | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5,036 | 0.01% | — |
| UPRPUttar Pradesh Republican Party | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4,868 | 0.01% | -0.01 |
| PSPPraja Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4,750 | 0.01% | — |
| KVMPKVMP | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4,055 | 0.01% | — |
- BJP174 (41%)
- SP110 (26%)
- BSP67 (16%)
- INC33 (8%)
- IND13 (3%)
- BKKGP8 (2%)
- Others19 (4%)
- BJP174
- SP110
- BSP67
- INC33
- IND13
- BKKGP8
- Others19
- BJP174
- SP110
- BSP67
- INC33
- IND13
- BKKGP8
- JD7
- AIICT4
- Others8
Constituency performance
From the 424 results in Uttar Pradesh
Seat change
Against Uttar Pradesh's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1993), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained148 (35%)
- Changed hands266 (63%)
- New seat10 (2%)
148 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 266 changed hands. 10 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
Uttar Pradesh, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
- BJP
- SP
- BSP
- INC
Assembly seat results
All 424 seats, alphabetical · showing 401–424 of 424
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SORON | BJPOMKAR | BSPSURAJ PAL SHAKYA | 8,9968.60% | 55.7% |
| SRINAGAR | BSPMAYAVATI | SPDHIRENDRA BAHADUR SINGH | 6,2074.41% | 64.1% |
| SUARTANDA | BJPSHIV BAHADUR SAXENA | SPA. GAFOOR | 7,4933.97% | 71.4% |
| SULTANPUR | BJPSURYA BHAN | SPSAFDAR RAZA | 9,0187.51% | 46.2% |
| SUNHA | BJPSUMAN LATA SINGH | SPSHYAM BIHARI SINGH | 7,2166.67% | 54.7% |
| TANDA | BSPLALJI VERMA | SPJAMIRUL HASAN ANSARI | 1,6581.03% | 64.5% |
| TEHRI | BJPLAKHI RAM JOSHI | AIICTBALBIR SINGH NEGI | 17,27218.65% | 41.8% |
| THAKURDWARA | BJPSARVESH KUMAR URF RAKESH | JPMOHMMAD ULLAH KHAN | 28,49016.35% | 72.2% |
| THANA BHAWAN | SPAMIR ALAM KHAN | BJPDHARAM PAL SINGH | 3,1632.02% | 69.9% |
| TILHAR | INCVIRENDRA PRATAP SINGH ALIAS MUNNA | SPRAVINDRA SINGH | 3,1082.66% | 55.9% |
| TILOI | SPMUSLIM | BJPMAYANKESHWAR SHARAN SINGH | 14,58811.26% | 56.5% |
| TINDWARI | BSPMAHENDRA PAL NISHAD | BJPRAM HIT | 7,8497.52% | 49.6% |
| TULSIPUR | BSPRIZWAN JAHIR URF RIJJU BHAIYA | BJPKAMLESH SINGH | 11,0668.11% | 62.4% |
| TUNDLA | BJPSHIV SINGH | BSPNAVNESH VARUN | 2,6891.98% | 51.6% |
| UMARDA | BJPKAILASH SINGH RAJPUT | SPVIJAY BAHADUR PAL | 1,7591.41% | 54.4% |
| UNNAO | SPDEEPAK KUMAR | BJPCHANDRA KISHORE | 9,9727.78% | 46.1% |
| USEHAT | BSPBHAGWAN SINGH | SPBANWARI SINGH | 6,9565.01% | 64.2% |
| UTRAULA | SPUBAIDUR RAHMAN | BJPSHYAM LAL | 18,12113.36% | 54.5% |
| UTTARKASHI | BJPGYAN CHAND | INDBARFIYA LAL JUWANTHA | 32,15534.12% | 46.7% |
| VARANASI CANTONMENT | BJPHARISH CHANDRA (HARISH JI) | SPSUNIL KUMAR RAI | 28,48822.19% | 41.5% |
| VARANASI NORTH | SPABDUL KALAM | BJPAMAR NATH YADAV | 11,8109.14% | 46.2% |
| VARANASI SOUTH | BJPSHYAM DEV RAI CHAWDHRI (DADA) | INCDEVBRAT MAJUMDAR | 37,28238.86% | 35.7% |
| ZAHOORABAD | BJPGANESH | SPSHIV PUJAN | 2,3561.57% | 59.9% |
| ZAMANIA | SPKAILASH | BJPSHARDA CHAUHAN | 6,9874.97% | 55.8% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Uttar Pradesh alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Jul 1996?
Bharatiya Janata Party won 174 of 424 seats in Uttar Pradesh, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election, Jul 1996?
Turnout was 54.94% — 5.54 cr of 10.1 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Uttar Pradesh have?
Uttar Pradesh has 424 assembly seats.
