Election to the Legislative Assembly, 1996

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR UTTARANCHAL

1. No. of Seats: 22* (* formally part of Uttar Pradesh)

2. No. of contestants: 182

3. ELECTORS

    MEN WOMEN TOTAL
i. No. of Electors 2674747 2529148 5203895
ii No. of Voters     2641029
iii Polling percentage     53.27

4. No. of Valid Votes: 2489118

5. Votes rejected: 38028 (1.44%)

6. No. of polling Stations: 6619

7. Average No. of Electors per polling station: 749

8. Performance of parties

PARTY No. of candidates Seats won % of votes polled
BJP 22 17 32.52
CPI(ML)(L) 8 0 0.59
INC 16 0 8.35
JD 3 0 2.56
AIIC(T) 15 1 1.33
TOTAL OF NP 64 18 46.65
BSP 6 1 19.64
SP 4 3 21.80
TOTAL OF SP 10 4 41.44
TOTAL REG. PARTIES 39 0 5.39
INDEPENDENT 69 0 6.52
G. TOTAL 182 22 100.00