Results of the 1996 Indian general election

Last updated June 14, 2025

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.^[1]

Results by party

Vote share of parties in the election

BJP (20.29%)
INC (28.8%)
JD (8.08%)
CPI(M) (6.12%)
BSP (4.02%)
SP (3.28%)
TDP (2.97%)
TMC (2.19%)
SAP (2.17%)
DMK (2.26%)
SHS (2.14%)
CPI (1.97%)
AIIC(T) (1.46%)
Other (14.2%)



Party		Votes	%	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				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

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%^[1]
Bharatiya Janata Party	1	0	31097	24.25%^[1]

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)

Chandigarh(1)

Dadra And Nagar Haveli

Daman And Diu

Goa

Gujarat

Himachal Pradesh

Congress won 3 setas

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