1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 23.82 (42.68%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of
Beant Singh was elected as the leader of the ruling party.[1]
Voter turnout
S.No. | District | Total Voter Turnout |
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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 |
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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.
Party | No. of Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Vote % | |||||
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Indian National Congress | 116 | 87 | 13,17,075 | 43.83% | |||||
Bahujan Samaj Party | 105 | 9 | 4,90,552 | 17.59% | |||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 66 | 6 | 4,95,161 | 16.48% | |||||
Communist Party of India | 20 | 4 | 1,09,386 | 3.64% | |||||
Shiromani Akali Dal | 58 | 3 | 1,56,171 | 5.20% | |||||
Communist Party of India (M) | 17 | 1 | 72,061 | 2.40% | |||||
Janata Dal | 37 | 1 | 64,666 | 2.15% | |||||
United Communist Party of India | 1 | 1 | 14442 | 0.48% | |||||
Indian People's Front | 2 | 1 | 2,292 | 0.08% | |||||
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 |
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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 ( ST /None)
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Winner | Runner-up | ||||
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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 |
See also
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.