1996 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

1996 Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections

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all 87 seats in Legislative Assembly 44 seats needed for a majority
Registered	4,761,095
Turnout	53.92%(20.98%)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Farooq Abdullah Party JKNC BJP INC Last election 40 2 26 Seats won 57 8 7 Seat change 17 6 19 Percentage 34.78% 12.13% 20.00%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Not announced Party Janata Dal BSP Last election - - Seats won 5 4[1] Seat change 5 4 Percentage 10.87% 6.43%
Chief Minister before election President's rule Elected Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah JKNC

Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held over September–October 1996.^[2] Farooq Abdullah became Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir after the elections. The 1996 Lok Sabha elections and assembly elections in the state were possible due to efforts of counter-insurgents like Kuka Parray, (head of Ikhwan-ul-Muslemoon).^[3][4][5]