1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election

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All 117 seats of the Punjab Legislative Assembly
59 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 23.82 ( 42.68%)
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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BSP

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  |  55  |  9
Popular vote  | 1,317,075  | 490.552
Percentage  | 43.83%  | 17.5%
Swing  |  6.2%  |  17.5%

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| Chief Minister before election

President's rule

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Beant Singh
INC

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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]

## Voter turnout

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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

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S.No.  | Title  | Constituencies  | Turnout

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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

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### List of Participating Political Parties in Punjab Assembly Election in 1992

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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 (Kabul)
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

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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 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

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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

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#  | Constituency  | Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)  | 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

1. ^ By Polls in 1994
2. ^ By Polls in 1994
3. ^ By Polls in 1995

## See also

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* Politics of Punjab, India

## References

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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.

## External links

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