1996
199119891984198019771971196719621957Total Constituencies: 54
Bihar Lok Sabha Election 1996 covered all 54 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The JD received the highest statewide vote share at 31.88% and won 22 seats, while the BJP received 20.54% of the vote and won 18 seats. The SAP won 6 seats with 14.45% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Bihar.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD | 44 | 22 | 31.88% | 39.62% | 1,09,11,044 |
| 32 | 18 | 20.54% | 36.01% | 70,29,890 | |
| SAP | 20 | 6 | 14.45% | 37.10% | 49,46,601 |
| 54 | 2 | 12.99% | 12.99% | 44,46,053 | |
| IND | 54 | 1 | 5.36% | 5.36% | 18,34,924 |
| 7 | 3 | 5.08% | 37.70% | 17,38,016 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Bagaha | Mahendra Baitha | SAP | 2,00,469 | Bhola Ram Toofani | JD | 1,44,397 | 56,072 | 12.34 |
| Bettiah | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | BJP | 3,15,899 | Nasim Ahmad | JD | 2,64,410 | 51,489 | 8.24 |
| Motihari | Radha Mohan Singh | BJP | 3,48,384 | Abdul Moghani Kaifi | CPI | 2,20,575 | 1,27,809 | 20.91 |
| Gopalganj | Lal Babu Pd. Yadav | JD | 2,98,356 | Kali Prasad Pandey | INC | 1,78,860 | 1,19,496 | 17.68 |
| Siwan | M. Sahabuddin | JD | 3,26,351 | Janardan Tiwari | BJP | 1,61,108 | 1,65,243 | 26.61 |
| Maharajganj | Ram Bahadur Singh | SAP | 3,25,577 | Girija Devi | JD | 1,72,723 | 1,52,854 | 25.51 |
| Chapra | Rajiv Pratap Rudi | BJP | 3,39,086 | Lal Babu Rai | JD | 3,23,590 | 15,496 | 2.19 |
| Hajipur | Ram Bilash Paswan | JD | 3,87,781 | Ram Sundar Das | SAP | 3,41,550 | 46,231 | 6.15 |
| Vaishali | Raghybansh Prasad Singh | JD | 3,54,226 | Vrishin Patel | SAP | 2,91,543 | 62,683 | 8.91 |
| Muzaffarpur | Jai Narain Pd. Nishad | JD | 3,18,506 | Harendra Kumar | SAP | 2,38,432 | 80,074 | 12.57 |
| Sitamarhi | Nawal Kishore Rai | JD | 3,22,483 | Md. Anvarul Haque | INC | 2,40,226 | 82,257 | 11.17 |
| Sheohar | Anand Mohan | SAP | 3,34,994 | Ram Chandra Purve | JD | 2,94,357 | 40,637 | 5.99 |
| Madhubani | Chaturanan Mishra | CPI | 2,82,194 | Hukm Dev Narayan Yadav | BJP | 2,28,214 | 53,980 | 9.01 |
| Jhanjharpur | Devendra Prasad Yadav | JD | 3,58,396 | Dhanik Lal Mandal(Belha Wale) | INC | 2,80,247 | 78,149 | 11.77 |
| Darbhanga | Md. Ali Ashraf Fatmi | JD | 3,21,828 | Dhirendra Kumar Jha | BJP | 2,17,807 | 1,04,021 | 16.77 |
| Rosera | Pitambar Paswan | JD | 3,32,376 | Upendra Paswan | SAP | 2,09,445 | 1,22,931 | 20.53 |
| Samastipur | Ajit Kumar Mehta | JD | 4,00,117 | Manjay Lal | SAP | 2,58,183 | 1,41,934 | 19.56 |
| Barh | Nitish Kumar | SAP | 3,60,156 | Vijay Krishna | JD | 2,95,302 | 64,854 | 9.27 |
| Balia | Shatrughan Prasad Singh | CPI | 2,67,482 | Ram Lakhan Singh | BJP | 1,79,148 | 88,334 | 16.81 |
| Saharsa | Dinesh Chandera Yadav | JD | 3,99,804 | Surya Narian Yadav | INC | 2,47,359 | 1,52,445 | 21.78 |
| Madhepura | Sharad Yadav | JD | 3,81,190 | Anand Mandal | SAP | 1,44,046 | 2,37,144 | 38.51 |
| Araria | Sukdeo Paswan | JD | 2,50,263 | Ramji Rishideo | BJP | 2,01,985 | 48,278 | 8.26 |
| Kishanganj | Taslimuddin | JD | 3,81,530 | Vishwanath Kejriwal | BJP | 2,16,947 | 1,64,583 | 24.05 |
| Purnea | Rajesh Ranjan | SP | 4,43,111 | Rajendra Pd. Gupta | BJP | 1,26,956 | 3,16,155 | 47.08 |
| Katihar | Tariq Anwar | INC | 2,67,927 | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | BJP | 1,79,641 | 88,286 | 13.88 |
| Rajmahal | Thomas Hansda | INC | 2,52,230 | Simon Marandi | JMM | 1,09,068 | 1,43,162 | 25.67 |
| Dumka | Shibu Soren | JMM | 1,65,411 | Babu Lal Marandi | BJP | 1,59,933 | 5,478 | 1.05 |
| Godda | Jagdambi Prasad Yadav | BJP | 2,22,866 | Salauddin Ansari | JD | 1,66,681 | 56,185 | 9.04 |
| Banka | Giridhari Yadav | JD | 2,76,214 | Digvijay Singh | SAP | 2,61,499 | 14,715 | 2.34 |
| Bhagalpur | Chunchun Prasad Yadav | JD | 2,69,927 | Prabhash Chandra Tiwari | BJP | 2,16,790 | 53,137 | 8.23 |
| Khagaria | Anil Kumar Yadav | JD | 2,92,892 | Shakuni Choudhary | SAP | 2,80,515 | 12,377 | 1.84 |
| Monghyr | Brahmanand Mandal | SAP | 2,81,098 | Upendra Pd. Verma | JD | 2,59,952 | 21,146 | 2.88 |
| Begusarai | Ramendra Kumar | IND | 2,82,191 | Krishna Sahi | INC | 2,56,267 | 25,924 | 3.94 |
| Nalanda | George Ferandes | SAP | 4,86,703 | Vijai Kumar Yadav | CPI | 3,18,839 | 1,67,864 | 19.01 |
| Patna | Ramkripal Yadav | JD | 3,88,513 | S.N.Arya | BJP | 3,49,046 | 39,467 | 5.1 |
| Arrah | Chandra Deo Prasad Verma | JD | 1,92,046 | Ram Prasad Singh | SAP | 1,51,005 | 41,041 | 6.44 |
| Buxar | Lal Muni Choubey | BJP | 2,65,427 | Tej Narain Singh | CPI | 2,01,663 | 63,764 | 10.89 |
| Sasaram | Muni Lal | BJP | 2,82,075 | Chhedi Paswan | JD | 2,28,442 | 53,633 | 9.16 |
| Bikramganj | Kanti Singh | JD | 2,76,508 | Vashishta Narayan Singh | SAP | 2,74,085 | 2,423 | 0.37 |
| Aurangabad | Virendra Kumar Singh | JD | 1,85,761 | Satyendra Narayan Singh | INC | 1,62,729 | 23,032 | 4.28 |
| Jahanabad | Ramashraya Prasad Singh | CPI | 2,81,157 | Jagdish Sharma | INC | 1,85,507 | 95,650 | 12.15 |
| Nawada | Kameshwar Paswan | BJP | 3,10,194 | Premchand Ram | CPM | 2,13,280 | 96,914 | 13.03 |
| Gaya | Bhagwati Devi | JD | 2,94,084 | Krishna Kumar Choudhary | BJP | 2,34,461 | 59,623 | 9.45 |
| Chatra | Dheerendra Agrawal | BJP | 2,16,715 | Krishna Nandan Prasad | JD | 1,62,345 | 54,370 | 10.75 |
| Kodarma | Ritlal Prasad Verma | BJP | 2,43,295 | Ramesh Prasad Yadav | JD | 1,96,341 | 46,954 | 7.61 |
| Giridih | Ravindra Kumar Pandey | BJP | 2,18,188 | Saba Ahmed | JD | 1,26,525 | 91,663 | 15.34 |
| Dhanbad | Rita Verma | BJP | 2,69,942 | Shamresh Singh | JD | 2,47,746 | 22,196 | 2.75 |
| Hazaribagh | Mahabir Lal Viswakarma | BJP | 2,37,357 | Bhumeshwar Prasad Mehta | CPI | 1,66,106 | 71,251 | 11.52 |
| Ranchi | Ram Tahal Choudhary | BJP | 2,15,278 | Keshwa Mahto Kamlesh | INC | 1,75,986 | 39,292 | 6.56 |
| Jamshedpur | Bhardwaj Nitish Janardan | BJP | 2,21,702 | Inder Singh Namdhari | JD | 1,66,565 | 55,137 | 8.3 |
| Singhbhum | Chitrasen Sinku | BJP | 96,484 | Vijay Singh Soy | IND | 84,537 | 11,947 | 2.58 |
| Khunti | Kariya Munda | BJP | 1,38,765 | Sushila Kerketta | INC | 1,11,093 | 27,672 | 6.62 |
| Lohardaga | Lalit Oraon | BJP | 1,60,535 | Bandi Oraon | INC | 1,19,966 | 40,569 | 8.59 |
| Palamu | Braj Mohan Ram | BJP | 2,06,419 | Udai Narayan Choudhary | JD | 1,52,004 | 54,415 | 11.44 |
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