1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

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1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
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  1985 1992 1997  

All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout23.82 (Decrease2.svg42.68%)
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Beant Singh 2013 stamp of India (cropped).png
Leader Beant Singh Satnam Singh Kainth
Party INC BSP
Leader's seat Jullundur Cantonment (won) Banga (won)
Last election32Did not contest
Seats after879
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 55Increase2.svg 9
Popular vote1,317,075490.552
Percentage43.83%17.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 6.2%Increase2.svg 17.5%

Chief Minister before election

President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Beant Singh
INC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Punjab in 1992 to elect the members of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Chief Minister Beant Singh was elected as the leader of the ruling party. [1]

Contents

Voter turnout

S.No.DistrictTotal Voter Turnout
1.Firozpur43.3%
2.Patiala22.9%
3.Hoshiarpur36.9%
4.Ropar19.8%
5.Jalandhar30.4%
6.Ludhiana16.6%
7.Amritsar16.1%
8.Gurdaspur24.3%
9.Bhatinda13.9%
10.Faridkot24.3%
11.Kapurthala25.8%
12Sangrur13.1%

Urban-Rural turnout 1992

S.No.TitleConstituenciesTurnout
1.Urban1238.3%
2.Semi-Urban1126.5%
3.Semi-Rural2425.3%
4.Rural7015.1%

SOURCE : India Today, 15 March 1992

Participating Parties

List of Participating Political Parties in Punjab Assembly Election in 1992

S. No.Party AbbreviationParty
National Parties
1.INCIndian National Congress
2CPICommunist Party Of India
3CPMCommunist Party Of India (Marxist)
4.BJPBharatiya Janata Party
5JDJanata Dal
6LKDLok Dal
State Parties
7BSPBahujan Samaj Party
8SADShiromani Akali Dal
Registered(Unrecognised) Parties
9BKUSBharatiya Krishni Udyog Santh
10CPI(ML)Communist Party Of India (Marxist Leninist)
11DPPDalit Panthers Party
12IPFIndian Peoples Front
13SBJ(MD)All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhabi Dal
14UCPIUnited Communist Party Of India
Independents
15INDIndependents

Results

The election results were declared with the Indian National Congress winning an absolute majority of 87 seats out of 117.

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1992
India Punjab Legislative Assembly 1992.svg
PartyNo. of CandidatesSeats wonVotesVote %
Indian National Congress 1168713,17,07543.83%
Bahujan Samaj Party 10594,90,55217.59%
Bharatiya Janata Party 6664,95,16116.48%
Communist Party of India 2041,09,3863.64%
Shiromani Akali Dal 5831,56,1715.20%
Communist Party of India (M) 17172,0612.40%
Janata Dal 37164,6662.15%
United Communist Party of India 11144420.48%
Indian People's Front 212,2920.08%
Independents 15142,77,7069.24%
Total [2] 57911730,05,083

Results by Region

RegionSeatsINCBSPCPIBJPOthers
Malwa65473348
Majha27210222
Doaba25196000
Sum1178795610

Result by Constituency

#ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
WinnerRunner-up
PartyNameVotesPartyNameVotes
1FatehgarhNoneINCLakhmir Singh4205BJPKhairati Lal3906
2BatalaNoneBJPJagdish20288INCAshwani17229
3QadianNoneINCTripat Rajinder Singh9560BJPKashmir Singh1173
4Sri HargobindpurNoneCPIGurnam Singh5000INCMustak Masih1115
5KahnuwanNoneINCPratap Singh9042BJPKashmir Singh2408
6DhariwalNoneINCSushil Mahajan7245BJPUmar Masih2844
7GurdaspurNoneINC Khushhal Bahi 18076BJPMohan Lal Mohni8938
8Dina Nagar(SC)INCKrishna Kumar24275BJPTilak Raj9668
9Narot Mehra(SC)INCKrishan Chand25479BJPRam Lal16208
10PathankotNoneINCRaman Kumar32130BJPMaster Mohan Lal21595
11SujanpurNoneINCRaghu Nath Sahai21212BJPSatya Pal Saini18409
12BeasNoneINCVir Pawan Kumar3636INDKulwant Singh3107
13MajithaNoneINDRanjit Singh14502INCSurinder Pal Singh7686
14VerkaNoneINCGurmej Singh7426BJPKaratar Singh1596
15Jandiala(SC)INCSardul Singh4560BSPSardul Singh Nona1245
16Amritsar NorthNoneINCFaqur Chand20412BJPSat Pal Mahajan15949
17Amritsar WestNoneCPIVimla Dang19140INCSewa Ram13812
18Amritsar CentralNoneBJPLaxmi Kanta Chawla22296INCDarbari Lal18198
19Amritsar SouthNoneINCManinderjit Singh19451BJPRaj Kumar7461
20AjnalaNoneINCHarcharn Singh8893BJPBhagwan Dass1461
20 [lower-alpha 1] AjnalaNoneINDRattan Singh46856INCRajbir Singh36542
21Raja SansiNoneINCParminder Singh2869BSPJang Bahadur Singh2097
22Attari(SC)INCSukhdev Singh Shehbazpuri2722BSPKunwant Singh Mubaba2238
23Tarn TaranNoneINCDilbag SinghUncontested
24Khadoor Sahib(SC)SADRanjit Singh4034INCLakha Singh3736
25Naushahra PanwanNoneINCJagir Singh4418BSPKirpal Singh338
26PattiNoneINCSakhwinder Singh6303SADPirthipal Singh2640
27ValtohaNoneINCGurchet Singh20048BSPGopal Singh3203
28AdampurNoneBSPRajender Kumar7847INCManjinder Singh7235
29Jullundur CantonmentNoneINCBeant Singh18449BSPGulzara Ram8336
30Jullundur NorthNoneINCAvtar Henry34179BJPVaid Om Parkash11084
31Jullundur CentralNoneINCJai Kishan Saini23002BJPManoranjan Kalia14367
32Jullundur South(SC)INCMohinder Singh Kaypee21022BSPJaswinder Paul11368
33Kartarpur(SC)INCJagjit Singh12036BSPRam Lal5923
34LohianNoneINCBrij Bhupinder Singh16036CPIChand Singh5066
35NakodarNoneINCUmaro Singh13200BSPHari Dass9175
35 [lower-alpha 2] NakodarNoneINCA.S. Samra37526INDK.S. Wadala32316
36Nur MahalNoneINCGurbinder Singh Atwal12749CPMKulwant Singh Sandhu12505
37Banga(SC)BSPSatnam Singh Kainth14272INCDoger Ram12042
38NawanshahrNoneINCDilbagh Singh25191BSPDarshan Ram17849
39Phillaur(SC)INCSantokh Singh Chaudhary11787BSPDev Raj Sandhu10333
40BholathNoneINCJagtar Singh2865BSPRoop Singh649
41KapurthalaNoneINCGulzar Singh10710BJPHira Lal Dhir8652
42SultanpurNoneINCGurmail Singh16382INDSadhu Singh12853
43Phagwara(SC)INCJoginder Singh Mann14363BJPSwarna Ram13643
44BalachaurNoneBSPHargopal Singh15696INDNand Lal12468
45GarhshankarNoneBSPShangara Ram15390INCKamal Singh8564
46Mahilpur(SC)BSPAvtar Singh Karimpuri12030INCParam Jit Singh6456
47HoshiarpurNoneINCNaresh14558BJPBaldev Sahai13931
48Sham Chaurasi(SC)BSPGurpal Chand13168INCHari Mittar9449
49TandaNoneINCSurjit Kaur11195BSPSukhwinder Kaur Saini6892
50Garhdiwala(SC)INCDharam Pal Sabharwal11484BSPDes Raj Dhugga9171
51DasuyaNoneINCRomesh Chander20957BSPDial Singh8951
52MukerianNoneINCKewal Krishan19169BJPJanak Singh15853
53JagraonNoneINCDarshan Singh8190BJPAyudhia Prakash2649
54RaikotNoneINCNirmal Singh4325SADBachitter Singh2822
55Dakha(SC)INCMalkiat Singh4404BJPGhanaya Lal1225
56Qila RaipurNoneCPMTarsem Lal1906INCGurdev Singh1135
57Ludhiana NorthNoneINCRakesh Kumar Panday32033BJPHarish Kumar20187
58Ludhiana WestNoneINCHarnam Dass Johar15036BJPKailash Sharma10550
59Ludhiana EastNoneBJPSatpaul Gosain16619INCRajinder Saini12803
60Ludhiana RuralNoneINCMalkit Singh Birmi13586BSPJarnial Singh7020
61PayalNoneINCHarnek Singh8081CPIKartar Singh6772
62Kum Kalan(SC)INCIsher Singh5405BSPInderjit Singh1712
63SamralaNoneINCKaram Singh7920BSPSohan Lal5046
64Khanna(SC)INCShamsher Singh16399BJPMohinder Pal2776
65NangalNoneBJPMadan Mohan15616CPMMohinder Paul13490
66Anandpur Sahib RoparNoneBJPRamesh Dutt11699INCBasant Singh8232
67Chamkaur Sahib(SC)INCShamsher Singh3641BSPGurmukh Singh2706
68MorindaNoneINCJag Mohan Singh7714BSPBalbir Singh1299
69KhararNoneINCHarnek Singh4551BSPMan Singh3043
70BanurNoneINCMohinder Singh Gill13756SADKanwaljit Singh11142
71RajpuraNoneINCRaj Kumar Khurana18876BJPRam Chand4942
72GhanaurNoneINCJasjit Singh8746CPMBalwant Singh5196
73DakalaNoneINCLal Singh11010INDRam Lal9508
74Shutrana(SC)INCHamir Singh7025SADNirmal Singh3968
75SamanaNoneSADAmarinder SinghUncontested
76Patiala TownNoneINCBrahm Mohinder13135INDKrishna Kumar11663
77NabhaNoneINDRamesh Kumar12082INCSatinder Kaur9549
78Amloh(SC)INCSadhu Singh8500SADDalip Singh Pandhi3039
79SirhindNoneBJPHarbans Lal6981INCBir Devinder Singh6573
80DhuriNoneINCDhanwant Singh4164CPIBhan Singh Bhora2640
81MalerkotlaNoneINCAbdul Ghaffar14271BJPAshoo Tosh7967
82Sherpur(SC)BSPRaj Singh1693CPISher Singh Pharwahi1173
83BarnalaNoneINCSom Dutt4289SADMalkit Singh3473
84Bhadaur(SC)BSPNirmal Singh Nimma1040INCBachan Singh859
85DhanaulaNoneINCManjit Singh2538SADGobind Singh1350
86SangrurNoneINCJasbir Singh8978SADRanjit Singh6227
87DirbhaNoneINCGurharan Singh3072SADBaldev Singh2624
88SunamNoneINCBhagwan Dass5727SADSanmukh Singh4046
89LehraNoneINCRajinder Kaur16369BJPBarinder Kumar5704
90Balluana(SC)INCBabu Ram S/O Ram Karan17192BSPSatish Kumar7102
91AboharNoneINCSajjan Kumar38211BJPArjan Singh14107
92FazilkaNoneINDMoinder Kumar20322BJPSohan Lal14044
93JalalabadNoneINCHans Raj18105BSPSucha Singh15217
94Guru Har SahaiNoneINCSajwar Singh18348INDIqbal Singh18028
95FirozepurNoneINCBal Mukand12513BSPMukhitiar Singh12158
96Firozepur CantonmentNoneINDRavinder Singh17891INCGurnaib Singh16345
97ZiraNoneSADInder Jit Singh16422INCHarcharan Singh8479
98Dharamkot(SC)BSPBaldev Singh5753INCPiara Singh4429
99MogaNoneINCMalti7865JDSathi Rup Lal7858
100Bagha PuranaNoneJDVijay Kumar3615INCGur Charan Singh3607
101Nihal Singh Wala(SC)CPMAjaib Singh7816BSPSewak Singh1279
102Panjgrain(SC)INCGurcharan Singh1669BSPJagir Singh1593
103KotkapuraNoneINCUpinder Kumar17382BSPNarinder Singh5555
104FaridkotNoneINCAvtar Singh15823BSPGurjant Singh10667
105MuktsarNoneINCHar Charan Singh21500SADAvtar Singh15323
106GiddarbahaNoneINCRaghubir Singh17561BSPRaj Pal6524
106 [lower-alpha 3] GiddarbahaNoneSADM.S. Badal50404INCDeepak Kumar48289
107Malout(SC)UCPIBaldev Singh14442INCShiv Chand9475
108LambiNoneINCGurnam Singh Abul Khurana16170BSPNotej Singh7071
109Talwandi SaboNoneINCHarminder Singh4209BSPJagdeep Singh3217
110Pakka Kalan(SC)INCBaldev Singh7674CPIBhola Singh3970
111BhatindaNoneINCSurinder Kapoor17192CPIJoginder Singh11312
112Nathana(SC)INCGulzar Singh3014SADJasmel Singh2317
113Rampura PhulNoneINCHarbans Singh11702BSPMangu Singh3736
114JogaNoneIPFSurjan Singh394SADTeja Singh289
115MansaNoneINCSher Singh6137CPIButa Singh6101
116BudhladaNoneCPIHardev Singh9034INCGurdev Singh6455
117SardulgarhNoneINCKirpal Singh4116CPMBakhsish Singh1724
  1. By Polls in 1994
  2. By Polls in 1994
  3. By Polls in 1995

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References

  1. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1992 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PUNJAB" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.