1992 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1992 included elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly, seats in the Rajya Sabha and the elections to the posts of President and vice president.

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Legislative Assembly elections

Punjab

Summary of results of the Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 1992 [1]
Political Party
No. of Candidates
Seats won
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Indian National Congress 1168713,17,07543.83%
Shiromani Akali Dal 5831,56,1715.20%
Bharatiya Janata Party 6664,95,16116.48%
Communist Party of India 2041,09,3863.64%
Bahujan Samaj Party 10594,90,55217.59%
Communist Party of India (M) 17172,0612.40%
Indian People's Front 212,2920.08%
Janata Dal 37164,6662.15%
Independents 15142,77,7069.24%
Total [2] 579117 30,05,083

Rajya Sabha

President

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website [3] [4]

CandidateElectoral Values
Shankar Dayal Sharma 675,864
George Gilbert Swell 346,485
Ram Jethmalani 2,704
Kaka Joginder Singh 1,135
Total1,026,188

Vice-president

Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 1992 [5]
Candidate
Party
Electoral Votes
% of Votes
K. R. Narayanan INC 70099.86
Kaka Joginder Singh Independent 10.14
Total701100.00
Valid Votes70198.59
Invalid Votes101.41
Turnout71190.00
Abstentions7910.00
Electors790

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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.
  3. "Backgrounder". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 29 May 2000.
  4. "Election to the Office of President of India 2017" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Media Division, Election Commission of India. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017.
  5. BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA