The 1996 Lok Sabha (Parliament) election in Uttar Pradesh was held to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) from 85 parliamentary constituencies in the state. Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the leading party, winning 52 seats. Samajwadi Party came second with 16 seats.
A total of 100,826,305 electors were registered to vote across the state. Of these, 46,885,634 votes were polled, resulting in an overall voter turnout of 46.5%. The average victory margin across all constituencies was 55,428 votes, with the closest contest decided by just 1,885 votes and the largest margin reaching 283,310 votes.
A total of 8 political parties won at least one seat in this election. India's Lok Sabha elections use the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, where the candidate with the most votes in each constituency wins the seat. The party or coalition winning a majority of Lok Sabha seats forms the central government and appoints the Prime Minister.
Seat data is not available for this selection.
Seat breakdown: Bharatiya Janata Party (52), Samajwadi Party (16), Bahujan Samaj Party (6), Indian National Congress (5), All India Indira Congress (TIWARI) (2) and 3 other parties.
Click on any constituency name to view the full candidate-wise breakdown with individual vote counts, vote share percentages, and party affiliations.
| Sno. | Constituency | Type | State | Winner | Party | Electors | Votes | Turnout | Margin | Margin% | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60-Maharajganj | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Pankaj Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1090652 | 616754 | 56.60% | 33550 | 5.40% | 1996 |
| 2 | 404-Saharanpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Nakli Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1217126 | 720217 | 59.20% | 2499 | 0.30% | 1996 |
| 3 | 405-Kairana | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Munawwar Hasan | Samajwadi Party | 1088513 | 572869 | 52.60% | 10022 | 1.70% | 1996 |
| 4 | 406-Muzaffarnagar | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Sohan Veer | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1193451 | 578981 | 48.50% | 34652 | 6.00% | 1996 |
| 5 | 407-Bijnor | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Mangal Ram Premi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1213828 | 612732 | 50.50% | 27417 | 4.50% | 1996 |
| 6 | 409-Moradabad | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Shafiqur Rahman Warq | Samajwadi Party | 1122457 | 644081 | 57.40% | 1885 | 0.30% | 1996 |
| 7 | 410-Rampur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Begam Nurbano Alias Mehtab Zamani Begum | Indian National Congress | 1286323 | 746812 | 58.10% | 74747 | 10.00% | 1996 |
| 8 | 411-Sambhal | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Dharmpal Yadav Alias D.P.Yadav | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1065746 | 535704 | 50.30% | 4894 | 0.90% | 1996 |
| 9 | 412-Amroha | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | 1183008 | 674418 | 57.00% | 47600 | 7.10% | 1996 |
| 10 | 413-Meerut | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Amar Pal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1247506 | 646183 | 51.80% | 168116 | 26.00% | 1996 |
| 11 | 414-Baghpat | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ajit Singh | Indian National Congress | 1271152 | 666928 | 52.50% | 198891 | 29.80% | 1996 |
| 12 | 417-Bulandshahr | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Chattar Pal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1113800 | 481519 | 43.20% | 51170 | 10.60% | 1996 |
| 13 | 418-Aligarh | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Sheela Gautam | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1252135 | 509245 | 40.70% | 91048 | 17.90% | 1996 |
| 14 | 419-Hathras | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Kishan Lal Diler | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1112622 | 434103 | 39.00% | 111794 | 25.80% | 1996 |
| 15 | 420-Mathura | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Tej Veer Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1161051 | 505120 | 43.50% | 64572 | 12.80% | 1996 |
| 16 | 421-Agra | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Bhagwan Shankar Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1193804 | 517028 | 43.30% | 84568 | 16.40% | 1996 |
| 17 | 423-Firozabad | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Prabhudayal Katheria | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1131286 | 463468 | 41.00% | 67032 | 14.50% | 1996 |
| 18 | 424-Mainpuri | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | 1095625 | 651766 | 59.50% | 51958 | 8.00% | 1996 |
| 19 | 425-Etah | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Mahadeepak Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1020377 | 478551 | 46.90% | 45703 | 9.60% | 1996 |
| 20 | 426-Badaun | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Salim Iqbal Shervani | Samajwadi Party | 1097550 | 535414 | 48.80% | 45187 | 8.40% | 1996 |
| 21 | 427-Aonla | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Kunwar Sarvraj Singh | Samajwadi Party | 1009939 | 487473 | 48.30% | 6792 | 1.40% | 1996 |
| 22 | 428-Bareilly | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1081013 | 546942 | 50.60% | 39092 | 7.10% | 1996 |
| 23 | 429-Pilibhit | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Maneka Gandhi | Janata Dal | 1106846 | 673796 | 60.90% | 283310 | 42.00% | 1996 |
| 24 | 430-Shahjahanpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ram Murthi Singh | Indian National Congress | 1105615 | 571498 | 51.70% | 6903 | 1.20% | 1996 |
| 25 | 431-Kheri | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Gaindanlal Kanaujiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1211803 | 486835 | 40.20% | 5444 | 1.10% | 1996 |
| 26 | 433-Sitapur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Mukhtar Anis | Samajwadi Party | 1094628 | 495954 | 45.30% | 10046 | 2.00% | 1996 |
| 27 | 434-Hardoi | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Jaiprakash | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1083292 | 408207 | 37.70% | 23318 | 5.70% | 1996 |
| 28 | 435-Misrikh | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Chaudhary Paragi Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1081246 | 466046 | 43.10% | 9215 | 2.00% | 1996 |
| 29 | 436-Misrikh | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Devi Bux | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1177719 | 489543 | 41.60% | 45656 | 9.30% | 1996 |
| 30 | 437-Mohanlalganj | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Purnima Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1114946 | 473918 | 42.50% | 32439 | 6.80% | 1996 |
| 31 | 438-Lucknow | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1488169 | 769886 | 51.70% | 118671 | 15.40% | 1996 |
| 32 | 439-Rae Bareli | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ashok Singh S/o Devenra Nath Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1163423 | 499838 | 43.00% | 33887 | 6.80% | 1996 |
| 33 | 440-Amethi | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Satish Sharma | Indian National Congress | 1102927 | 426913 | 38.70% | 40143 | 9.40% | 1996 |
| 34 | 441-Sultanpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Devendra Bahadur Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1219241 | 574530 | 47.10% | 118284 | 20.60% | 1996 |
| 35 | 442-Pratapgarh | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Rajkumari Ratna Singh | Indian National Congress | 1167505 | 475751 | 40.80% | 21637 | 4.50% | 1996 |
| 36 | 443-Farrukhabad | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Swami Sacchidanand Sakshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1213726 | 590001 | 48.60% | 84978 | 14.40% | 1996 |
| 37 | 444-Etawah | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ram Singh Shakya | Samajwadi Party | 1123677 | 518933 | 46.20% | 10733 | 2.10% | 1996 |
| 38 | 445-Kannauj | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Chandra Bhusan Singh Alias Munoo Baboo | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1140665 | 590007 | 51.70% | 54880 | 9.30% | 1996 |
| 39 | 446-Kanpur Urban | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Jagatveer Singh Dron | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1394642 | 579199 | 41.50% | 151090 | 26.10% | 1996 |
| 40 | 447-Akbarpur | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Ghanshyam Chandra Kharwar | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1291142 | 634392 | 49.10% | 24567 | 3.90% | 1996 |
| 41 | 448-Jalaun | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Bhanu Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1134180 | 468654 | 41.30% | 45724 | 9.80% | 1996 |
| 42 | 449-Jhansi | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Rajendra Agnihotri | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1278326 | 687216 | 53.80% | 29684 | 4.30% | 1996 |
| 43 | 450-Hamirpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ganga Charan Rajput | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1016288 | 445639 | 43.90% | 67980 | 15.30% | 1996 |
| 44 | 451-Banda | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ram Sajeevan Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1112281 | 367953 | 33.10% | 9171 | 2.50% | 1996 |
| 45 | 452-Fatehpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Vishambhar Pratap Nishad | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1141848 | 414013 | 36.30% | 23474 | 5.70% | 1996 |
| 46 | 454-Phulpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Jang Bahadur Singh Patel | Samajwadi Party | 1177561 | 564050 | 47.90% | 16021 | 2.80% | 1996 |
| 47 | 455-Allahabad | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Murli Manohar Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1391585 | 516276 | 37.10% | 103523 | 20.10% | 1996 |
| 48 | 456-Barabanki | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Ram Sagar | Samajwadi Party | 1097187 | 507199 | 46.20% | 14722 | 2.90% | 1996 |
| 49 | 457-Faizabad | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Vinay Katiyar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1188558 | 573616 | 48.30% | 26302 | 4.60% | 1996 |
| 50 | 459-Bahraich | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Padam Sen Chaudhari | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1200265 | 481472 | 40.10% | 65968 | 13.70% | 1996 |
| 51 | 460-Kaiserganj | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Beni Prasad Verma | Samajwadi Party | 1095140 | 521141 | 47.60% | 23923 | 4.60% | 1996 |
| 52 | 462-Gonda | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ketki Devi Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1157038 | 523192 | 45.20% | 67149 | 12.80% | 1996 |
| 53 | 463-Domariyaganj | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Brij Bhushan Tiwari | Samajwadi Party | 1121884 | 581728 | 51.90% | 25923 | 4.50% | 1996 |
| 54 | 464-Basti | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Sriram Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1156395 | 544459 | 47.10% | 49838 | 9.20% | 1996 |
| 55 | 467-Gorakhpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Avaidyanath | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1224971 | 569269 | 46.50% | 56880 | 10.00% | 1996 |
| 56 | 469-Deoria | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Shriprakash Mani | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1236272 | 584094 | 47.30% | 46927 | 8.00% | 1996 |
| 57 | 470-Bansgaon | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Subhawati Debi | Samajwadi Party | 1255383 | 537834 | 42.80% | 26169 | 4.90% | 1996 |
| 58 | 471-Lalganj | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Bali Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1302152 | 618690 | 47.50% | 54190 | 8.80% | 1996 |
| 59 | 472-Azamgarh | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Rama Kant Yadav | Samajwadi Party | 1205790 | 592402 | 49.10% | 22081 | 3.70% | 1996 |
| 60 | 473-Ghosi | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Kalapnath Rai | Independent | 1201951 | 606943 | 50.50% | 14552 | 2.40% | 1996 |
| 61 | 474-Salempur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Harivansh Sahay | Samajwadi Party | 1252901 | 517179 | 41.30% | 35696 | 6.90% | 1996 |
| 62 | 475-Ballia | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Chandra Shekhar | Samata Party | 1276125 | 541957 | 42.50% | 186605 | 34.40% | 1996 |
| 63 | 476-Jaunpur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Raj Keshar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1260933 | 585626 | 46.40% | 42645 | 7.30% | 1996 |
| 64 | 477-Machhlishahr | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ram Vilas Veddanti | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1240619 | 592055 | 47.70% | 43130 | 7.30% | 1996 |
| 65 | 478-Ghazipur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Manoj | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1271538 | 636824 | 50.10% | 105499 | 16.60% | 1996 |
| 66 | 479-Chandauli | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Anand Ratna Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1278693 | 600277 | 46.90% | 31151 | 5.20% | 1996 |
| 67 | 480-Varanasi | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Shankar Prasad Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1420576 | 576473 | 40.60% | 100692 | 17.50% | 1996 |
| 68 | 482-Mirzapur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Phulan Devi | Samajwadi Party | 1315877 | 716958 | 54.50% | 37046 | 5.20% | 1996 |
| 69 | 483-Robertsganj | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Ramshakal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1399438 | 637343 | 45.50% | 71841 | 11.30% | 1996 |
| 70 | 484-Tehri Garhwal | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Manbender Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1130991 | 271592 | 24.00% | 34917 | 12.90% | 1996 |
| 71 | 485-Garhwal | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Satpal Maharaj | All India Indira Congress (TIWARI) | 971613 | 423910 | 43.60% | 15020 | 3.50% | 1996 |
| 72 | 486-Almora | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Bachi Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | 933731 | 405090 | 43.40% | 56906 | 14.00% | 1996 |
| 73 | 488-Haridwar | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Harpal Sathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1158091 | 616554 | 53.20% | 66100 | 10.70% | 1996 |
| 74 | 623-Nainital | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Narayan Dutt Tiwari | All India Indira Congress (TIWARI) | 1337954 | 791948 | 59.20% | 155845 | 19.70% | 1996 |
| 75 | 632-Balrampur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Satyadev Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1136223 | 540951 | 47.60% | 57590 | 10.60% | 1996 |
| 76 | 633-Bilhaur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Shyam Behari S/o Baij Nath | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1237577 | 562195 | 45.40% | 33539 | 6.00% | 1996 |
| 77 | 634-Chail | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Amrit Lal Bharti | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1300833 | 380785 | 29.30% | 31579 | 8.30% | 1996 |
| 78 | 635-Ghatampur | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Kamal Rani | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1087112 | 449012 | 41.30% | 11151 | 2.50% | 1996 |
| 79 | 636-Hapur | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ramesh Chand Tomar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1493707 | 695482 | 46.60% | 94449 | 13.60% | 1996 |
| 80 | 637-Jalesar | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Om Pal Singh Nigar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1097730 | 536395 | 48.90% | 39375 | 7.30% | 1996 |
| 81 | 638-Khalilabad | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Surendra Yadav | Janata Dal | 1173445 | 596019 | 50.80% | 43188 | 7.20% | 1996 |
| 82 | 639-Khurja | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Ashok Kumar Pradhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1250559 | 442382 | 35.40% | 160803 | 36.30% | 1996 |
| 83 | 640-Padrauna | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Ram Nagina Misra | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1181908 | 608252 | 51.50% | 46520 | 7.60% | 1996 |
| 84 | 641-Saidpur | SC | Uttar Pradesh | Vidhyasagar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1277666 | 601061 | 47.00% | 24369 | 4.10% | 1996 |
| 85 | 642-Shahabad | GEN | Uttar Pradesh | Aliyas Azmi | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1115234 | 501919 | 45.00% | 57102 | 11.40% | 1996 |
Data-driven analysis of the 1996 Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha election results, covering competitiveness, candidate performance, and voter behaviour.
The victory margin is the difference in votes between the winning candidate and the runner-up. A constituency with a margin under 5,000 votes is considered closely fought. The average margin in Uttar Pradesh 1996 was 55,428 votes.
The 10 parliamentary constituencies decided by the narrowest margins.
| Constituency | Winner | Party | Margin |
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Candidates receiving less than one-sixth (16.67%) of valid votes forfeit their security deposit. A high forfeiture rate indicates a party fielded candidates in constituencies with little voter support.
NOTA (None of the Above) allows voters to reject all candidates. When NOTA votes exceed the victory margin, it signals significant voter dissatisfaction.
| Constituency | NOTA Votes | Win Margin | NOTA > Margin? |
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The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's Parliament. Members of Parliament (MPs) are directly elected by voters in their respective parliamentary constituencies through universal adult suffrage.
Uttar Pradesh is divided into 85 parliamentary constituencies. The constituencies are categorized as: GEN (67 seats), SC (18 seats). SC and ST reserved constituencies ensure representation for historically marginalized communities.
India follows the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) electoral system. The candidate who receives the highest number of votes wins the seat. Elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).