1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1996 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election

All 425 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 213 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	55.73%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Kalyan Singh Mulayam Singh Yadav Mayawati Party BJP SP BSP Alliance BJP+SAP SP+JD+AIIC(T)+BKKP BSP+INC Leader's seat Atrauli Sahaswan Bilsi Last election 177 109 67 Seats won 174 110 67 Seat change 3 1 0 Popular vote 18,028,820 12,085,226 10,890,716 Percentage 32.52% 21.80% 19.64% Swing 0.78% 3.86 8.52%
Chief Minister before election President's Rule Elected Chief Minister Mayawati BSP

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in 1996. The Bharatiya Janata Party remained the largest party, winning 174 of the 425 seats.

Result

Party		Contested	Won	Votes	%	Seats change
	Bharatiya Janata Party	414	174	18,028,820	32.5%	3
	Samajwadi Party	281	110	12,085,226	21.8%	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party	296	67	10,890,716	19.6%
	Indian National Congress	126	33	4,626,663	8.3%	5
	Independent	2031	13	3,615,932	6.5%	5
	Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party	38	8	1,065,730	1.9%	8 (new)
	Janata Dal	54	7	1,421,528	2.6%	20
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	11	4	1,421,528	0.8%	3
	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	37	4	735,327	1.3%	4 (new)
	Samta Party	9	2	221,866	0.4%	2 (new)
	Communist Party of India	15	1	327,231	0.6%	2
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	77	1	325,787	0.6%	1 (new)

References

• http://www.elections.in/uttar-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html
• http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-UP96.pdf