Elections in the Republic of India in 1996 included the 1996 Indian general election, elections to eight state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.
|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br /> !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br /> |- | |align="left"|Haryana Vikas Party ||65 ||33 ||17,16,572 ||22.7% |- | |align="left"|Samta Party ||89 ||24 ||15,57,914 ||20.6% |- | |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party ||25 ||11 ||6,72,558 ||8.9% |- | |align="left"|Independent ||2022 ||10 ||11,73,533 ||15.5% |- | |align="left"|Indian National Congress ||90 ||9 ||15,76,882 ||20.8% |- | |align="left"|All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) ||62 ||3 ||2,42,638 ||3.2% |-
In the 1996 assembly elections, 14 women contested, 10 of whom lost their deposits, while 2 were elected. National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats. BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats. BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats in 1996.
The National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats. The BSP contested first time on 29 seats in the state and won 4 seats. The BJP rose from two seats in 1987 to 8 seats.
!colspan=10| |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;" |Alliance/Party !style="width:4px" | ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Seats won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Change ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Popular Vote ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Vote % ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" |Adj. %<sup>â¡</sup> |- ! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|DMK+ Alliance ! style="background-color: " | |221 |+214 |14,600,748 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |53.77% |- |DMK ! style="background-color: #FF0000" | |173 | +171 |11,423,380 |42.07% |54.04% |- |TMC(M) ! style="background-color: #008080" | |39 | +39 |2,526,474 |9.3% |55.21% |- |CPI ! style="background-color: #0000FF" | |8 | +7 |575,570 |2.12% |42.95% |- |AIFB ! style="background-color: #800000" | |1 | +1 |75,324 |0.28% |76.18% |- ! style="background-color:#009900; color:white"|AIADMK+ alliance ! style="background-color: " | |4 |-221 |7,354,723 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |27.08% |- |AIADMK ! style="background-color: #008000" | |4 | -160 |5,831,383 |21.47% |29.24% |- |INC ! style="background-color: #00FFFF" | |0 | -60 |1,523,340 |5.61% |21.09% |-
! style="background-color:#ff2a00 ; color:black"|MDMK+ alliance ! style="background-color:#ff2a00 | |2 |0 |2,143,141 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |7.89% |- |MDMK ! style="background-color: #ff2a00" | |0 |0 |1,569,168 |5.78% |7.6% |- |CPI(M) ! style="background-color: #000080" | |1 |0 |456,712 |1.68% |9.57% |- |JD ! style="background-color: " | |1 |0 |117,801 |0.43% |7.31% |- ! style="background-color:yellow; color:black"|PMK+ Alliance ! style="background-color:yellow" | |4 |+3 |1,252,275 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 |4.61% |- |PMK ! style="background-color: #800080" | |4 | +3 |1,042,333 |3.84% |7.61% |- |AIIC(T) ! style="background-color: " | |0 |0 |209,942 |0.77% |4.23% |- ! style="background-color:gray; color:white"|Others ! style="background-color:gray" | |3 |+1 |1,662,926 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 6.12% |- |BJP ! style="background-color: " | |1 | +1 |490,453 |1.81% |2.93% |- |JP ! style="background-color: " | |1 | +1 |150,134 |0.55% |2.51% |- |IND ! style="background-color: " | |1 |0 |1,022,339 |3.76% |3.8% |- | style="text-align:center;" |Total ! style="background-color: " | | 234 | â |27,154,721 |style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" colspan=2 | 100% |-
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