1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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

1996 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election
All 425 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
213 seats needed for a majority
Turnout55.73%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Kalyan Singh Mulayam Singh Yadav Mayawati
Party BJP SP BSP
Alliance BJP+SAP SP+AIIC(T)+BKKP+JD 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

Result
Party Contested Won Votes % Seats change
Bharatiya Janata Party 414 174 1,80,28,820 32.5% 3
Samajwadi Party 281 110 1,20,85,226 21.8% 1
Bahujan Samaj Party 296 67 1,08,90,716 19.6%
Indian National Congress 126 33 46,26,663 8.3% 5
Independent 2031 13 36,15,932 6.5% 5
Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party 38 8 10,65,730 1.9% 8 (new)
Janata Dal 54 7 14,21,528 2.6% 20
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11 4 14,21,528 0.8% 3
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 37 4 7,35,327 1.3% 4 (new)
Samtaa Party 9 2 2,21,866 0.4% 2 (new)
Communist Party of India 15 1 3,27,231 0.6% 2
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 77 1 3,25,787 0.6% 1 (new)

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