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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996

424 seats · vs 1993 (422-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996 · 12 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 174 seatsSamajwadi Party — 110 seatsBahujan Samaj Party — 67 seatsIndian National Congress — 33 seatsIndependent — 13 seatsBKKGP — 8 seatsJanata Dal — 7 seats5 other parties — 12 seats213424of 424 seats
  • BJP174
  • SP110
  • BSP67
  • INC33
  • IND13
  • BKKGP8
  • JD7
  • Others12

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party17441%1,80,28,82032.5%414
SPSamajwadi Party11026%1,20,85,22621.8%281
BSPBahujan Samaj Party6716%1,08,90,71619.6%296
INCIndian National Congress338%46,26,6638.3%126
INDIndependent133%36,15,9326.5%2031
BKKGPBKKGP82%10,65,7301.9%38
JDJanata Dal72%14,21,5282.6%54
AIICTAIICT41%7,35,3271.3%37
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)41%4,24,7520.8%11
SAPSamajwadi Andolan Party20%2,21,8660.4%9
CPICommunist Party of India10%3,27,2310.6%15
SJPRSJPR10%3,25,7870.6%77

+ 64 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election, 1996 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 213

1996 · selected
Majority 213
BJP174SP110BSP67INC33IND13BKKGP8JD7AIICT4CPM4SAP2+2 more · 2 seats
1993 · previous
Majority 212

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1993 → 1996

1993 1996· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
33.3
32.5
17.9
21.8
11.1
19.6
15.1
8.3
6.8
6.5
12.3
2.6
BJPSPBSPINCINDJD

Seat change

1996 seats minus 1993 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
177 → 174
−3
SP
109 → 110
+1
BSP
67 → 67
0
INC
28 → 33
+5
IND
8 → 13
+5
BKKGP
0 → 8
+8
JD
27 → 7
−20
AIICT
0 → 4
+4
CPM
1 → 4
+3
SAP
0 → 2
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1993 → 1996

share lostshare gained
BSP
11.1% → 19.6%
+8.5%
SP
17.9% → 21.8%
+3.9%
BKKGP
0.0% → 1.9%
+1.9%
AIICT
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
AD
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
SJPR
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
BHJS
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
SAP
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
JP
0.5% → 0.1%
−0.4%
DDP
0.5% → 0.0%
−0.5%

Biggest BJP–SP swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-SP vote gap moved most, 1993 → 1996. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward SPtoward BJP
Atraulia
+81.7%
Dhanapur
−70.0%
Allahabad West
−67.6%
Azamgarh
−65.4%
Aligarh
−62.4%
Mankapur
−61.3%
Uttar Kashi
+55.2%
Muzaffarabad
−54.2%
Chandausi
+53.8%
Utraula
−53.6%
Patiali
−52.9%
Patti
+51.8%

Closest races · 1996

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

All constituencies · 1996

424 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1993