Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly Election in 1996 Party Wise
| Party | Seats |
|---|
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 7 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 8 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) | 1 |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 4 |
| Jammu and Kashmir Awami League (JKAL) | 1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party (JPP) | 1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN) | 57 |
| Janata Dal (JD) | 5 |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) AIIC(T) | 1 |
| Independent (IND) | 2 |
| Total | 87 |
List of Successful Candidates in Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election in 1996
| A. C. NO. | Assembly Constituency Name | Category | Winner Candidates Name | Gender | Party | Vote | Runner-up Candidates Name | Gender | Party | vote |
|---|
| 1 | Karnah | GEN | Kafeel-U-Rehman | M | JKN | 10739 | Ab. Rahman Badana | M | JD | 4311 |
| 2 | Kupwara | GEN | Saifullah Mir | M | JKN | 5766 | Ch. Salam-Ud-Din | M | INC | 4755 |
| 3 | Lolab | GEN | Mushtaq Ahmad Lone | M | JKN | 9554 | Abdul Rahim Wani | M | JD | 7367 |
| 4 | Handwara | GEN | Mohd. Ramzan Chowdry | M | JKN | 10937 | Ali Mohd. Dar | M | INC | 3017 |
| 5 | Langate | GEN | Ab. Ahad Wanie | M | JKN | 9734 | Gulam Mohi-Ud-Din War | M | INC | 2886 |
| By Polls in 1999 | Langate | GEN | Mohd. Sultan Pandit | M | AGP | 4537 | Bashir Ahmad Wani | M | JKN | 4465 |
| 6 | Uri | GEN | Mohd. Shafi | M | JKN | 18117 | Taj Mohi-Ud-Din | M | INC | 9731 |
| 7 | Rafiabad | GEN | Mohmad Dilawar Mir | M | JD | 9084 | Ghulam Mohd. Khan | M | JKN | 5666 |
| 8 | Sopore | GEN | Haji Abdul Ahad Vakil | M | JKN | 14441 | Gh. Nabi Mircha | M | INC | 2842 |
| 9 | Gurez | GEN | Faqir Mohd. Khan | M | IND | 2175 | Mohd. Anwar | M | JKN | 1398 |
| 10 | Bandipora | GEN | Gh. Rasool Mir | M | JKN | 9625 | Ab. Majid | M | JKAL | 5652 |
| 11 | Sonawari | GEN | M0Hd. Yousuf Parray | M | JKAL | 15601 | Mohd. Akbar Lone | M | JKN | 14875 |
| 12 | Sangrama | GEN | Mohd. Maqbool | M | JKN | 9779 | Shiekh Mohd. Sadiq | M | INC | 5160 |
| 13 | Baramulla | GEN | Mujahid Mohd. Abdullah | M | JKN | 7649 | Mohd. Sareer Khan | M | INC | 2474 |
| 14 | Gulmarg | GEN | Shiek Mustafa Kamal | M | JKN | 18575 | Ghulam Hassan Mir | M | INC | 16822 |
| 15 | Pattan | GEN | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | M | INC | 18868 | Abdul Rashid Shaheen | M | JD | 10540 |
| 16 | Kangan | GEN | Mian Altaf Ahmed | M | JKN | 21553 | Qazi Mohd. Afzal | M | INC | 954 |
| 17 | Ganderbal | GEN | Farooq Abdullah | M | JKN | 16440 | Qazi Mohd. Afzal | M | INC | 3617 |
| 18 | Hazratbal | GEN | Mohmmad Syed Akhoon | M | JKN | 10109 | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din | M | BSP | 3855 |
| 19 | Zadibal | GEN | Sadiq Ali | M | JKN | 2948 | Abdul Hassan Bhat | M | JD | 1451 |
| 20 | Idgah | GEN | Mubarak Ahmad Gul | M | JKN | 8206 | Farooq Ahmad | M | JD | 1035 |
| 21 | Khanyar | GEN | Ali Mohammed Sagar | M | JKN | 6194 | Nazir Ahmed | M | JD | 607 |
| 22 | Habbakadal | GEN | Piyare Lal Handoo | M | JKN | 5984 | Sarla Taploo | F | BJP | 1969 |
| 23 | Amirakadal | GEN | Muhammed Shafi Bhat | M | JKN | 4256 | Mohd. Altaf Dar | M | JD | 968 |
| 24 | Sonawar | GEN | Ghulam Mohd. Bawan | M | JKN | 9873 | Bashir Ahmad Kuthoo | M | JD | 3137 |
| 25 | Batamaloo | GEN | Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din Shah | M | JKN | 9583 | Ghulam Mohammed Sheikh | M | INC | 1576 |
| 26 | Chadoora | GEN | Ali Mohammad | M | JKN | 11230 | Gh. Nabi Mir | M | INC | 6134 |
| 27 | Badgam | GEN | Syed Gh. Hussain Geelani | M | JKN | 15360 | Aga Syed Mehdi | M | INC | 13766 |
| 28 | Beerwah | GEN | Aga Syed Mehmood Almosvi | M | JKN | 19456 | Sarfarz Khan | M | JD | 17798 |
| 29 | Khansahib | GEN | Ab. Gani Naseem | M | JKN | 12785 | Nazir Ahmad Khan | M | JD | 6254 |
| 30 | Charari Sharief | GEN | Abdul Rahim Rather | M | JKN | 19590 | Gh. Hassan Wani | M | JD | 6395 |
| 31 | Tral | GEN | Ali Mohd. Naik | M | JKN | 22732 | Krishan Singh | M | JPP | 2127 |
| 32 | Pampore | GEN | Mushtaq Ahmad | M | JKN | 18112 | Mohd. Anwar | M | INC | 6162 |
| 33 | Pulwama | GEN | Bashir Ahmad Nengroo | M | JKN | 12030 | Syed Bashir Ahmad | M | JD | 7398 |
| 34 | Rajpora | GEN | Gh. Mohi-Ud-Din Mir | M | JKN | 15455 | Naba Mir | M | JD | 6083 |
| 35 | Wachi | GEN | Mohd. Jabar Mir | M | JKN | 12169 | Gh. Hassan Khan | M | INC | 3113 |
| 36 | Shopian | GEN | Shiekh Mohd. Rafi | M | JKN | 10340 | Gh. Nabi Shah | M | JD | 7040 |
| 37 | Noorabad | GEN | Sakina Akhtar | F | JKN | 12553 | Gulzar Dar | M | JD | 7694 |
| 38 | Kulgam | GEN | Mohd. Yousuf | M | CPM | 21837 | Habibullah Laway | M | JD | 5671 |
| 39 | Homeshalibugh | GEN | Gul Md. Rafiqui | M | JKN | 5863 | Md. Sikander | M | JKAL | 3948 |
| 40 | Anantnag | GEN | Safdar Ali Beg | M | JKN | 6066 | Bashir Ahmad Dada | M | JKAL | 5448 |
| 41 | Devsar | GEN | Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad | M | JKN | 8763 | Mohd. Yousuf | M | INC | 6777 |
| 42 | Dooru | GEN | Gh. Hassan Wani | M | JKN | 10076 | Gh. Ahmad Mir | M | INC | 5175 |
| 43 | Kokernag | GEN | Syed Abdul Rashid | M | JKN | 11436 | Abdul Rashid Rather | M | JKAL | 4145 |
| 44 | Shangus | GEN | Abdul Majeed | M | JKN | 10703 | Gowhar Maqbool | M | JD | 9710 |
| 45 | Bijbehara | GEN | Mehbooba Mufti | F | INC | 10051 | Abdul Gani Shah | M | JKN | 7780 |
| By Polls in 1999 | Bijbehara | GEN | Abdul Rehman | M | AGP | 3756 | Rafi Ahmad Mir | M | JKN | 2506 |
| 46 | Pahalgam | GEN | Ab. Kabir Bhat | M | JKN | 13749 | Gulshan Akhter | F | INC | 4078 |
| 47 | Nobra | GEN | Tsetan Namgyal | M | JKN | 3176 | Stanzin Tundup | M | INC | 3093 |
| 48 | Leh | GEN | Chering Dorjay | M | INC | 16712 | Sonam Wangchuk Narboo | M | JKN | 10225 |
| 49 | Kargil | GEN | Qamar Ali Akhoon | M | JKN | 24183 | Hassan Khan | M | INC | 12104 |
| 50 | Zanskar | GEN | Mohmad Abbass | M | JKN | 6855 | Kachoo Mohd. Ali Khan | M | INC | 5559 |
| 51 | Kishtwar | GEN | Bashir Ahmed Kichloo | M | JKN | 17889 | Rajinder Singh | M | BJP | 10900 |
| 52 | Inderwal | GEN | Qazi Jalal-Ud-Din | M | JKN | 11097 | Gh. Mohd. Saroree | M | IND | 10002 |
| 53 | Doda | GEN | Maulana Attaullah Suharwardy | M | JKN | 13230 | Ghulam Qadir | M | JD | 8065 |
| By Polls in 1997 | Doda | GEN | Khalid Najeeb | M | JKN | 23564 | Ajay Kumar | M | BJP | 7789 |
| 54 | Bhaderwah | GEN | Abdul Rehman | M | BSP | 21615 | Daya Krishan Kotwal | M | BJP | 17260 |
| 55 | Ramban | (SC) | Bali Bhagat | M | BJP | 12359 | Suram Chand | M | JKN | 10123 |
| 56 | Banihal | GEN | Mohd. Farooq Mir | M | IND | 10925 | Molvi Abdul Rashid | M | JKN | 7778 |
| 57 | Gulabgarh | GEN | Abdul Ghani Malik | M | JD | 11644 | Ajaz Ahmad | M | JKN | 10688 |
| 58 | Reasi | GEN | Jagjiven Lal | M | JD | 11974 | Baldev Raj | M | BJP | 7072 |
| 59 | Gool Arnas | GEN | Abdul Wahid Shah | M | JKN | 9783 | Mohd. Ayub Khan | M | INC | 5669 |
| 60 | Udhampur | GEN | Shiv Charan Gupta | M | BJP | 22928 | Balak Ram | M | INC | 7463 |
| 61 | Chanani | (SC) | Prithvi Chand | M | BJP | 10493 | Krishan Chander | M | INC | 7589 |
| 62 | Ramnagar | GEN | Harsh Dev Singh | M | JPP | 7589 | Khalil-Allah | M | BSP | 8448 |
| 63 | Bani | GEN | Ghulam Hyder | M | JKN | 5810 | Lal Chand | M | JD | 3446 |
| 64 | Basohli | GEN | Lal Singh | M | AIIC(T) | 12140 | Jagdish Raj S/O Tula Ram | M | INC | 7912 |
| 65 | Kathua | GEN | Sagar Chand | M | BSP | 12130 | Lal Chand Sharma | M | IND | 11001 |
| 66 | Billawar | GEN | Balbir Singh | M | INC | 13354 | Rajinder Singh | M | JPP | 12722 |
| 67 | Hiranagar | (SC) | Prem Lal | M | BJP | 15922 | Girdhari Lal | M | INC | 13630 |
| 68 | Samba | (SC) | Som Nath | M | BSP | 14107 | Swaran Lata | F | INC | 8090 |
| 69 | Vijaypur | GEN | Surjit Singh | M | JKN | 17529 | Manjit Singh | M | BSP | 17311 |
| 70 | Nagrota | GEN | Ajat Shatru Singh | M | JKN | 7849 | Dhan Raj Bargotra | M | JD | 5731 |
| 71 | Gandhinagar | GEN | Piara Singh | M | BJP | 19779 | Harbans Singh | M | JKN | 17142 |
| 72 | Jammu East | GEN | Vaid Vishno Dutt | M | BJP | 19047 | Raman Bhalla | M | INC | 6546 |
| By Polls in 1998 | Jammu East | GEN | Ashok Kumar | M | AGP | 13164 | Ved Kumar | M | INC | 6967 |
| 73 | Jammu West | GEN | Hans Raj | M | BJP | 22506 | Yogesh Sawhney | M | INC | 10068 |
| 74 | Bishnah | GEN | Jagdish Raj Dubey | M | JD | 10941 | Hari Chand | M | BSP | 9057 |
| 75 | R.S. Pura | (SC) | Ram Chand | M | BSP | 13379 | Romesh Lal | M | INC | 11850 |
| 76 | Suchetgarh | GEN | Chuni Lal | M | BJP | 7925 | Gharu Ram | M | INC | 7789 |
| 77 | Marh | GEN | Ajay Kumar | M | JKN | 10072 | Sukhnandan | M | BJP | 9259 |
| 78 | Raipur Domana | (SC) | Sat Paul | M | JD | 9076 | Bansi Lal Bharti | M | BJP | 6346 |
| 79 | Akhnoor | GEN | Govind Ram | M | JKN | 8855 | Ram Saroop | M | BJP | 8583 |
| 80 | Chhamb | (SC) | Tara Chand | M | INC | 12663 | Tej Ram | M | BJP | 12001 |
| 81 | Nowshera | GEN | Radhay Sham Sharma | M | INC | 20238 | Rattan Singh | M | JKN | 10702 |
| 82 | Darhal | GEN | Ch. Mohd. Hussain | M | JKN | 14969 | Abdul Rashid Mirza | M | IND | 9803 |
| 83 | Rajouri | GEN | Mohd. Sharief Tariq | M | JKN | 25934 | Ch. Talib Hussain | M | INC | 18048 |
| 84 | Kalakote | GEN | Ashok Kumar Sharma | M | INC | 14169 | Puran Singh Thakur | M | JKN | 4194 |
| 85 | Surankote | GEN | Mushtaq Ahmed Shah | M | JKN | 27275 | Ch. Mohd. Aslam | M | INC | 18743 |
| 86 | Mendhar | GEN | Nisar Ahmed Khan | M | JKN | 16716 | Javed Ahmed Rana | M | IND | 14256 |
| 87 | Poonch Haveli | GEN | Ghulam Mohd. Jan | M | JKN | 16150 | Yashpal Sharma | M | JD | 10722 |
List of Participating Political Parties in Jammu & Kashmir Assembly Election in 1996
| S.No. | Party Type Abbreviation | Party |
|---|
| National Parties |
| 1 | AIIC(T) | All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) |
| 2 | BJP | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| 3 | CPI | Communist Party Of India |
| 4 | CPM | Communist Party Of India (Marxist) |
| 5 | INC | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | JD | Janata Dal |
| State Parties |
| 7 | BSP | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 8 | JKN | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 9 | JPP | Jammu & Kashmir Panthers Party |
| Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties |
| 10 | AIMF | All India Minorities Front |
| 11 | JKAL | Jammu And Kashmir Awami League |
| Independents |
| 12 | IND | Independent |
Last Updated on Aug 15, 2021