REPUBLIC OF INDIA
STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
STATE ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 1996
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Source: Election Commission of India website

Registered voters:                        4,761,095
Votes cast:                               2,566,667  53.9%
Invalid votes:                               83,734  03.3%
Valid votes:                              2,482,922  96.7%
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Party                                    Votes       %        Seats
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All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) (AIICT)   17,473  00.7         1
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)                301,238  12.1         8
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)                   159,690  06.4         4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)     23,774  01.0         4
Indian National Congress (INC)              496,628  20.0         7
Janata Dal (JD)                             269,984  10.9         5
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League (JKAL)        60,437  02.4         1
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
 (JKNC)                                     863,612  34.8        57
Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party (JKPP)      55,885  02.2         1
Independents and others                     234,201  09.4         2
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Total                                     2,482,922              87
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