| Election Name: | 1996 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections |
| Country: | Jammu and Kashmir (state) |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1987 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections |
| Previous Year: | 1987 |
| Election Date: | 17 September 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Seats For Election: | all 87 seats in Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 44 |
| Turnout: | 53.92%(20.98%) |
| Image1: | The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah addressing the National Conference on Green Design Buildings & Habitats, in New Delhi on January 07, 2011.jpg |
| Leader1: | Farooq Abdullah |
| Party1: | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Last Election1: | 40 |
| Seats1: | 57 |
| Seat Change1: | 17 |
| Percentage1: | 34.78% |
| Party2: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Last Election2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Percentage2: | 12.13% |
| Image3: | Hand INC.svg |
| Party3: | Indian National Congress |
| Last Election3: | 26 |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Seat Change3: | 19 |
| Percentage3: | 20.00% |
| Image4: | Janata Dal symbol.svg |
| Party4: | Janata Dal |
| Last Election4: | - |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 5 |
| Percentage4: | 10.87% |
| Image5: | Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png |
| Leader5: | Not announced |
| Party5: | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Last Election5: | - |
| Seats5: | 4[1] |
| Seat Change5: | 4 |
| Percentage5: | 6.43% |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | President's rule |
| After Election: | Farooq Abdullah |
| After Party: | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
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]
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]
In the 1996 assembly elections, 14 women contested, 10 of whom lost their deposits, while 2 were elected.[7] National Conference won 57 out of 86 seats.[8] [9] 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.[10]
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Kafeel-u-rehman | |||
| None | Saifullah Mir | |||
| None | Mushtaq Ahmad Lone | |||
| None | Mohd. Ramzan Chowdry | |||
| None | Ab. Ahad Wanie | |||
| None | Mohd. Shafi | |||
| None | Mohmad Dilawar Mir | |||
| None | Haji Abdul Ahad Vakil | |||
| None | Faqir Mohd. Khan | |||
| None | Gh. Rasool Mir | |||
| None | M0hd. Yousuf Parray | |||
| None | Mohd. Maqbool | |||
| None | Mujahid Mohd. Abdullah | |||
| None | Shiek Mustafa Kamal | |||
| None | Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | |||
| None | Mian Altaf Ahmed | |||
| None | Farooq Abdullah | |||
| None | Mohmmad Syed Akhoon | |||
| None | Sadiq Ali | |||
| None | Mubarak Ahmad Gul | |||
| None | Ali Mohammed Sagar | |||
| None | Piyare Lal Handoo | |||
| None | Muhammed Shafi Bhat | |||
| None | Ghulam Mohd. Bawan | |||
| Batamaloo | None | Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Shah | ||
| None | Ali Mohammad | |||
| None | Syed Gh. Hussain Geelani | |||
| None | Aga Syed Mehmood Almosvi | |||
| Khansahib | None | Ab. Gani Naseem | ||
| None | Abdul Rahim Rather | |||
| None | Ali Mohd. Naik | |||
| None | Mushtaq Ahmad | |||
| None | Bashir Ahmad Nengroo | |||
| None | Gh. Mohi-ud-din Mir | |||
| None | Mohd. Jabar Mir | |||
| None | Shiekh Mohd. Rafi | |||
| None | Sakina Akhtar | |||
| None | Mohd. Yousuf | |||
| None | Gul Md. Rafiqui | |||
| None | Safdar Ali Beg | |||
| None | Peerzada Ghulam Ahmad | |||
| None | Gh. Hassan Wani | |||
| None | Syed Abdul Rashid | |||
| None | Abdul Majeed | |||
| None | ||||
| None | Ab. Kabir Bhat | |||
| None | Tsetan Namgyal | |||
| None | Chering Dorjay | |||
| None | Qamar Ali Akhoon | |||
| None | Mohmad Abbass | |||
| None | Bashir Ahmed Kichloo | |||
| None | Qazi Jalal-ud-din | |||
| None | Maulana Attaullah Suharwardy | |||
| None | Abdul Rehman | |||
| SC | Bali Bhagat | |||
| None | Mohd. Farooq Mir | |||
| None | Abdul Ghani Malik | |||
| None | Jagjiven Lal | |||
| None | Abdul Wahid Shah | |||
| None | Shiv Charan Gupta | |||
| SC | Prithvi Chand | |||
| None | Harsh Dev Singh | |||
| None | Ghulam Hyder | |||
| None | Lal Singh | |||
| None | Sagar Chand | |||
| None | Balbir Singh | |||
| SC | Prem Lal | |||
| SC | Som Nath | |||
| None | Surjit Singh | |||
| None | Ajat Shatru Singh | |||
| None | Piara Singh | |||
| None | Vaid Vishno Dutt | |||
| None | Hans Raj | |||
| None | Jagdish Raj Dubey | |||
| SC | Ram Chand | |||
| None | Chuni Lal | |||
| None | Ajay Kumar | |||
| SC | Sat Paul | |||
| None | Govind Ram | |||
| SC | Tara Chand | |||
| None | Radhay Sham Sharma | |||
| None | Ch. Mohd. Hussain | |||
| None | Mohd. Sharief Tariq | |||
| None | Ashok Kumar Sharma | |||
| None | Mushtaq Ahmed Shah | |||
| None | Nisar Ahmed Khan | |||
| None | Ghulam Mohd. Jan | |||