1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1992 Punjab legislative assembly election
All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly; 59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	23.82 (42.68%)
Chief Minister before election; President's rule;	Elected Chief Minister ; Beant Singh (Chief Minister); 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 (Chief Minister) was elected as the leader of the ruling party.^[1]

Background[]

Voter turnout[]

S.No.	District	Total Voter Turnout
1.	Firozpur	43.3%
2.	Patiala	22.9%
3.	Hoshiarpur	36.9%
4.	Ropar	19.8%
5.	Jalandhar	30.4%
6.	Ludhiana	16.6%
7.	Amritsar	16.1%
8.	Gurdaspur	24.3%
9.	Bhatinda	13.9%
10.	Faridkot	24.3%
11.	Kapurthala	25.8%
12	Sangrur	13.1%

Urban-Rural turnout 1992[]

S.No.	Title	Constituencies	Turnout
1.	Urban	12	38.3%
2.	Semi-Urban	11	26.5%
3.	Semi-Rural	24	25.3%
4.	Rural	70	15.1%

SOURCE : India Today, 15 March 1992

Participating Parties[]

List of Participating Political Parties in Punjab Assembly Election in 1992[]

S. No.	Party Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1.	INC	Indian National Congress
2	CPI	Communist Party Of India
3	CPM	Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
4.	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	JD	Janata Dal
6	LKD	Lok Dal
State Parties
7	BSP	Bahujan Samaj Party
8	SAD	Shiromani Akali Dal
Registered(Unrecognised) Parties
9	BKUS	Bharatiya Krishni Udyog Santh
10	CPI(ML)	Communist Party Of India (Marxist Leninist)
11	DPP	Dalit Panthers Party
12	IPF	Indian Peoples Front
13	SBJ(MD)	All India Shiromani Baba Jiwan Singh Mazhabi Dal
14	UCPI	United Communist Party Of India
Independents
15	IND	Independents

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
Political Party	No. of Candidates	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes
Indian National Congress	116	87	13,17,075	43.83%
Shiromani Akali Dal	58	3	1,56,171	5.20%
Bharatiya Janata Party	66	6	4,95,161	16.48%
Communist Party of India	20	4	1,09,386	3.64%
Bahujan Samaj Party	105	9	4,90,552	17.59%
Communist Party of India (M)	17	1	72,061	2.40%
Indian People's Front	2	1	2,292	0.08%
Janata Dal	37	1	64,666	2.15%
Independents	151	4	2,77,706	9.24%
Total^[2]	579	117	30,05,083

Results by Region[]

Region	Seats	INC	BSP	CPI	BJP	Others
Malwa	65	47	3	3	4	8
Majha	27	21	0	2	2	2
Doaba	25	19	6	0	0	0
Sum	117	87	9	5	6	10

Result by Constituency[]

#	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Winner			Runner-up
#	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Party	Name	Votes	Party	Name	Votes
1	Fatehgarh	None	INC	Lakhmir Singh	4205	BJP	Khairati Lal	3906
2	Batala	None	BJP	Jagdish	20288	INC	Ashwani	17229
3	Qadian	None	INC	Tripat Rajinder Singh	9560	BJP	Kashmir Singh	1173
4	Sri Hargobindpur	None	CPI	Gurnam Singh	5000	INC	Mustak Masih	1115
5	Kahnuwan	None	INC	Pratap Singh	9042	BJP	Kashmir Singh	2408
6	Dhariwal	None	INC	Sushil Mahajan	7245	BJP	Umar Masih	2844
7	Gurdaspur	None	INC	Khushhal Bahi	18076	BJP	Mohan Lal Mohni	8938
8	Dina Nagar	(SC)	INC	Krishna Kumar	24275	BJP	Tilak Raj	9668
9	Narot Mehra	(SC)	INC	Krishan Chand	25479	BJP	Ram Lal	16208
10	Pathankot	None	INC	Raman Kumar	32130	BJP	Master Mohan Lal	21595
11	Sujanpur	None	INC	Raghu Nath Sahai	21212	BJP	Satya Pal Saini	18409
12	Beas	None	INC	Vir Pawan Kumar	3636	IND	Kulwant Singh	3107
13	Majitha	None	IND	Ranjit Singh	14502	INC	Surinder Pal Singh	7686
14	Verka	None	INC	Gurmej Singh	7426	BJP	Karatar Singh	1596
15	Jandiala	(SC)	INC	Sardul Singh	4560	BSP	Sardul Singh Nona	1245
16	Amritsar North	None	INC	Faqur Chand	20412	BJP	Sat Pal Mahajan	15949
17	Amritsar West	None	CPI	Vimla Dang	19140	INC	Sewa Ram	13812
18	Amritsar Central	None	BJP	Laxmi Kanta Chawla	22296	INC	Darbari Lal	18198
19	Amritsar South	None	INC	Maninderjit Singh	19451	BJP	Raj Kumar	7461
20	Ajnala	None	INC	Harcharn Singh	8893	BJP	Bhagwan Dass	1461
20^[a]	Ajnala	None	IND	Rattan Singh	46856	INC	Rajbir Singh	36542
21	Raja Sansi	None	INC	Parminder Singh	2869	BSP	Jang Bahadur Singh	2097
22	Attari	(SC)	INC	Sukhdev Singh Shehbazpuri	2722	BSP	Kunwant Singh Mubaba	2238
23	Tarn Taran	None	INC	Dilbag Singh	Uncontested
24	Khadoor Sahib	(SC)	SAD	Ranjit Singh	4034	INC	Lakha Singh	3736
25	Naushahra Panwan	None	INC	Jagir Singh	4418	BSP	Kirpal Singh	338
26	Patti	None	INC	Sakhwinder Singh	6303	SAD	Pirthipal Singh	2640
27	Valtoha	None	INC	Gurchet Singh	20048	BSP	Gopal Singh	3203
28	Adampur	None	BSP	Rajender Kumar	7847	INC	Manjinder Singh	7235
29	Jullundur Cantonment	None	INC	Beant Singh	18449	BSP	Gulzara Ram	8336
30	Jullundur North	None	INC	Avtar Henry	34179	BJP	Vaid Om Parkash	11084
31	Jullundur Central	None	INC	Jai Kishan Saini	23002	BJP	Manoranjan Kalia	14367
32	Jullundur South	(SC)	INC	Mohinder Singh Kaypee	21022	BSP	Jaswinder Paul	11368
33	Kartarpur	(SC)	INC	Jagjit Singh	12036	BSP	Ram Lal	5923
34	Lohian	None	INC	Brij Bhupinder Singh	16036	CPI	Chand Singh	5066
35	Nakodar	None	INC	Umaro Singh	13200	BSP	Hari Dass	9175
35^[b]	Nakodar	None	INC	A.S. Samra	37526	IND	K.S. Wadala	32316
36	Nur Mahal	None	INC	Gurbinder Singh Atwal	12749	CPM	Kulwant Singh Sandhu	12505
37	Banga	(SC)	BSP	Satnam Singh Kainth	14272	INC	Doger Ram	12042
38	Nawanshahr	None	INC	Dilbagh Singh	25191	BSP	Darshan Ram	17849
39	Phillaur	(SC)	INC	Santokh Singh Chaudhary	11787	BSP	Dev Raj Sandhu	10333
40	Bholath	None	INC	Jagtar Singh	2865	BSP	Roop Singh	649
41	Kapurthala	None	INC	Gulzar Singh	10710	BJP	Hira Lal Dhir	8652
42	Sultanpur	None	INC	Gurmail Singh	16382	IND	Sadhu Singh	12853
43	Phagwara	(SC)	INC	Joginder Singh Mann	14363	BJP	Swarna Ram	13643
44	Balachaur	None	BSP	Hargopal Singh	15696	IND	Nand Lal	12468
45	Garhshankar	None	BSP	Shangara Ram	15390	INC	Kamal Singh	8564
46	Mahilpur	(SC)	BSP	Avtar Singh Karimpuri	12030	INC	Param Jit Singh	6456
47	Hoshiarpur	None	INC	Naresh	14558	BJP	Baldev Sahai	13931
48	Sham Chaurasi	(SC)	BSP	Gurpal Chand	13168	INC	Hari Mittar	9449
49	Tanda	None	INC	Surjit Kaur	11195	BSP	Sukhwinder Kaur Saini	6892
50	Garhdiwala	(SC)	INC	Dharam Pal Sabharwal	11484	BSP	Des Raj Dhugga	9171
51	Dasuya	None	INC	Romesh Chander	20957	BSP	Dial Singh	8951
52	Mukerian	None	INC	Kewal Krishan	19169	BJP	Janak Singh	15853
53	Jagraon	None	INC	Darshan Singh	8190	BJP	Ayudhia Prakash	2649
54	Raikot	None	INC	Nirmal Singh	4325	SAD	Bachitter Singh	2822
55	Dakha	(SC)	INC	Malkiat Singh	4404	BJP	Ghanaya Lal	1225
56	Qila Raipur	None	CPM	Tarsem Lal	1906	INC	Gurdev Singh	1135
57	Ludhiana North	None	INC	Rakesh Kumar Panday	32033	BJP	Harish Kumar	20187
58	Ludhiana West	None	INC	Harnam Dass Johar	15036	BJP	Kailash Sharma	10550
59	Ludhiana East	None	BJP	Satpaul Gosain	16619	INC	Rajinder Saini	12803
60	Ludhiana Rural	None	INC	Malkit Singh Birmi	13586	BSP	Jarnial Singh	7020
61	Payal	None	INC	Harnek Singh	8081	CPI	Kartar Singh	6772
62	Kum Kalan	(SC)	INC	Isher Singh	5405	BSP	Inderjit Singh	1712
63	Samrala	None	INC	Karam Singh	7920	BSP	Sohan Lal	5046
64	Khanna	(SC)	INC	Shamsher Singh	16399	BJP	Mohinder Pal	2776
65	Nangal	None	BJP	Madan Mohan	15616	CPM	Mohinder Paul	13490
66	Anandpur Sahib Ropar	None	BJP	Ramesh Dutt	11699	INC	Basant Singh	8232
67	Chamkaur Sahib	(SC)	INC	Shamsher Singh	3641	BSP	Gurmukh Singh	2706
68	Morinda	None	INC	Jag Mohan Singh	7714	BSP	Balbir Singh	1299
69	Kharar	None	INC	Harnek Singh	4551	BSP	Man Singh	3043
70	Banur	None	INC	Mohinder Singh Gill	13756	SAD	Kanwaljit Singh	11142
71	Rajpura	None	INC	Raj Kumar Khurana	18876	BJP	Ram Chand	4942
72	Ghanaur	None	INC	Jasjit Singh	8746	CPM	Balwant Singh	5196
73	Dakala	None	INC	Lal Singh	11010	IND	Ram Lal	9508
74	Shutrana	(SC)	INC	Hamir Singh	7025	SAD	Nirmal Singh	3968
75	Samana	None	SAD	Amarinder Singh	Uncontested
76	Patiala Town	None	INC	Brahm Mohinder	13135	IND	Krishna Kumar	11663
77	Nabha	None	IND	Ramesh Kumar	12082	INC	Satinder Kaur	9549
78	Amloh	(SC)	INC	Sadhu Singh	8500	SAD	Dalip Singh Pandhi	3039
79	Sirhind	None	BJP	Harbans Lal	6981	INC	Bir Devinder Singh	6573
80	Dhuri	None	INC	Dhanwant Singh	4164	CPI	Bhan Singh Bhora	2640
81	Malerkotla	None	INC	Abdul Ghaffar	14271	BJP	Ashoo Tosh	7967
82	Sherpur	(SC)	BSP	Raj Singh	1693	CPI	Sher Singh Pharwahi	1173
83	Barnala	None	INC	Som Dutt	4289	SAD	Malkit Singh	3473
84	Bhadaur	(SC)	BSP	Nirmal Singh Nimma	1040	INC	Bachan Singh	859
85	Dhanaula	None	INC	Manjit Singh	2538	SAD	Gobind Singh	1350
86	Sangrur	None	INC	Jasbir Singh	8978	SAD	Ranjit Singh	6227
87	Dirbha	None	INC	Gurharan Singh	3072	SAD	Baldev Singh	2624
88	Sunam	None	INC	Bhagwan Dass	5727	SAD	Sanmukh Singh	4046
89	Lehra	None	INC	Rajinder Kaur	16369	BJP	Barinder Kumar	5704
90	Balluana	(SC)	INC	Babu Ram S/O Ram Karan	17192	BSP	Satish Kumar	7102
91	Abohar	None	INC	Sajjan Kumar	38211	BJP	Arjan Singh	14107
92	Fazilka	None	IND	Moinder Kumar	20322	BJP	Sohan Lal	14044
93	Jalalabad	None	INC	Hans Raj	18105	BSP	Sucha Singh	15217
94	Guru Har Sahai	None	INC	Sajwar Singh	18348	IND	Iqbal Singh	18028
95	Firozepur	None	INC	Bal Mukand	12513	BSP	Mukhitiar Singh	12158
96	Firozepur Cantonment	None	IND	Ravinder Singh	17891	INC	Gurnaib Singh	16345
97	Zira	None	SAD	Inder Jit Singh	16422	INC	Harcharan Singh	8479
98	Dharamkot	(SC)	BSP	Baldev Singh	5753	INC	Piara Singh	4429
99	Moga	None	INC	Malti	7865	JD	Sathi Rup Lal	7858
100	Bagha Purana	None	JD	Vijay Kumar	3615	INC	Gur Charan Singh	3607
101	Nihal Singh Wala	(SC)	CPM	Ajaib Singh	7816	BSP	Sewak Singh	1279
102	Panjgrain	(SC)	INC	Gurcharan Singh	1669	BSP	Jagir Singh	1593
103	Kotkapura	None	INC	Upinder Kumar	17382	BSP	Narinder Singh	5555
104	Faridkot	None	INC	Avtar Singh	15823	BSP	Gurjant Singh	10667
105	Muktsar	None	INC	Har Charan Singh	21500	SAD	Avtar Singh	15323
106	Giddarbaha	None	INC	Raghubir Singh	17561	BSP	Raj Pal	6524
106^[c]	Giddarbaha	None	SAD	M.S. Badal	50404	INC	Deepak Kumar	48289
107	Malout	(SC)	UCPI	Baldev Singh	14442	INC	Shiv Chand	9475
108	Lambi	None	INC	Gurnam Singh Abul Khurana	16170	BSP	Notej Singh	7071
109	Talwandi Sabo	None	INC	Harminder Singh	4209	BSP	Jagdeep Singh	3217
110	Pakka Kalan	(SC)	INC	Baldev Singh	7674	CPI	Bhola Singh	3970
111	Bhatinda	None	INC	Surinder Kapoor	17192	CPI	Joginder Singh	11312
112	Nathana	(SC)	INC	Gulzar Singh	3014	SAD	Jasmel Singh	2317
113	Rampura Phul	None	INC	Harbans Singh	11702	BSP	Mangu Singh	3736
114	Joga	None	IPF	Surjan Singh	394	SAD	Teja Singh	289
115	Mansa	None	INC	Sher Singh	6137	CPI	Buta Singh	6101
116	Budhlada	None	CPI	Hardev Singh	9034	INC	Gurdev Singh	6455
117	Sardulgarh	None	INC	Kirpal Singh	4116	CPM	Bakhsish Singh	1724

^ By Polls in 1994
^ By Polls in 1994
^ By Polls in 1995

References[]

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

External links[]

Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1992

[3] By Polls in 1994

[4] By Polls in 1994

[5] By Polls in 1995

[eci_nic_in1992-1] "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.

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