1996 elections in India

Elections in the Republic of India in 1996 included the 1996 Indian general election, elections to eight state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

Haryana
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
 * - align=center

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes


 * align="left"|Haryana Vikas Party
 * 65
 * 33
 * 17,16,572
 * 22.7%
 * align="left"|Samta Party
 * 89
 * 24
 * 15,57,914
 * 20.6%
 * align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party
 * 25
 * 11
 * 6,72,558
 * 8.9%
 * align="left"|Independent
 * 2022
 * 10
 * 11,73,533
 * 15.5%
 * align="left"|Indian National Congress
 * 90
 * 9
 * 15,76,882
 * 20.8%
 * align="left"|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
 * 62
 * 3
 * 2,42,638
 * 3.2%
 * }
 * 90
 * 9
 * 15,76,882
 * 20.8%
 * align="left"|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)
 * 62
 * 3
 * 2,42,638
 * 3.2%
 * }
 * 3.2%
 * }
 * }

Jammu and Kashmir
The National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats. The BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats. The BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats.

Uttar Pradesh
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