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India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

543 seats · vs 1991 (521-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 57.4%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1996 · 29 parties won seats

Derived
Bharatiya Janata Party — 161 seatsIndian National Congress — 139 seatsJanata Dal — 46 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 32 seatsTMCM — 20 seatsSamajwadi Party — 17 seatsTelugu Desam Party — 17 seats22 other parties — 111 seats272543of 543 seats
  • BJP161
  • INC139
  • JD46
  • CPM32
  • TMCM20
  • SP17
  • TDP17
  • Others111

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
BJPBharatiya Janata Party16130%6,83,06,83020.3%473
INCIndian National Congress13926%9,70,49,58328.8%532
JDJanata Dal468%2,73,12,5068.1%197
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)326%2,04,96,8106.1%75
TMCMTMCM204%73,39,9822.2%20
SPSamajwadi Party173%1,09,89,2413.3%111
TDPTelugu Desam Party173%1,04,98,8683.1%37
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam173%71,51,3812.1%18
SHSShiv Sena153%49,89,9941.5%132
CPICommunist Party of India122%65,82,2632.0%43
BSPBahujan Samaj Party112%1,34,53,2354.0%210
INDIndependent92%2,10,49,3126.3%10644
SAPSamajwadi Andolan Party81%72,56,0862.2%81
SADShiromani Akali Dal81%25,34,9790.8%9
AGPAsom Gana Parishad51%25,60,5060.8%11
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party51%21,05,4690.6%5
AIICTAIICT41%49,03,0701.5%321
FBLFBL31%12,79,4920.4%16
HVPHVP31%11,56,3220.3%4
MULMUL20%7,57,3160.2%12

+ 191 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 272

1996 · selected
Majority 272
BJP161INC139JD46CPM32TMCM20SP17TDP17DMK17SHS15CPI12+19 more · 67 seats
1991 · previous
Majority 261

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1991 → 1996

1991 1996· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
20.1
20.3
36.5
28.8
11.7
8.1
6.1
6.1
0.0
3.3
3.0
3.1
1.6
4.0
BJPINCJDCPMSPTDPBSP

Seat change

1996 seats minus 1991 seats

seats lostseats gained
BJP
120 → 161
+41
INC
232 → 139
−93
JD
59 → 46
−13
CPM
35 → 32
−3
TMCM
0 → 20
+20
SP
0 → 17
+17
TDP
13 → 17
+4
DMK
0 → 17
+17
SHS
4 → 15
+11
CPI
14 → 12
−2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1991 → 1996

share lostshare gained
SP
0.0% → 3.3%
+3.3%
BSP
1.6% → 4.0%
+2.4%
TMCM
0.0% → 2.2%
+2.2%
SAP
0.0% → 2.2%
+2.2%
IND
4.2% → 6.3%
+2.1%
AIICT
0.0% → 1.5%
+1.5%
NTRTDPLP
0.0% → 1.0%
+1.0%
SAD
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
SHS
0.8% → 1.5%
+0.7%
AIADMK
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%

Biggest BJP–INC swings

Seats where the BJP-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1991 → 1996. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward INCtoward BJP
Sasaram
Bihar
+77.3%
Palani
Tamil Nadu
+70.4%
Tiruchendur
Tamil Nadu
+67.3%
Godhra
Gujarat
−66.5%
Nawada
Bihar
+64.3%
Madhubani
Bihar
+64.0%
Kaira
Gujarat
−61.8%
Gaya
Bihar
+61.2%
Tripura East
Tripura
+58.4%
Sabarkantha
Gujarat
−57.7%
Chhota Udaipur
Gujarat
−56.4%
Banaskantha
Gujarat
−56.2%

All constituencies · 1996

543 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1991