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.
1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election Turnout 23.82 ( Majority party Minority party 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 Popular vote 1,317,075 490.552 Percentage 43.83% 17.5% Swing
Chief Minister before election President's rule
Elected Chief Minister Beant Singh
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 (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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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