General elections were held in India in 1996 to elect the members of the

11th Lok Sabha General elections were held in India in 1996 Indian general election, April–May 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha. The result of the election was a hung parliament, which would see three Prime Ministers in two years and force t ...

.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

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. United Front secured majority support resulting in H. D. Deve Gowda of Janata Dal succeeding Vajpayee and being the 11th

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, before eventually being replaced by

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, another United Front leader. Despite that, the country returned to the polls in 1998. Congress wins ten seats, BJP wins sixteen.

Party-wise results summary

Results- Constituency wise

References

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