# Results of the 1996 Indian general election

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

Vote share of parties in the election
Seats :
| | Indian National Congress (Indira) | 96,455,493 | 28.80 | 140 |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 67,950,851 | 20.29 | 161 |
| | Janata Dal | 27,070,340 | 8.08 | 46 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 20,496,810 | 6.12 | 32 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party | 13,453,235 | 4.02 | 11 |
| | Samajwadi Party | 10,989,241 | 3.28 | 17 |
| | Telugu Desam Party | 9,931,826 | 2.97 | 16 |
| | Tamil Maanila Congress | 7,339,982 | 2.19 | 20 |
| | Samata Party | 7,256,086 | 2.17 | 8 |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,151,381 | 2.14 | 17 |
| | Communist Party of India | 6,582,263 | 1.97 | 12 |
| | Shiv Sena | 4,989,994 | 1.49 | 15 |
| | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 4,903,070 | 1.46 | 4 |
| | NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) | 3,249,267 | 0.97 | 0 |
| | Asom Gana Parishad | 2,560,506 | 0.76 | 5 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal | 2,534,979 | 0.76 | 8 |
| | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2,130,286 | 0.64 | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2,105,469 | 0.63 | 5 |
| | Republican Party of India | 1,454,363 | 0.43 | 0 |
| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,287,072 | 0.38 | 1 |
| | All India Forward Bloc | 1,279,492 | 0.38 | 3 |
| | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 1,235,812 | 0.37 | 0 |
| | Haryana Vikas Party | 1,156,322 | 0.35 | 3 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 808,065 | 0.24 | 0 |
| | Indian Union Muslim League | 757,316 | 0.23 | 2 |
| | Janata Party | 631,021 | 0.19 | 0 |
| | Karnataka Congress Party | 581,868 | 0.17 | 1 |
| | Pattali Makkal Katchi | 571,910 | 0.17 | 0 |
| | Peasants and Workers Party of India | 437,805 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Indian Congress (Socialist) | 404,261 | 0.12 | 0 |
| | Kerala Congress (M) | 382,319 | 0.11 | 1 |
| | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 340,070 | 0.10 | 1 |
| | Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) | 339,520 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress | 337,539 | 0.10 | 1 |
| | Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh | 329,695 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Kerala Congress | 320,539 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) | 299,055 | 0.09 | 0 |
| | United Minorities Front, Assam | 244,571 | 0.07 | 0 |
| | Apna Dal | 222,669 | 0.07 | 0 |
| | Autonomous State Demand Committee | 180,112 | 0.05 | 1 |
| | Forward Bloc (Socialist) | 172,685 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Gujarat Adijati Vikash Paksh | 166,003 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 129,220 | 0.04 | 1 |
| | Sikkim Democratic Front | 124,218 | 0.04 | 1 |
| | Federal Party of Manipur | 120,557 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Marxist Co-ordination Committee | 114,406 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Krantikari Samajwadi Manch | 113,975 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Mizo National Front | 111,710 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | United Goans Democratic Party | 109,346 | 0.03 | 1 |
| | Jharkhand Party (Naren) | 102,111 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party | 99,599 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Savarn Samaj Party | 84,725 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Jharkhand Party | 78,907 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Majlis Bachao Tahreek | 78,335 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Nag Vidarbha Andolan Samiti | 66,065 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Peoples Democratic Party | 65,641 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Amra Bangali | 65,595 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Mahabharat People's Party | 64,266 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha | 60,361 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Jharkhand People's Party | 58,132 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party (Ambedkar) | 52,585 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti | 52,300 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 49,978 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Satya Marg Party | 48,056 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 42,175 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Lok Hit Party | 37,127 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front | 34,803 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Pavitra Hindustan Kaazhagam | 34,147 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Marxist Communist Party of India (S.S. Srivastava) | 33,900 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Kannada Chalevali Vatal Paksha | 31,136 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Bhrastachar Normoolan Sena | 30,970 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Hul Jharkhand Party | 30,220 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Bhoomijotak Samooh | 29,874 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Proutist Sarva Samaj Samiti | 26,403 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party | 25,131 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 22,640 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Uttar Pradesh Republican Party | 22,515 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhag | 19,394 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | New India Party | 19,135 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Bhatiya Krishi Udyog Sangh | 17,744 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Indian National League | 15,954 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Jan Parishad | 15,112 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Nayay Party | 13,160 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Lokdal | 11,957 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Shoshit Samaj Dal | 11,937 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bahujan Kranti Dal (JAI) | 11,735 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Mahakushal Vikas Party | 11,152 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Jansatta Party | 10,901 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 10,657 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Democratic) | 10,072 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Gondwana Ganatantra Party | 9,985 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Pragtisheel Manav Samaj Party | 9,974 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Berozgaar Party | 9,813 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Janhit Morcha | 9,404 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hindustan Janata Party | 9,208 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Samajwadi Party 'pragatisheel' | 8,779 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Lok Party | 8,758 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Pachim Banga Rajya Muslim League | 8,624 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Khobragade) | 8,491 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Janata Vikas Party | 7,726 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Arya Sabha | 7,563 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Jan Sabha | 7,338 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Presidium Party of India | 7,298 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bahujan Kranti Dal | 6,968 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Political Party of National Management Service | 6,667 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Surajya Parishad | 6,000 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Samajwadi Janata Party (Maharashtra) | 5,784 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Maharashtra Pradesh Krantikari Party | 5,765 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bartiya Manav Seva Dal | 5,673 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | National Republican Party | 5,271 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Democratic Party | 5,084 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Mazdoor Dal | 5,075 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Surajya Party | 4,917 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hindu Mahasabha | 4,720 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Aikta Manch | 4,574 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | National Democratic Peoples Front | 4,462 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bolshevik Party of India | 4,345 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Lok Panchayat | 4,018 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Rashtriya Party | 3,724 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Kisan Party | 3,635 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Mahasand Sarvahara Krantikari Party | 3,552 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Labour Party | 3,550 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Unnatsheel Das | 3,476 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Samdarshi Party | 3,360 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Vijeta Party | 3,328 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Satyayug Party | 3,319 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Rashtriya Morcha | 3,181 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party | 3,176 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Marxist Engelist Leninist Proletariat Health Commune | 3,155 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party | 3,152 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party (Raj Bahadur) | 3,114 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party (Lohia) | 3,006 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Kannada Paksha | 2,883 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Manav Raksha Dal | 2,796 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Dalit Utthan Party | 2,654 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Desh Bhakt Morcha | 2,295 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Secular Congress | 2,136 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bira Oriya Party | 2,088 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India (Sivaraj) | 2,081 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharathiya Nethaji Party | 2,024 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Rajiv Congress | 1,967 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Jantantrik Parishad | 1,867 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Ekta Samaj Party | 1,852 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Congress Of People | 1,850 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Revolutionary Communist Party Of India (Rasik Bhatt) | 1,803 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Ekta Party | 1,801 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Shoshit Samaj Party | 1,684 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Samajwadi Dal | 1,637 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi | 1,477 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Kranti Sena | 1,439 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Democratic People's Party | 1,438 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Ekta Krandi Dal U.P. | 1,409 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Bahujan Samajwadi Party | 1,376 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Sarvadharam Party (Madhya Pradesh) | 1,327 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | People's Democratic League of India | 1,276 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Punjab Vikas Party (Punjab) | 1,185 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Desh Bhakt Party | 1,148 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Sabjan Party | 1,120 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Alp-Sankhyak Jan Morcha | 1,111 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Kisan Vyawasayee Mazdoor Party | 1,056 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Pratap Shiv Sena | 1,049 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Adarsh Lok Dal | 1,037 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Gareebjan Samaj Party | 962 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Dharmnirpeksh Dal | 894 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Azad Hind Mazdur & Jan Kalyan Party | 883 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bahujan Loktantrik Party | 857 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist Party (Ramakant Pandey) | 848 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Manav Sewa Sangh | 841 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Samajwadi Vikas Party | 805 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Rajarya Sabha | 787 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 786 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad | 724 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Ambedkar Kranti Dal | 667 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Jan Kisan Party | 633 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Mahabharath Mahajan Sabha | 572 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Samaj Sangathan Morcha | 535 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Bharat Nav Nirman Sangathan | 528 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Samajik Kranti Dal | 522 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Krantikari Dal | 520 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharat Jan Party | 505 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hind National Party | 496 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Sachet Bharat Party | 470 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhartiya Azad Party | 457 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal | 434 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Ballabh Vyas) | 428 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Tamil Nadu Hindu Vellalar Youth Kazhagam | 422 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Pragati Sheel Party | 407 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Socialist League of India | 384 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | United Indian Democratic Council | 374 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Rashtriya Samaj Sevak Dal | 348 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bhartiya Kisan Mazdoor Morcha | 345 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hindu Praja Party | 332 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Janata Kranti Congress | 324 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Mukt Bharat | 295 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Jan Swarajya Party | 278 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Gujarat Janta Parishad | 266 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharat Pensioner's Front | 231 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha | 231 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | All India Democratic People Federation | 195 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Akhil Bharatiya Jagrook Nagrik Dal | 176 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Federation of Sabhas | 142 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party | 131 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Poorvanchal Rashtriya Congress | 124 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Kranti Dal | 112 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Jan Ekata Morcha | 94 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Sarvkalyan Krantidal | 89 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Manav Samaj Party | 74 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Labour Party of India (V.V. Prasad) | 68 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Dal | 53 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Independents | 21,041,557 | 6.28 | 9 |
| Nominated Anglo-Indians | Nominated Anglo-Indians | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 334,873,286 | 100.00 | 545 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 334,873,286 | 97.54 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 8,434,804 | 2.46 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 343,308,090 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 592,572,288 | 57.94 | |
| Source: ECI |||||

## Results by state
### Andaman and Nicobar Islands(1)

* INC (1)
| Name of the Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Vote | Vote share |
| Indian National Congress | 1 | 1 | 74642 | 58.22% |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 0 | 31097 | 24.25% |

### Andhra Pradesh(25)

| INC (22) | TDP(16) | CPI(2) | CPIM(1) | AIMIM(1) |
| Name of the party | Seats contested | Seats won | Vote | Vote share |
| Indian National Congress | 42 | 22 | 12087596 | 39.66% |
| Telegu Desam Party | 36 | 16 | 9931826 | 32.59% |
| Communist Party of India | 3 | 2 | 728536 | 2.39% |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 2 | 1 | 340070 | 1.12% |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | 1 | 888036 | 2.91% |

### Arunachal Pradesh(2)

* IND (2)
| Name of the party | Seat contested | Seat won | Vote | Vote share |
| Independent | 6 | 2 | 157738 | 53.75% |

### Assam(14)

| INC (5) | AGP (5) | CPIM (1) | BJP (1) | INDEPENDENTS (1) | ASDC (1) |
| Name of the party | Seats contested | Seats won | Vote | Vote share |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 11 | 5 | 2560506 | 27.17 |
| Indian National Congress | 14 | 5 | 2981700 | 31.64 |
| Independents | 65 | 1 | 1103300 | 11.71 |
| Autonomous State Demand Committee | 1 | 1 | 180112 | 1.91 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2 | 1 | 371154 | 3.94 |
| Bhartiya Janata Party | 14 | 1 | 150080 | |

### Bihar(54)

| INC (2) | JD (22) | CPI (3) | BJP (18) | SAP (6) | INDEPENDENTS (1) | SP (1) |

### Himachal Pradesh

Congress won 3 setas

## Results by constituency

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