India · 1996

Lok Sabha General Election 1996

Party-wise seats, vote share, constituency map and results.

Seats

543

Declared

543

Majority

272

State wise results All constituencies All Lok Sabha

Seat Distribution

Parties with >5 seats · others

Party Wise Results

Party	Seats won	Contested	Vote share	Total votes
BJP · Bharatiya Janata Party	161	471	20.29%	67,950,851
INC · Indian National Congress	140	529	28.80%	96,455,493
JD · Janata Dal	46	196	8.08%	27,070,340
CPM · Communist Party of India (Marxist)	32	75	6.12%	20,496,810
TMC(M) · Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)	20	20	2.19%	7,339,982
SP · Samajwadi Party	17	111	3.28%	10,989,241
DMK · Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	17	18	2.14%	7,151,381
TDP · Telugu Desam	16	36	2.97%	9,931,826
SHS · Shivsena	15	132	1.49%	4,989,994
CPI · Communist Party of India	12	43	1.97%	6,582,263
BSP · Bahujan Samaj Party	11	210	4.02%	13,453,235
IND · Independent	9	539	6.28%	21,028,247
SAP · Samata Party	8	81	2.17%	7,256,086
SAD · Shiromani Akali Dal	8	9	0.76%	2,534,979
AGP · Asom Gana Parishad	5	11	0.76%	2,560,506
RSP · Revolutionary Socialist Party	5	5	0.63%	2,105,469
AIIC(T) · All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	4	321	1.46%	4,903,070
FBL · Forward Bloc	3	16	0.38%	1,279,492
HVP · Haryana Vikas Party	3	4	0.35%	1,156,322
MUL · Muslim League Kerala State Committee	2	12	0.23%	757,316
JMM · Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	1	29	0.38%	1,287,072
KCP · Karnataka Congress Party	1	11	0.17%	581,868
KEC(M) · Kerala Congress (M)	1	1	0.11%	382,319
AIMIM · All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	1	2	0.10%	340,070
MPVC · Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress	1	1	0.10%	337,539
ASDC · Autonomous State Demand Committee	1	1	0.05%	180,112
MAG · Maharashtrawadi Gomantak	1	2	0.04%	129,220
SDF · Sikkim Democratic Front	1	1	0.04%	124,218
UGDP · United Goans Democratic Party	1	1	0.03%	109,346
NTRTDP(LP) · NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi)	0	42	0.97%	3,249,267
ADMK · All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	10	0.64%	2,130,286
RPI · Republican Party of India	0	56	0.43%	1,454,363
MDMK · Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	25	0.37%	1,235,812
CPI(ML)(L) · Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)	0	42	0.24%	808,065
JP · Janata Party	0	101	0.19%	631,021
PMK · Pattali Makkal Katchi	0	16	0.17%	571,910
PWPI · Peasants And Workers Party of India	0	4	0.13%	437,805
ICS · Indian Congress (Socialist)	0	26	0.12%	404,261
SAD(M) · Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann)	0	7	0.10%	339,520
BBM · Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha	0	4	0.10%	329,695
KEC · Kerala Congress	0	1	0.10%	320,539
JMM(M) · Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Mardi)	0	8	0.09%	299,055
UMFA · United Minorities Front, Assam	0	3	0.07%	244,571
AD · Apna Dal	0	42	0.07%	222,669
FB(S) · Forward Bloc (Socialist)	0	2	0.05%	172,685
GAVP · Gujarat Adijati Vikash Paksh	0	4	0.05%	166,003
Total	543	—	100%	334,859,976