All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)

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All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
Leader Narayan Datt Tiwari
Founder Narayan Datt Tiwari, Arjun Singh, Natwar Singh and Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
Founded1996
Dissolved1998
Split from Indian National Congress
Merged into Indian National Congress
Colours Aqua Blue

The All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) was a political party in India set up by dissident Indian National Congress party leaders Narayan Datt Tiwari, Arjun Singh, Natwar Singh, Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Yashpal Arya and Sheila Dikshit. The party later merged with the Congress party when Sonia Gandhi took over the party. [1] [2]

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Election results

YearElectionSeats WonChange in Seat % of votesvotes swingRef.
1996 Indian general election 11th Lok Sabha 4Increase2.svg 41.5%1.5% [3]
1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 4Increase2.svg 41.3%1.3% [4]
1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election 1Increase2.svg 10.7%0.7% [5]
1996 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 0Steady2.svg 00.1%0.1% [6]
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election 0Steady2.svg 00.1%0.1% [7]

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