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Indian general election, 1996

Index Indian general election, 1996

General elections were held in India in 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha contested by the Congress Party and Bharatiya Janata Party. [1]

72 relations: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, All India Forward Bloc, All India Indira Congress (Tiwari), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Anglo-Indian, Arjun Singh, Asom Gana Parishad, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Autonomous State Demand Committee, Bahujan Samaj Party, Berhampur (Lok Sabha constituency), Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Election Commission of India, Fodder Scam, Free market, Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency), H. D. Deve Gowda, Haryana Vikas Party, Hawala scandal, Hindu, Hindutva, Hung parliament, I. K. Gujral, India, Indian National Congress, Indian presidential election, 1992, Indian Union Muslim League, Jagannath Mishra, Janata Dal, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Karnataka, Karnataka Congress Party, Kashmir, Kerala Congress, L. K. Advani, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Left Front (West Bengal), Lok Sabha, Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency), Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Manmohan Singh, Marxism, Motion of no confidence, N. D. Tiwari, P. V. Narasimha Rao, ..., President of India, Prime Minister of India, Punjab, India, Rajiv Gandhi, Revolutionary Socialist Party (India), Samajwadi Party, Samta Party, Shankar Dayal Sharma, Sharad Yadav, Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena, Sikkim Democratic Front, Tamil Maanila Congress, Tamil Nadu, Tandoor, Telugu Desam Party, Third Front (India), United Goans Democratic Party, Uttar Pradesh, Vohra Report, Westminster, 11th Lok Sabha. Expand index (22 more) »

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) (lit. All India Anna Dravidian Progress Federation) is an Indian political party in the state of Tamil Nadu and in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

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All India Forward Bloc

The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India.

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All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)

The All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) was a political party in India set up by dissident Indian National Congress party leaders Narayan Dutt Tiwari, Arjun Singh, K. Natwar Singh and Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.

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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen or AIMIM (translation: All India Council of the Union of Muslims) is a recognized regional political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the Aghapura Hyderabad Telangana, India, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927 in the Hyderabad State of British India.

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Anglo-Indian

The term Anglo-Indians can refer to at least two groups of people: those with mixed Indian and British ancestry, and people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent.

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Arjun Singh

Arjun Singh (5 November 1930 – 4 March 2011) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party.

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Asom Gana Parishad

Asom Gana Parishad (translation: Assam Peoples Association, AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (pronunciation; born 25 December 1924) is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004.

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Autonomous State Demand Committee

Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC), originally Peoples Democratic Front, was set up as a mass organization of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation with the aim of statehood for the Karbi Anglong region in the India state of Assam.

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Bahujan Samaj Party

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is the third largest national political party in India.

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Berhampur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Berhampur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.

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Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (translation: Indian People's Party; BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress.

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Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.

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Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India (CPI) (Bhāratīya Kamyunisṭ Pārṭī) is a communist party in India.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated CPI(M)) is a communist party in India.

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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), (Dravidian Progress Federation) is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh in India.

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Election Commission of India

The Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering election processes in India.

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Fodder Scam

The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the embezzlement of about from the government treasury of the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

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Free market

In economics, a free market is an idealized system in which the prices for goods and services are determined by the open market and consumers, in which the laws and forces of supply and demand are free from any intervention by a government, price-setting monopoly, or other authority.

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Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency (ગાંધીનગર લોકસભા મતવિસ્તાર) is one of the 26 Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) constituencies in Gujarat, a state in western India.

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H. D. Deve Gowda

Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (born 18 May 1933) is an Indian politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997.

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Haryana Vikas Party

Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) (translation: Haryana Development Party) was a political party in the Indian state of Haryana.

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Hawala scandal

The Hawala scandal or hawala scam was an Indian political scandal involving payments allegedly sent by politicians (black money) through four hawala brokers, the Jain brothers.

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Hindu

Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.

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Hindutva

Hindutva ("Hinduness"), a term popularised by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in 1923, is the predominant form of Hindu nationalism in India.

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Hung parliament

A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures under the Westminster system to describe a situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.

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I. K. Gujral

Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 11th Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Indian presidential election, 1992

The Election Commission of India held indirect 10th presidential elections of India on 24 July 1992.

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Indian Union Muslim League

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) (commonly referred to as the League) is a political party in India.

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Jagannath Mishra

Jagannath Mishra is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Bihar and a minister in the Union cabinet.

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Janata Dal

Janata Dal was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh.

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Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) (translation: Jharkhand Liberation Front) is a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Karnataka Congress Party

Karnataka Congress Party, was a regional political party in Karnataka, India.

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Kashmir

Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

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Kerala Congress

The Kerala Congress is a regional political party in the state of Kerala, India.

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L. K. Advani

Lal Krishna Advani (born 8 November 1927) known as L. K. Advani is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician convicted of corruption from the state of Bihar.

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Left Front (West Bengal)

The Left Front (বামফ্রন্ট, transliterated bamfront) is an alliance of political parties in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.

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Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)

Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.

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Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress

Madhya Pradesh Vikas Congress (Madhya Pradesh Development Congress) was a political party in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh from 1996 to 1998.

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Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961.

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Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh (born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Motion of no confidence

A motion of no confidence (alternatively vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, or (unsuccessful) confidence motion) is a statement or vote which states that a person(s) in a position of responsibility (government, managerial, etc.) is no longer deemed fit to hold that position, perhaps because they are inadequate in some respect, are failing to carry out obligations, or are making decisions that other members feel are detrimental.

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N. D. Tiwari

Narayan Datt Tiwari (born 18 October 1925) is an Indian politician.

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P. V. Narasimha Rao

Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the 9th Prime Minister of India (1991–1996).

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President of India

The President of the Republic of India is the head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Prime Minister of India

The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive of the Government of India.

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Punjab, India

Punjab is a state in northern India.

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Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.

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Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) is a political party in India.

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Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party (SP; translation: Socialist Party, founded 4 October 1992) is a political party in India headquartered in New Delhi and the largest recognised state party of the country.

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Samta Party

The Samta Party (SP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar.

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Shankar Dayal Sharma

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Sharad Yadav

Sharad Yadav is a politician from the Loktantrik Janata Dal party.

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Shiromani Akali Dal

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), (translation: Supreme Akali Party) is a political party in India.

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Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena (IAST: Śiva Sēnā) (translation; Army of Shivaji), is an Indian far-right regional political party.

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Sikkim Democratic Front

Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the North East Indian state of Sikkim.

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Tamil Maanila Congress

Tamil Maanila Congress (M) (TMC) is left of centre politics, a political party in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Tandoor

The term tandoor refers to a variety of ovens, the most commonly known is a cylindrical clay or metal oven used in cooking and baking.

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Telugu Desam Party

Telugu Desam Party (translation: Party of the Telugu Land), abbreviated as TDP, is a regional political party active in the Southern States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

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Third Front (India)

Third Front in Indian politics refers to various alliances formed by smaller parties at various points of time since 1989 to offer a third option to Indian voters, challenging the Indian National Congress and Bhartiya Janata Party.

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United Goans Democratic Party

United Goans Democratic Party (UGDP) is one of two formerly dominant political parties in the Indian state of Goa.

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh (IAST: Uttar Pradeś) is a state in northern India.

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Vohra Report

The Vohra (Committee) Report was submitted by the former Indian Union Home Secretary, N.N. Vohra, in October 1993.

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Westminster

Westminster is an area of central London within the City of Westminster, part of the West End, on the north bank of the River Thames.

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11th Lok Sabha

General elections were held in India in April–May 1996 to elect the members of the 11th Lok Sabha.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_1996

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