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.
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Indian National Congress | 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 | 2 | |||
| Total | 334,873,286 | 100.00 | 545 | |
| Valid votes | 334,873,286 | 97.54 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,434,804 | 2.46 | ||
| Total votes | 343,308,090 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 592,572,288 | 57.94 | ||
| Source: ECI [1] | ||||
| Political Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | Number of Votes | % of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haryana Vikas Party | 65 | 33 | 17,16,572 | 22.7% | |
| Samta Party | 89 | 24 | 15,57,914 | 20.6% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 25 | 11 | 6,72,558 | 8.9% | |
| Independent | 2022 | 10 | 11,73,533 | 15.5% | |
| Indian National Congress | 90 | 9 | 15,76,882 | 20.8% | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 62 | 3 | 2,42,638 | 3.2% |
The National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats. [3] [4] The BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats. [5] The BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats. [6]
| Sl.No: | Party | Contested | Won | Popular Votes | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Parties | |||||
| 1 | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (AIIC(T)) | 8 | 0 | 8,549 | 0.06 |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 123 | 0 | 7,81,090 | 5.48 |
| 3 | Communist Party of India (CPI) | 22 | 18 | 10,86,350 | 7.62 |
| 4 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) | 62 | 40 | 30,78,723 | 21.59 |
| 5 | Indian National Congress | 94 | 37 | 43,40,717 | 30.43 |
| 6 | Janata Dal (JD) | 13 | 4 | 5,87,716 | 4.12 |
| 7 | Janata Party (JP) | 21 | 0 | 8,027 | 0.06 |
| State Parties | |||||
| 1 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 12 | 0 | 17,872 | 0.13 |
| 2 | All India Forward Bloc (FBL) | 6 | 0 | 2,522 | 0.02 |
| 3 | Indian Congress (Socialist) (IC(S)) | 9 | 3 | 3,55,755 | 2.49 |
| 4 | Kerala Congress (KEC) | 10 | 6 | 4,42,421 | 3.10 |
| 5 | Kerala Congress (Mani) (KCM) | 10 | 5 | 4,53,614 | 3.18 |
| 6 | Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 22 | 13 | 10,25,556 | 7.19 |
| 7 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 6 | 5 | 2,94,744 | 2.07 |
| 8 | Shiv Sena (SHS) | 16 | 0 | 4,445 | 0.03 |
| Unrecognised Parties | |||||
| 1 | Bharatiya Labour Party (BLP) | 1 | 0 | 3,632 | 0.03 |
| 2 | Communist Marxist Party (CMPKSC) | 3 | 0 | 69,934 | 0.49 |
| 3 | Indian Labour Congress (ILC) | 1 | 0 | 630 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Indian National League (INL) | 3 | 0 | 139775 | 0.89 |
| 5 | Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) | 4 | 1 | 1,82,210 | 1.28 |
| 6 | Kerala Congress (B) (KC(B)) | 2 | 1 | 91,968 | 0.64 |
| 7 | Kerala Congress (Joseph) (KCJ) | 10 | 2 | 455748 | 2.9 |
| 8 | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | 50 | 0 | 1,02,226 | 0.06 |
| 9 | Social Action Party (SAP) | 9 | 0 | 1,916 | 0.19 |
| 10 | Socialist Labour Action Party (SLAP) | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0.07 |
| 11 | Samajwadi Jan Parishad (SWJP) | 1 | 0 | 167 | 0.00 |
| Others/ Independents | 672 | 5 | 10,95,761 | 7.68 | |
| Total | 1,201 | 140 | 14,262,692 | 100 | |
Source: [8]
| Party | Contested | Won | Votes | % | Seats change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 414 | 174 | 18,028,820 | 32.5% |  3 | |
| Samajwadi Party | 281 | 110 | 12,085,226 | 21.8% |  1 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 296 | 67 | 10,890,716 | 19.6% | ||
| Indian National Congress | 126 | 33 | 4,626,663 | 8.3% | 5 | |
| Independent | 2031 | 13 | 3,615,932 | 6.5% | 5 | |
| Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | 38 | 8 | 1,065,730 | 1.9% | 8 (new) | |
| Janata Dal | 54 | 7 | 1,421,528 | 2.6% | 20 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | 4 | 1,421,528 | 0.8% | 3 | |
| All 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% | 2 | |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 77 | 1 | 325,787 | 0.6% | 1 (new) | |
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Front and allies | Communist Party of India (Marxist) Including candidates from Samajwadi Party contesting on CPI(M) tickets. | 213 | 153 | 13,670,198 | 37.16 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 21 | 1,912,183 | 5.20 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,367,439 | 3.72 | |
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 6 | 642,993 | 1.75 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 150,099 | 0.41 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 2 | 2 | 129,367 | 0.35 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt) | 2 | 0 | 105,366 | 0.29 | |
| Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 1 | 60,453 | 0.16 | |
| Janata Dal | 5 | 0 | 105,697 | 0.29 | |
| Indian National Congress | 288 | 82 | 14,523,964 | 39.48 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 292 | 0 | 2,372,480 | 6.45 | |
| Gorkha National Liberation Front | 3 | 3 | 161,498 | 0.44 | |
| Jharkhand Party (Naren) | 8 | 1 | 145,503 | 0.40 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 26 | 0 | 134,436 | 0.37 | |
| Forward Bloc (Socialist) | 20 | 1 | 123,316 | 0.34 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 48 | 0 | 67,853 | 0.18 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | 30 | 0 | 47,206 | 0.13 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League | 3 | 0 | 43,261 | 0.12 | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 29 | 0 | 20,555 | 0.06 | |
| Muslim League | 20 | 0 | 19,221 | 0.05 | |
| Amra Bangalee | 46 | 0 | 17,330 | 0.05 | |
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi) | 5 | 0 | 11,593 | 0.03 | |
| Pachim Banga Rajya Muslim League | 5 | 0 | 5,359 | 0.01 | |
| Indian National League | 7 | 0 | 4,480 | 0.01 | |
| Social Action Party | 16 | 0 | 4,476 | 0.01 | |
| Jharkhand Party | 5 | 0 | 3,533 | 0.01 | |
| Hul Jharkhand Party | 2 | 0 | 3,309 | 0.01 | |
| Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh | 2 | 0 | 2,448 | 0.01 | |
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | 2 | 0 | 1,218 | 0.00 | |
| Indian Democratic People's Party | 3 | 0 | 515 | 0.00 | |
| All India Christian Democratic and Backward People's Party | 1 | 0 | 392 | 0.00 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 1 | 0 | 251 | 0.00 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha | 2 | 0 | 178 | 0.00 | |
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh | 1 | 0 | 49 | 0.00 | |
| Independents | 844 | 4 | 898,677 | 2.44 | |
| Total | 2,035 | 294 | 36,788,753 | 100 | |
| Source: Election Commission of India [9] | |||||
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Narghat Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Nandigram Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Narayangarh Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Bandwan is an assembly constituency in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled tribes.
The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 took place on 9 April 2014 along with the parliamentary election 2014. The votes were counted on 16 May 2014. The election was held in the state for all 60 seats of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Ajay Tamta is a politician from Uttarakhand, India. He represents Bharatiya Janata Party serving as a Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. He had also served as Minister of State for Textiles and is Member of Parliament (MP) from Almora constituency.
The Suheldev Bharatiya SamajParty is an Indian political party founded in 2002. The party is led by Om Prakash Rajbhar, Cabinet Minister in Uttar Pradesh. The party has its headquarters in Rasra, Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The party has a yellow flag.
Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over September–October 1996. Farooq Abdullah became Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir after the elections. The 1996 Lok Sabha elections and assembly elections in the state were possible due to efforts of counter-insurgents like Kuka Parray,.
Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal, is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of West Bengal. The party's headquarters is located in Kolkata, the capital of the state. Sukanta Majumdar is currently appointed as the president of BJP West Bengal.
