1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
1992
All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout23.82 (Decrease42.68%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Beant Singh 2013 stamp of India (cropped).png
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Leader Beant Singh Satnam Singh Kainth
Party INC BSP
Leader's seat Jullundur Cantonment (won) Banga (won)
Last election 32 Did not contest
Seats after 87 9
Seat change Increase 55 Increase 9
Popular vote 1,317,075 490.552
Percentage 43.83% 17.5%
Swing Increase 6.2% Increase 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 (Chief Minister) was elected as the leader of the ruling party.[1]


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
Party No. of Candidates Seats won Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress1168713,17,07543.83%
Bahujan Samaj Party10594,90,55217.59%
Bharatiya Janata Party6664,95,16116.48%
Communist Party of India2041,09,3863.64%
Shiromani Akali Dal5831,56,1715.20%
Communist Party of India (M)17172,0612.40%
Janata Dal37164,6662.15%
United Communist Party of India 11144420.48%
Indian People's Front 212,2920.08%
Independents15142,77,7069.24%
Total[2]57911730,05,083

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
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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] 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
  1. ↑ By Polls in 1994
  2. ↑ By Polls in 1994
  3. ↑ By Polls in 1995

See also

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.
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