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Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996

87 seats · vs 1987 (76-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
JKN — 57 seatsBharatiya Janata Party — 8 seatsIndian National Congress — 7 seatsJanata Dal — 5 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 4 seatsIndependent — 2 seatsJKAL — 1 seat3 other parties — 3 seats4487of 87 seats
  • JKN57
  • BJP8
  • INC7
  • JD5
  • BSP4
  • IND2
  • JKAL1
  • Others3

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
JKNJKN5766%8,63,61234.8%81
BJPBharatiya Janata Party89%3,01,23812.1%53
INCIndian National Congress78%4,96,62820.0%84
JDJanata Dal56%2,69,98410.9%76
BSPBahujan Samaj Party45%1,59,6906.4%29
INDIndependent22%2,31,1119.3%134
JKALJKAL11%60,4372.4%27
JPPJharkhand People'S Party11%55,8852.3%45
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)11%23,7741.0%4
AIICTAIICT11%17,4730.7%9

+ 2 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election, 1996 · winner by seat

76 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 44

1996 · selected
Majority 44
JKN57BJP8INC7JD5BSP4IND2JKAL1JPP1CPM1AIICT1
1987 · previous
Majority 39

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1987 → 1996

1987 1996· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
33.0
34.8
5.1
12.1
20.2
20.0
0.0
10.9
0.0
6.4
34.8
9.3
3.7
0.0
JKNBJPINCJDBSPINDJKP

Seat change

1996 seats minus 1987 seats

seats lostseats gained
JKN
40 → 57
+17
BJP
2 → 8
+6
INC
26 → 7
−19
JD
0 → 5
+5
BSP
0 → 4
+4
IND
8 → 2
−6
JKAL
0 → 1
+1
JPP
0 → 1
+1
CPM
0 → 1
+1
AIICT
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1987 → 1996

share lostshare gained
JD
0.0% → 10.9%
+10.9%
BJP
5.1% → 12.1%
+7.0%
BSP
0.0% → 6.4%
+6.4%
JKAL
0.0% → 2.4%
+2.4%
JKN
33.0% → 34.8%
+1.8%
CPM
0.2% → 1.0%
+0.8%
AIICT
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
JPP
1.8% → 2.3%
+0.5%
JNP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%
LKD
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%

Biggest JKN–BJP swings

Seats where the JKN-vs-BJP vote gap moved most, 1987 → 1996. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (JKN share − BJP share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward JKN; to the left, toward BJP.

toward BJPtoward JKN
Kangan
+90.2%
Tral
+77.9%
Doda
−71.0%
Noorabad
+53.1%
Kokernag
+47.3%
Pattan
−44.0%
Khansahib
+40.7%
Rajouri
+38.8%
Kulgam
−38.5%
Uri
−35.9%
Kishtwar
−35.7%
Banihal
−33.6%

Closest races · 1996

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1996

87 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1987