1996 Indian general election in Gujarat

General elections were held in India in 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha.The election produced a hung parliament with no single party having a clear majority. Bharatiya Janata Party, the largest party, formed a short-lived government under the premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. United Front secured majority support resulting in H. D. Deve Gowda of Janata Dal succeeding Vajpayee and being the 11th Prime Minister of India, before eventually being replaced by I. K. Gujral, another United Front leader. Despite that, the country returned to the polls in 1998. Congress wins ten seats, BJP wins sixteen.

Results

Party-wise

Party		Seats			Popular Vote
		Contested	Won	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Bharatiya Janata Party	26	16	4	48,54,432	48.28	2.09
	Indian National Congress	26	10	5	38,70,497	38.69	9.7
	All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)	19	0	New	1,87,739	1.88	New
	Independents (politician)	414	0		7,48,443	7.48	4.6

Constituency wise

No.	Constituency	Type	Name of Elected M.P.	Party affiliation
1	Kutch	GEN	Pushpdan Shambhudan Gadhavi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Surendranagar	GEN	Sanat Mehta		Indian National Congress
3	Jamnagar	GEN	Chandresh Patel Kordia		Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Rajkot	GEN	Vallabhbhai Kathiria
5	Porbandar	GEN	Gordhanbhai Javia
6	Junagadh	GEN	Bhavna Chikhalia
7	Amreli	GEN	Dileep Sanghani
8	Bhavnagar	GEN	Rajendrasinh Rana
9	Dhandhuka	SC	Ratilal Kalidas Varma
10	Ahmedabad	GEN	Harin Pathak
11	Gandhinagar	GEN	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
			Vijaybhai Patel (By Poll)
12	Mehsana	GEN	A.K. Patel
13	Patan	SC	Mahesh Kanodia
14	Banaskantha	GEN	B.K. Gadhvi		Indian National Congress
15	Sabarkantha	GEN	Nisha Chaudhary
16	Kapadvanj	GEN	Jaysinhji Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Dohad	ST	Damor Somjibhai Punjabhai		Indian National Congress
18	Godhra	GEN	Shantilal Patel
19	Kaira	GEN	Dinsha Patel
20	Anand	GEN	Ishwarbhai Chavda
21	Chhota Udaipur	ST	Naranbhai Rathwa
22	Baroda	GEN	Satyajitsinh Gaekwad
23	Broach	GEN	Chandubhai Deshmukh		Bharatiya Janata Party
24	Surat	GEN	Kashiram Rana
25	Mandvi	ST	Chhitubhai Gamit		Indian National Congress
26	Bulsar	ST	Manibhai Chaudhary		Bharatiya Janata Party