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1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

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1996 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections
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all 87 seats in Legislative Assembly
44 seats needed for a majority
Registered4,761,095
Turnout53.92%(Decrease20.98%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Farooq Abdullah
Party JKNC BJP INC
Last election 40 2 26
Seats won 57 8 7
Seat change Increase 17 Increase 6 Decrease 19
Percentage 34.78% 12.13% 20.00%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Not announced
Party Janata Dal BSP
Last election - -
Seats won 5 4[1]
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 4
Percentage 10.87% 6.43%
Chief Minister before election

President's rule

 Elected Chief Minister

Farooq Abdullah
JKNC

Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over September–October 1996.[2] Farooq Abdullah became Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir after the elections. The 1996 Lok Sabha elections and assembly elections in the state were possible due to efforts of counter-insurgents like Kuka Parray, (head of Ikhwan-ul-Muslemoon).[3][4][5]

Background

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The National Conference, which had boycotted the 1996 Indian general election, agreed to participate in the 1996 Assembly elections only after Prime Minister, H. D. Deve Gowda, promised "maximum autonomy" for Jammu and Kashmir.[6]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference863,61234.7857Increase17
Indian National Congress496,62820.007Decrease19
Bharatiya Janata Party301,23812.138Increase6
Janata Dal269,98410.875New
Bahujan Samaj Party159,6906.434New
Jammu and Kashmir Awami League60,4372.431New
Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party55,8852.251Increase1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)23,7740.961Increase1
All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)17,4730.701New
Others3,0900.1200
Independents231,1119.312Decrease6
Total2,482,922100.0087Increase11
Valid votes2,482,92296.74
Invalid/blank votes83,7343.26
Total votes2,566,656100.00
Registered voters/turnout4,761,09553.91
Source: ECI[7]

In the 1996 assembly elections, 14 women contested, 10 of whom lost their deposits, while 2 were elected.[8] National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats.[9][10] BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats.[1] BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats in 1996.[11]

Results by constituency

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  • Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency[12]
Assembly Constituency Turnout Winner Runner Up Margin
#k Names % Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Karnah 66.07% Kifil-Ur-Rehman Khan JKNC 10,739 62.19% Abdul Rahman Badana JD 4,311 24.96% 6,428
2 Kupwara 25.97% Saifullah Mir JKNC 5,766 37.9% Chowdhary Salam-U-Din INC 4,755 31.26% 1,011
3 Lolab 43.82% Mushtaq Ahmad Lone JKNC 9,554 37.26% Abdul Rahim Wani JD 7,367 28.73% 2,187
4 Handwara 34.82% Mohammed Ramzan Chowdry JKNC 10,937 66.71% Ali Mohammed Dar INC 3,017 18.4% 7,920
5 Langate 42.67% Abdul Ahad Wani JKNC 9,734 61.61% Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din War INC 2,886 18.27% 6,848
6 Uri 70.69% Mohammad Shafi JKNC 18,117 53.67% Taj Mohiuddin INC 9,731 28.83% 8,386
7 Rafiabad 43.97% Mohammad Dilawar Mir JD 9,084 44.2% Ghulam Mohammed Khan JKNC 5,666 27.57% 3,418
8 Sopore 38.02% Abdul Ahad Vakil JKNC 14,441 64.47% Ghulam Nabi Mircha INC 2,842 12.69% 11,599
9 Gurez 76.14% Faqir Mohammed Khan Independent 2,175 29.72% Mohammed Anwar JKNC 1,398 19.1% 777
10 Bandipora 50.57% Ghulam Rasool Mir JKNC 9,625 38.3% Abdul Majid JKAL 5,652 22.49% 3,973
11 Sonawari 60.94% Mohammed Yousuf Parray JKAL 15,601 41.15% Mohammad Akbar Lone JKNC 14,875 39.24% 726
12 Sangrama 60.21% Mohammed Maqbool JKNC 9,779 48.86% Shiekh Mohammed Sadiq INC 5,160 25.78% 4,619
13 Baramulla 37.47% Mujahid Mohammed Abdullah JKNC 7,649 41.28% Mohammed Sareer Khan INC 2,474 13.35% 5,175
14 Gulmarg 65.16% Sheikh Mustafa Kamal JKNC 18,575 49.23% Ghulam Hassan Mir INC 16,822 44.59% 1,753
15 Pattan 71.34% Iftikhar Hussain Ansari INC 18,868 45.94% Abdul Rashid Shaheen JD 10,540 25.66% 8,328
16 Kangan 63.29% Mian Altaf Ahmed Larvi JKNC 21,553 90.23% Qazi Mohammed Afzal INC 954 3.99% 20,599
17 Ganderbal 50.62% Farooq Abdullah JKNC 16,440 70.25% Qazi Mohammad Afzal INC 3,617 15.46% 12,823
18 Hazratbal 23.6% Mohmmad Syed Akhoon JKNC 10,109 65.08% Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din BSP 3,855 24.82% 6,254
19 Zadibal 12.68% Sadiq Ali JKNC 2,948 49.08% Abdul Hassan Bhat JD 1,451 24.16% 1,497
20 Eidgah 20.01% Mubarak Ahmed Gul JKNC 8,206 78.12% Farooq Ahmad JD 1,035 9.85% 7,171
21 Khanyar 12.66% Ali Mohammad Sagar JKNC 6,194 87.52% Nazir Ahmed JD 607 8.58% 5,587
22 Habba Kadal 5.37% Piyare Lal Handoo JKNC 5,984 59.83% Sarla Taploo BJP 1,969 19.69% 4,015
23 Amira Kadal 11.51% Mohammed Shafi Bhat JKNC 4,256 63.86% Mohammed Altaf Dar JD 968 14.52% 3,288
24 Sonawar 34.5% Ghulam Mohammed Bawan JKNC 9,873 58.92% Bashir Ahmad Kuthoo JD 3,137 18.72% 6,736
25 Batmaloo 19.44% Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shah JKNC 9,583 69.03% Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh INC 1,576 11.35% 8,007
26 Chadoora 61.69% Ali Mohammad Dar JKNC 11,230 44.78% Ghulam Nabi Mir INC 6,134 24.46% 5,096
27 Budgam 67.27% Syed Ghulam Hussain Geelani JKNC 15,360 41.51% Aga Syed Mahmood INC 13,766 37.21% 1,594
28 Beerwah 70.72% Aga Syed Mahmood Almosvi JKNC 19,456 44.68% Sarfarz Khan JD 17,798 40.87% 1,658
29 Khan Sahib 63.55% Abdul Gani Naseem JKNC 12,785 40.65% Nazir Ahmad Khan JD 6,254 19.89% 6,531
30 Charari Sharief 64.13% Abdul Rahim Rather JKNC 19,590 60.31% Ghulam Hassan Wani JD 6,395 19.69% 13,195
31 Tral 58.3% Ali Muhammad Naik JKNC 22,732 77.92% Krishan Singh JKNPP 2,127 7.29% 20,605
32 Pampore 61.01% Mushtaq Ahmad JKNC 18,112 69.83% Mohammed Anwar INC 6,162 23.76% 11,950
33 Pulwama 51.31% Bashir Ahmad Nengroo JKNC 12,030 52.46% Syed Bashir Ahmad JD 7,398 32.26% 4,632
34 Rajpora 51.63% Ghulam Mohi Uddin Mir JKNC 15,455 61.2% Naba Mir JD 6,083 24.09% 9,372
35 Wachi 50.93% Mohammed Jabar Mir JKNC 12,169 55.85% Ghulam Hassan Khan INC 3,113 14.29% 9,056
36 Shopian 48.06% Shiekh Mohammed Rafi JKNC 10,340 49.1% Ghulam Nabi Shah JD 7,040 33.43% 3,300
37 Noorabad 58.7% Sakeena Akhtar JKNC 12,553 53.12% Gulzar Dar JD 7,694 32.56% 4,859
38 Kulgam 59.65% Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami CPI(M) 21,837 69.65% Habibullah Laway JD 5,671 18.09% 16,166
39 Hom Shali Bugh 46.58% Gul Mohammed Rafiqui JKNC 5,863 32.2% Mohammed Sikander JKAL 3,948 21.68% 1,915
40 Anantnag 34.18% Safdar Ali Beg JKNC 6,066 31.5% Bashir Ahmad Dada JKAL 5,448 28.29% 618
41 Devsar 51.56% Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad JKNC 8,763 35.26% Mohammed Yousuf INC 6,777 27.27% 1,986
42 Dooru 49.49% Ghulam Hassan Wani JKNC 10,076 46.05% Ghulam Ahmad Mir INC 5,175 23.65% 4,901
43 Kokernag 39.03% Syed Abdul Rashid JKNC 11,436 49.88% Abdul Rashid Rather JKAL 4,145 18.08% 7,291
44 Shangus–Anantnag East 52.35% Abdul Majeed Mir JKNC 10,703 44.55% Gowhar Maqbool JD 9,710 40.42% 993
45 Srigufwara–Bijbehara 36.26% Mehbooba Mufti INC 10,051 45.28% Abdul Gani Shah JKNC 7,780 35.05% 2,271
46 Pahalgam 49.51% Abdul Kabir Bhat JKNC 13,749 61.81% Gulshan Akhter INC 4,078 18.33% 9,671
47 Nubra 64.46% Tsetan Namgyal JKNC 3,176 50.66% Stanzin Tundup INC 3,093 49.34% 83
48 Leh 57.28% Chering Dorjay INC 16,712 51.52% Sonam Wangchuk Narboo JKNC 10,225 31.52% 6,487
49 Kargil 80.54% Qamar Ali Akhoon JKNC 24,183 57.62% Hassan Khan INC 12,104 28.84% 12,079
50 Zanskar 79.92% Mohammed Abass JKNC 6,855 46.9% Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan INC 5,559 38.03% 1,296
51 Kishtwar 68.49% Bashir Ahmed Kichloo JKNC 17,889 50.61% Rajinder Singh BJP 10,900 30.84% 6,989
52 Inderwal 61.27% Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din JKNC 11,097 37.87% Ghulam Mohammad Saroori Independent 10,002 34.13% 1,095
53 Doda 64.5% Maulana Attaullah Suharwardy JKNC 13,230 43.74% Ghulam Qadir Wani JD 8,065 26.66% 5,165
54 Bhaderwah 66.73% Sheikh Abdul Rehman BSP 21,615 51.23% Daya Krishan Kotwal BJP 17,260 40.91% 4,355
55 Ramban 61.26% Bali Bhagat BJP 12,359 46.78% Suram Chand JKNC 10,123 38.32% 2,236
56 Banihal 52.26% Mohammed Farooq Mir Independent 10,925 46.69% Molvi Abdul Rashid JKNC 7,778 33.24% 3,147
57 Gulabgarh 67.01% Abdul Ghani Malik JD 11,644 40.87% Ajaz Ahmad JKNC 10,688 37.52% 956
58 Reasi 61.24% Jagjiven Lal JD 11,974 27.97% Baldev Raj BJP 7,072 16.52% 4,902
59 Gool Arnas 58.29% Abdul Wahid Shan JKNC 9,783 44.89% Mohammed Ayub Khan INC 5,669 26.01% 4,114
60 Udhampur 56.14% Shiv Charan Gupta BJP 22,928 57.83% Balak Ram INC 7,463 18.82% 15,465
61 Chenani 47.88% Prithvi Chand BJP 10,493 43.08% Krishan Chander INC 7,589 31.15% 2,904
62 Ramnagar 53.75% Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP 9,049 24.56% Khalil-Allah BSP 8,448 22.93% 601
63 Bani 63.94% Ghulam Haider Malik JKNC 5,810 34.% Lal Chand JD 3,446 20.17% 2,364
64 Basohli 63.6% Chaudhary Lal Singh AIIC(T) 12,140 38.44% Jagdish Raj S/O Tula Ram INC 7,912 25.05% 4,228
65 Kathua 64.73% Sagar Chand BSP 12,130 25.26% Lal Chand Sharma Independent 11,001 22.91% 1,129
66 Billawar 62.45% Balbir Singh INC 13,354 36.25% Rajinder Singh JKNPP 12,722 34.54% 632
67 Hiranagar 60.75% Prem Lal BJP 15,922 35.95% Girdhari Lal INC 13,630 30.77% 2,292
68 Samba 56.31% Som Nath BSP 14,107 42.08% Swaran Lata INC 8,090 24.13% 6,017
69 Vijaypur 67.49% Surjeet Singh Slathia JKNC 17,529 35.75% Manjit Singh BSP 17,311 35.3% 218
70 Nagrota 64.56% Ajatshatru Singh JKNC 7,849 28.32% Dhan Raj Bargotra JD 5,731 20.68% 2,118
71 Gandhinagar 50.55% Choudhary Piara Singh BJP 19,779 37.6% Harbans Singh JKNC 17,142 32.59% 2,637
72 Jammu East 47.14% Vaid Vishno Dutt BJP 19,047 58.67% Raman Bhalla INC 6,546 20.16% 12,501
73 Jammu West 43.31% Hans Raj BJP 22,506 45.67% Yogesh Sawhney INC 10,068 20.43% 12,438
74 Bishnah 69.8% Jagdish Raj Dubey JD 10,941 26.43% Hari Chand BSP 9,057 21.88% 1,884
75 Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South 67.95% Ram Chand BSP 13,379 38.07% Romesh Lal INC 11,850 33.72% 1,529
76 Suchetgarh 71.59% Chuni Lal BJP 7,925 26.28% Gharu Ram Bhagat INC 7,789 25.83% 136
77 Marh 70.68% Ajay Sadhotra JKNC 10,072 29.75% Sukh Nandan Kumar BJP 9,259 27.35% 813
78 Raipur Domana 61.69% Sat Paul JD 9,076 27.85% Bansi Lal Bharti BJP 6,346 19.47% 2,730
79 Akhnoor 72.71% Govind Ram JKNC 8,855 21.02% Ram Saroop BJP 8,583 20.38% 272
80 Chhamb 72.07% Tara Chand INC 12,663 35.15% Tej Ram BJP 12,001 33.31% 662
81 Nowshera 62.63% Radhay Sham Sharma INC 20,238 50.7% Rattan Singh JKNC 10,702 26.81% 9,536
82 Darhal 55.41% Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain JKNC 14,969 40.91% Abdul Rashid Mirza Independent 9,803 26.79% 5,166
83 Rajouri 65.45% Mohammed Sharief Tariq JKNC 25,934 50.73% Chowdhary Talib Hussain INC 18,048 35.31% 7,886
84 Kalakote 54.96% Ashok Kumar Sharma INC 14,169 45.51% Puran Singh Thakur JKNC 4,194 13.47% 9,975
85 Surankote 74.26% Mushtaq Ahmed Shah JKNC 27,275 57.78% Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad INC 18,743 39.71% 8,532
86 Mendhar 68.59% Nisar Ahmed Khan JKNC 16,716 37.47% Javed Ahmed Rana Independent 14,256 31.95% 2,460
87 Poonch Haveli 66.94% Ghulam Mohammed Jan JKNC 16,150 33.81% Yeshpal Sharma JD 10,722 22.45% 5,428

References

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  1. ^ a b "Statistical report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu & Kashmir" (PDF).
  2. ^ K&K 1996 Assembly elections
  3. ^ 2002 interview
  4. ^ Kukka Parray: A profile
  5. ^ 1996 Lok Sabha elections in J&K
  6. ^ Towards greater autonomy
  7. ^ "Jammu & Kashmir 1996". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Kudos to Mehbooba Mufti, but where are Kashmir's female politicians?".
  9. ^ Key challenges: Harsh winter, boycott calls Night temperature likely to hover around freezing point during elections; fragile security situation may impact voting
  10. ^ Question of Simple Majority
  11. ^ "J&K Assembly poll: Rise of BJP changes political landscape of State". Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1996 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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