CREATE TABLE table_name_35 (popular_votes INT, year VARCHAR, percentage VARCHAR)

Name the least popular votes for year less than 1994 and percentage of 0.96%
SELECT MIN(popular_votes) FROM table_name_35 WHERE year < 1994 AND percentage = "0.96%"
SELECT MIN("popular_votes") FROM "table_name_35" WHERE "0.96%" = "percentage" AND "year" < 1994