| BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR ASSAM |
| Election to the Legislative Assembly, 1996 |
| 1. | No. of Seats | 126 (Election held in 122) |
| 2. | No. of contestants | 1228 |
| 3. | ELECTORS | |
| MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | ||
| i. | No. of Electors | 6388955 | 5730170 | 12119125 |
| ii | No. of Voters | 5118836 | 4445598 | 9564434 |
| iii | Polling percentage | 80.12 | 77.58 | 78.92 |
| 4. | No. of Valid Votes | 9092801 |
| 5. | Votes rejected | 471632 (4.93%) |
| 6. | No. of polling Stations | 15770 |
| 7. | Average No.of Electors per polling station | 768 |
| 8. | Performance of parties |
| PARTY | No. of candidates | Seats won | % of votes polled |
| AIIC (T) | 108 | 2 | 3.71 |
| B.J.P | 117 | 4 | 10.41 |
| C.P.I | 11 | 3 | 1.96 |
| C.P.M | 10 | 2 | 1.94 |
| I.N.C | 122 | 34 | 30.56 |
| J.D | 34 | - | 0.58 |
| JANATA PARTY | 1 | - | - |
| SAMATA PARTY | 1 | - | - |
| NATIONAL PARTIES TOTAL | 404 | 45 | 49.16 |
| ASSAM GAN PARISHAD | 96 | 59 | 29.70 |
| AUTONOMOUS STATE DEMAND COMMITTEE | 5 | 5 | 1.98 |
| STATE PARTIES | 101 | 64 | 31.68 |
| REGD.(UNRECOG.) PARTIES | 72 | 2 | 1.74 |
| INDEPENDENTS | 651 | 11 | 17.42 |
| TOTAL | 1228 | 122 | 100.00 |