CREATE TABLE table_68083 ("Year" FLOAT, "Office" TEXT, "Candidate" TEXT, "Popular Votes" FLOAT, "Percentage" TEXT)

Name the least popular votes for year less than 1994 and percentage of 0.96%
SELECT MIN("Popular Votes") FROM table_68083 WHERE "Year" < '1994' AND "Percentage" = '0.96%'
SELECT MIN("Popular Votes") FROM "table_68083" WHERE "Percentage" = '0.96%' AND "Year" < '1994'