JAMMU AND KASHMIR · 1996
Seats87
Electors47.61 L
Votes polled25.67 L
Median turnout60.3%
Party standings
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
57
of 87 seats · 65.5%
majority
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
57
Bharatiya Janta Party
8
Indian National Congress
7
Janata Dal
5
Bahujan Samaj Party
4
Independent
2
Jammu And Kashmir Awami League
1
Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party
1
Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)
1
All India Indira Congress (TIWARI)
1
Vote share by party
| Party | Seats | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| JKN | 57 | 34.8% | |
| BJP | 8 | 12.1% | |
| INC | 7 | 20.0% | |
| OTHERS | 6 | 15.8% | |
| JD | 5 | 10.9% | |
| BSP | 4 | 6.4% |
Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes | Margin | Margin % | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karnah | Kafeel-U-Rehman | JKNC | 17,619 | 6,428 | 36.5 | 66.1 |
| 2 | Kupwara | Saifullah Mir | JKNC | 16,609 | 1,011 | 6.1 | 26.0 |
| 3 | Lolab | Mushtaq Ahmad Lone | JKNC | 26,742 | 2,187 | 8.2 | 43.8 |
| 4 | Handwara | Mohd. Ramzan Chowdry | JKNC | 18,435 | 7,920 | 43.0 | 34.8 |
| 5 | Langate | Ab. Ahad Wanie | JKNC | 17,689 | 6,848 | 38.7 | 42.7 |
| 6 | Uri | Mohd. Shafi | JKNC | 34,598 | 8,386 | 24.2 | 70.7 |
| 7 | Rafiabad | Mohmad Dilawar Mir | JD | 22,136 | 3,418 | 15.4 | 44.0 |
| 8 | Sopore | Haji Abdul Ahad Vakil | JKNC | 24,741 | 11,599 | 46.9 | 38.4 |
| 9 | Gurez | Faqir Mohd. Khan | IND | 7,538 | 777 | 10.3 | 76.1 |
| 10 | Bandipora | Gh. Rasool Mir | JKNC | 26,627 | 3,973 | 14.9 | 50.6 |
| 11 | Sonawari | M0hd. Yousuf Parray | JKAL | 38,850 | 726 | 1.9 | 60.9 |
| 12 | Sangrama | Mohd. Maqbool | JKNC | 21,843 | 4,619 | 21.1 | 60.3 |
| 13 | Baramulla | Mujahid Mohd. Abdullah | JKNC | 19,783 | 5,175 | 26.2 | 37.6 |
| 14 | Gulmarg | Shiek Mustafa Kamal | JKNC | 38,746 | 1,753 | 4.5 | 65.6 |
| 15 | Pattan | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | INC | 42,860 | 8,328 | 19.4 | 71.4 |
| 16 | Kangan | Mian Altaf Ahmed | JKNC | 24,648 | 20,599 | 83.6 | 63.5 |
| 17 | Ganderbal | Farooq Abdullah | JKNC | 25,168 | 12,823 | 50.9 | 50.8 |
| 18 | Hazratbal | Mohmmad Syed Akhoon | JKNC | 16,462 | 6,254 | 38.0 | 23.8 |
| 19 | Zadibal | Sadiq Ali | JKNC | 6,214 | 1,497 | 24.1 | 12.7 |
| 20 | Idgah | Mubarak Ahmad Gul | JKNC | 11,246 | 7,171 | 63.8 | 20.1 |
| 21 | Khanyar | Ali Mohammed Sagar | JKNC | 7,633 | 5,587 | 73.2 | 12.8 |
| 22 | Habbakadal | Piyare Lal Handoo | JKNC | 10,188 | 4,015 | 39.4 | 17.2 |
| 23 | Amirakadal | Muhammed Shafi Bhat | JKNC | 7,141 | 3,288 | 46.0 | 12.6 |
| 24 | Sonawar | Ghulam Mohd. Bawan | JKNC | 17,934 | 6,736 | 37.6 | 34.7 |
| 25 | Batamaloo | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shah | JKNC | 14,708 | 8,007 | 54.4 | 19.7 |
| 26 | Chadoora | Ali Mohammad | JKNC | 26,857 | 5,096 | 19.0 | 62.7 |
| 27 | Badgam | Syed Gh. Hussain Geelani | JKNC | 39,138 | 1,594 | 4.1 | 67.4 |
| 28 | Beerwah | Aga Syed Mehmood Almosvi | JKNC | 44,792 | 1,658 | 3.7 | 71.1 |
| 29 | Khansahib | Ab. Gani Naseem | JKNC | 32,870 | 6,531 | 19.9 | 63.6 |
| 30 | Chrari Sharief | Abdul Rahim Rather | JKNC | 34,106 | 13,195 | 38.7 | 64.4 |
| 31 | Tral | Ali Mohd. Naik | JKNC | 31,512 | 20,605 | 65.4 | 58.5 |
| 32 | Pampore | Mushtaq Ahmad | JKNC | 27,378 | 11,950 | 43.6 | 61.2 |
| 33 | Pulwama | Bashir Ahmad Nengroo | JKNC | 25,284 | 4,632 | 18.3 | 51.4 |
| 34 | Rajpora | Gh. Mohi-Ud-Din Mir | JKNC | 27,454 | 9,372 | 34.1 | 51.8 |
| 35 | Wachi | Mohd. Jabar Mir | JKNC | 23,188 | 9,056 | 39.1 | 51.2 |
| 36 | Shopian | Shiekh Mohd. Rafi | JKNC | 22,584 | 3,300 | 14.6 | 48.3 |
| 37 | Noorabad | Sakina Akhtar | JKNC | 24,348 | 4,859 | 20.0 | 58.9 |
| 38 | Kulgam | Mohd. Yousuf | CPIM | 33,922 | 16,166 | 47.7 | 61.4 |
| 39 | Homeshalibugh | Gul Md. Rafiqui | JKNC | 19,950 | 1,915 | 9.6 | 46.7 |
| 40 | Anantnag | Safdar Ali Beg | JKNC | 20,350 | 618 | 3.0 | 34.9 |
| 41 | Devsar | Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad | JKNC | 26,907 | 1,986 | 7.4 | 52.4 |
| 42 | Doru | Gh. Hassan Wani | JKNC | 23,100 | 4,901 | 21.2 | 49.8 |
| 43 | Kokernag | Syed Abdul Rashid | JKNC | 23,866 | 7,291 | 30.5 | 40.6 |
| 44 | Shangus | Abdul Majeed | JKNC | 24,994 | 993 | 4.0 | 52.8 |
| 45 | Bijbehara | Mehbooba Mufti | INC | 23,765 | 2,271 | 9.6 | 36.8 |
| 46 | Pahalgam | Ab. Kabir Bhat | JKNC | 23,250 | 9,671 | 41.6 | 49.8 |
| 47 | Nobra | Tsetan Namgyal | JKNC | 6,368 | 83 | 1.3 | 64.9 |
| 48 | Leh | Chering Dorjay | INC | 32,884 | 6,487 | 19.7 | 57.3 |
| 49 | Kargil | Qamar Ali Akhoon | JKNC | 42,397 | 12,079 | 28.5 | 80.5 |
| 50 | Zanskar | Mohmad Abbass | JKNC | 14,865 | 1,296 | 8.7 | 79.9 |
| 51 | Kishtwar | Bashir Ahmed Kichloo | JKNC | 36,131 | 6,989 | 19.3 | 69.5 |
| 52 | Inderwal | Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din | JKNC | 30,062 | 1,095 | 3.6 | 61.3 |
| 53 | Doda | Maulana Attaullah Suharwardy | JKNC | 30,934 | 5,165 | 16.7 | 64.5 |
| 54 | Bhaderwah | Abdul Rehman | BSP | 43,006 | 4,355 | 10.1 | 66.7 |
| 55 | RambanSC | Bali Bhagat | BJP | 26,772 | 2,236 | 8.4 | 61.3 |
| 56 | Banihal | Mohd. Farooq Mir | IND | 23,827 | 3,147 | 13.2 | 52.3 |
| 57 | Gulabgarh | Abdul Ghani Malik | JD | 28,940 | 956 | 3.3 | 67.0 |
| 58 | Reasi | Jagjiven Lal | JD | 43,501 | 4,902 | 11.3 | 61.3 |
| 59 | Gool Arnas | Abdul Wahid Shah | JKNC | 22,125 | 4,114 | 18.6 | 58.3 |
| 60 | Udhampur | Shiv Charan Gupta | BJP | 40,309 | 15,465 | 38.4 | 56.2 |
| 61 | ChananiSC | Prithvi Chand | BJP | 24,676 | 2,904 | 11.8 | 47.9 |
| 62 | Ramnagar | Harsh Dev Singh | JKPP | 37,380 | 601 | 1.6 | 53.9 |
| 63 | Bani | Ghulam Hyder | JKNC | 17,306 | 2,364 | 13.7 | 63.9 |
| 64 | Basohli | Lal Singh | AIICT | 31,869 | 4,228 | 13.3 | 63.6 |
| 65 | Kathua | Sagar Chand | BSP | 49,118 | 1,129 | 2.3 | 64.9 |
| 66 | Billawar | Balbir Singh | INC | 37,273 | 632 | 1.7 | 62.5 |
| 67 | HiranagarSC | Prem Lal | BJP | 44,820 | 2,292 | 5.1 | 60.8 |
| 68 | SambaSC | Som Nath | BSP | 34,243 | 6,017 | 17.6 | 56.3 |
| 69 | Vijaypur | Surjit Singh | JKNC | 49,874 | 218 | 0.4 | 67.7 |
| 70 | Nagrota | Ajat Shatru Singh | JKNC | 28,539 | 2,118 | 7.4 | 64.6 |
| 71 | Gandhinagar | Piara Singh | BJP | 53,387 | 2,637 | 4.9 | 50.6 |
| 72 | Jammu East | Vaid Vishno Dutt | BJP | 32,777 | 12,501 | 38.1 | 47.1 |
| 73 | Jammu West | Hans Raj | BJP | 49,941 | 12,438 | 24.9 | 43.3 |
| 74 | Bishnah | Jagdish Raj Dubey | JD | 42,170 | 1,884 | 4.5 | 70.0 |
| 75 | R.S. PuraSC | Ram Chand | BSP | 35,909 | 1,529 | 4.3 | 68.0 |
| 76 | Suchetgarh | Chuni Lal | BJP | 30,661 | 136 | 0.4 | 71.7 |
| 77 | Marh | Ajay Kumar | JKNC | 34,427 | 813 | 2.4 | 70.7 |
| 78 | Raipur DomanaSC | Sat Paul | JD | 33,047 | 2,730 | 8.3 | 61.7 |
| 79 | Akhnoor | Govind Ram | JKNC | 42,698 | 272 | 0.6 | 72.8 |
| 80 | ChhambSC | Tara Chand | INC | 36,484 | 662 | 1.8 | 72.3 |
| 81 | Nowshera | Radhay Sham Sharma | INC | 40,487 | 9,536 | 23.6 | 62.7 |
| 82 | Darhal | Ch. Mohd. Hussain | JKNC | 37,153 | 5,166 | 13.9 | 55.5 |
| 83 | Rajouri | Mohd. Sharief Tariq | JKNC | 51,772 | 7,886 | 15.2 | 65.5 |
| 84 | Kalakote | Ashok Kumar Sharma | INC | 31,479 | 9,975 | 31.7 | 55.0 |
| 85 | Surankote | Mushtaq Ahmed Shah | JKNC | 47,697 | 8,532 | 17.9 | 74.3 |
| 86 | Mendhar | Nisar Ahmed Khan | JKNC | 45,193 | 2,460 | 5.4 | 68.6 |
| 87 | Poonch Haveli | Ghulam Mohd. Jan | JKNC | 48,764 | 5,428 | 11.1 | 67.0 |