In the 1996 Bihar Lok Sabha Election, Indian National Congress (INC) contested 54 constituencies and won 2 seats. Across these constituencies, INC candidates received 4,446,053 votes, accounting for 12.99% of the votes cast in the constituencies it contested. Across all 54 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar, INC secured 12.99% vote share.
| INC Overall performance | Result |
|---|---|
| Constituencies contested | 54 |
| Seats won | 2 |
| Total votes received | 44,46,053 |
| Vote share in contested constituencies | 12.99% |
| Overall vote share | 12.99% |
The table below lists INC 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 | Hari Prasad Baishyantri | 3 | 91,873 | 15.73 |
| Arrah | Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav | 4 | 1,24,628 | 19.55 |
| Aurangabad | Satyendra Narayan Singh | 2 | 1,62,729 | 30.23 |
| Bagaha | Gorakh Ram | 3 | 31,828 | 7 |
| Balia | Chandra Bhanu Devi | 3 | 44,380 | 8.44 |
| Banka | Manorma Singh | 3 | 42,045 | 6.68 |
| Barh | Punam Devi | 4 | 9,403 | 1.34 |
| Begusarai | Krishna Sahi | 2 | 2,56,267 | 38.95 |
| Bettiah | Manoj Pandey | 3 | 19,921 | 3.19 |
| Bhagalpur | Rameshwar Thakur | 3 | 1,15,100 | 17.84 |
| Bikramganj | Ajay Kumar Singh | 5 | 8,541 | 1.31 |
| Buxar | Shyam Bihari Mishra | 6 | 7,028 | 1.2 |
| Chapra | Kavita Singh | 4 | 12,489 | 1.76 |
| Chatra | Mumtaj Ansaree | 3 | 36,150 | 7.15 |
| Darbhanga | Nagendra Jha | 3 | 67,305 | 10.85 |
| Dhanbad | Bijay Kumar Singh | 5 | 48,208 | 5.97 |
| Dumka | Thakur Tudu | 4 | 34,524 | 6.67 |
| Gaya | Ram Sawroop Ram | 3 | 78,347 | 12.42 |
| Giridih | Rajendra Prasad Singh | 4 | 83,601 | 13.99 |
| Godda | Furkan Ansari | 4 | 62,688 | 10.09 |
| Gopalganj | Kali Prasad Pandey | 2 | 1,78,860 | 26.46 |
| Hajipur | Taneshwar Azad | 4 | 4,166 | 0.55 |
| Hazaribagh | Chandrashekhar Dubey | 4 | 56,139 | 9.07 |
| Jahanabad | Jagdish Sharma | 2 | 1,85,507 | 23.57 |
| Jamshedpur | K P Singh | 4 | 1,09,997 | 16.56 |
| Jhanjharpur | Dhanik Lal Mandal(Belha Wale) | 2 | 2,80,247 | 42.19 |
| Katihar | Tariq Anwar | 1 | 2,67,927 | 42.11 |
| Khagaria | Ramsharan Yadav | 3 | 65,323 | 9.69 |
| Khunti | Sushila Kerketta | 2 | 1,11,093 | 26.58 |
| Kishanganj | Md. Zahidur Rahman | 4 | 15,895 | 2.32 |
| Kodarma | Umesh Chandra Agarwal | 3 | 69,230 | 11.22 |
| Lohardaga | Bandi Oraon | 2 | 1,19,966 | 25.42 |
| Madhepura | Ramachandra Pd.Mandal | 3 | 63,588 | 10.33 |
| Madhubani | Kumud Ranjan Jha | 3 | 38,104 | 6.36 |
| Maharajganj | Ram Nath Singh | 4 | 19,672 | 3.28 |
| Monghyr | Devendra Prasad Yadav | 3 | 1,66,438 | 22.68 |
| Motihari | Faiyazul Azam | 3 | 11,752 | 1.92 |
| Muzaffarpur | Rajani Ranjan Sahu | 3 | 45,504 | 7.14 |
| Nalanda | Satish Kumar | 4 | 25,722 | 2.91 |
| Nawada | Shrimati Jyoti | 4 | 67,031 | 9.01 |
| Palamu | Radhakrishna Kishore | 3 | 51,237 | 10.78 |
| Patna | Bnasudev Prasad | 4 | 10,808 | 1.4 |
| Purnea | Rajeev Nandan Yadav | 4 | 9,499 | 1.41 |
| Rajmahal | Thomas Hansda | 1 | 2,52,230 | 45.22 |
| Ranchi | Keshwa Mahto Kamlesh | 2 | 1,75,986 | 29.38 |
| Rosera | Ram Bhagat Paswan | 3 | 45,076 | 7.53 |
| Saharsa | Surya Narian Yadav | 2 | 2,47,359 | 35.34 |
| Samastipur | Ram Lakhan Mahto | 3 | 37,900 | 5.22 |
| Sasaram | Ishwar Dayal Ram | 4 | 11,925 | 2.04 |
| Sheohar | Harishankar Pd. Yadav | 3 | 24,403 | 3.6 |
| Singhbhum | Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu | 4 | 56,799 | 12.29 |
| Sitamarhi | Md. Anvarul Haque | 2 | 2,40,226 | 32.65 |
| Siwan | Zafar Ahmad Gani | 4 | 4,219 | 0.68 |
| Vaishali | Raghunath Pandey | 3 | 39,170 | 5.57 |