REPUBLIC OF INDIA STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH STATE ELECTION OF 30 SEPTEMBER 1996 =================================================================== Source: Election Commission of India website Registered voters: 100,905,819 Votes cast: 56,227,573 55.7% Invalid votes: 788,907 01.4% Valid votes: 55,438,666 98.6% ------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------- All-India Indira Congress (Tiwari) 735,327 01.3 4 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 10,890,716 19.6 67 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 18,028,820 32.5 174 Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party (BKKGP) 1,065,730 01.9 38 Communist Party of India (CPI) 327,231 00.6 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 424,752 00.8 4 Indian National Congress (INC) 4,626,663 08.3 33 Samajwadi Party (SP) 12,085,226 21.8 110 Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) 325,787 00.6 1 Samata Party (SAP) 221,866 00.4 2 Independents and others 6,706,548 12.1 13 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,438,666 424 -------------------------------------------------------------------