In the 1996 Bihar Lok Sabha Election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested 32 constituencies and won 18 seats. Across these constituencies, BJP candidates received 7,029,890 votes, accounting for 36.01% of the votes cast in the constituencies it contested. Across all 54 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, BJP secured 20.54% vote share.
| BJP Overall performance | Result |
|---|---|
| Constituencies contested | 32 |
| Seats won | 18 |
| Total votes received | 70,29,890 |
| Vote share in contested constituencies | 36.01% |
| Overall vote share | 20.54% |
The table below lists BJP candidates, their total votes, vote share within each constituency, and final position. Select a constituency to explore the complete election results.
| Constituency | Candidate | Position | Votes Received | Party Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araria | Ramji Rishideo | 2 | 2,01,985 | 34.58 |
| Balia | Ram Lakhan Singh | 2 | 1,79,148 | 34.08 |
| Bettiah | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | 1 | 3,15,899 | 50.57 |
| Bhagalpur | Prabhash Chandra Tiwari | 2 | 2,16,790 | 33.61 |
| Buxar | Lal Muni Choubey | 1 | 2,65,427 | 45.34 |
| Chapra | Rajiv Pratap Rudi | 1 | 3,39,086 | 47.8 |
| Chatra | Dheerendra Agrawal | 1 | 2,16,715 | 42.85 |
| Darbhanga | Dhirendra Kumar Jha | 2 | 2,17,807 | 35.12 |
| Dhanbad | Rita Verma | 1 | 2,69,942 | 33.44 |
| Dumka | Babu Lal Marandi | 2 | 1,59,933 | 30.89 |
| Gaya | Krishna Kumar Choudhary | 2 | 2,34,461 | 37.16 |
| Giridih | Ravindra Kumar Pandey | 1 | 2,18,188 | 36.52 |
| Godda | Jagdambi Prasad Yadav | 1 | 2,22,866 | 35.88 |
| Hazaribagh | Mahabir Lal Viswakarma | 1 | 2,37,357 | 38.36 |
| Jamshedpur | Bhardwaj Nitish Janardan | 1 | 2,21,702 | 33.37 |
| Katihar | Nikhil Kumar Choudhary | 2 | 1,79,641 | 28.23 |
| Khunti | Kariya Munda | 1 | 1,38,765 | 33.2 |
| Kishanganj | Vishwanath Kejriwal | 2 | 2,16,947 | 31.69 |
| Kodarma | Ritlal Prasad Verma | 1 | 2,43,295 | 39.44 |
| Lohardaga | Lalit Oraon | 1 | 1,60,535 | 34.01 |
| Madhubani | Hukm Dev Narayan Yadav | 2 | 2,28,214 | 38.09 |
| Motihari | Radha Mohan Singh | 1 | 3,48,384 | 57 |
| Nawada | Kameshwar Paswan | 1 | 3,10,194 | 41.71 |
| Palamu | Braj Mohan Ram | 1 | 2,06,419 | 43.42 |
| Patna | S.N.Arya | 2 | 3,49,046 | 45.08 |
| Purnea | Rajendra Pd. Gupta | 2 | 1,26,956 | 18.9 |
| Rajmahal | Jhano Rewati Tudu | 3 | 92,898 | 16.65 |
| Ranchi | Ram Tahal Choudhary | 1 | 2,15,278 | 35.94 |
| Sasaram | Muni Lal | 1 | 2,82,075 | 48.17 |
| Singhbhum | Chitrasen Sinku | 1 | 96,484 | 20.88 |
| Sitamarhi | Uma Shankar Gupta | 3 | 1,56,345 | 21.25 |
| Siwan | Janardan Tiwari | 2 | 1,61,108 | 25.95 |