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Business News/ Photos / 1996 Lok Sabha elections: of falling governments and multiple prime ministers

1996 Lok Sabha elections: of falling governments and multiple prime ministers

9 Photos . Updated: 08 Apr 2014, 01:54 PM IST Livemint

The 1996 Lok Sabha elections led to two years of political instability during which the country would have three prime ministers. Images from the politically unstable period.

Vice-President K R Narayanan voting in 1996. The 11th Lok Sabha elections in 1996 resulted in a hung parliament, which would see three prime ministers in two years and force the country back to the polls in 1998. Photos: Hindustan Times

1/9Vice-President K R Narayanan voting in 1996. The 11th Lok Sabha elections in 1996 resulted in a hung parliament, which would see three prime ministers in two years and force the country back to the polls in 1998. Photos: Hindustan Times

Former chief election commissioner T N Seshan voting in 1996.

2/9Former chief election commissioner T N Seshan voting in 1996.

CEC M S Gill after the elections of 1996. Cases like the Harshad Mehta scam, the Jain hawala scandal and the ‘Tandoor murder’ case had damaged the P. V. Narasimha’s Rao Congress (I) government’s credibility, which showed in the election results.

3/9CEC M S Gill after the elections of 1996. Cases like the Harshad Mehta scam, the Jain hawala scandal and the ‘Tandoor murder’ case had damaged the P. V. Narasimha’s Rao Congress (I) government’s credibility, which showed in the election results.

Voting in Baramulla 1996. It was a close battle between the Congress, BJP and the United Front. While Rao wooed voters with the economic reforms he had implemented, the BJP campaigned for Hindutva and national security.

4/9Voting in Baramulla 1996. It was a close battle between the Congress, BJP and the United Front. While Rao wooed voters with the economic reforms he had implemented, the BJP campaigned for Hindutva and national security.

President Shankar Dayal Sharma with T N Seshan and M S Gill. Eventually the BJP won 161 seats and the Congress 140-the halfway-mark in Parliament was 271. The President invited BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee to form the government.

5/9President Shankar Dayal Sharma with T N Seshan and M S Gill. Eventually the BJP won 161 seats and the Congress 140-the halfway-mark in Parliament was 271. The President invited BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee to form the government.

Voting in the 1996 elections. Vajpayee took over as PM on 16 May and tried to get support from regional parties in Parliament. He failed and resigned 13 days later. Janata Dal leader Deve Gowda then formed a United Front coalition government on 1 June.

6/9Voting in the 1996 elections. Vajpayee took over as PM on 16 May and tried to get support from regional parties in Parliament. He failed and resigned 13 days later. Janata Dal leader Deve Gowda then formed a United Front coalition government on 1 June.

Counting of votes in 1996.

7/9Counting of votes in 1996.

Polling agents while counting of votes in 1996.

8/9Polling agents while counting of votes in 1996.

Ballot boxes being carried for counting in 1996. With falling governments and multiple prime ministers, the country went to elections again in 1998.

9/9Ballot boxes being carried for counting in 1996. With falling governments and multiple prime ministers, the country went to elections again in 1998.

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