Indian National Congress returned to power in Punjab, in an election most voters sat out.

It won 87 of the 117 seats on offer.

That left it 28 seats clear of a majority.

Turnout, the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot, fell to 22.8%, far below the previous election.¹

The clearest shift ran between Punjab's two largest parties.

55 seats swung from Shiromani Akali Dal to INC, more than any other pair of parties that year.

Turnout fell -41.7 pp from the previous election, as insurgency and a boycott by most Akali Dal factions kept many voters away.¹

The closest race was at Moga, Punjab, decided by 7 votes.

Joga, Punjab recorded the lowest turnout of any seat in the election, at 1.0%.¹

Naushahra Panwan, Punjab was the most one-sided result of the count, with a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of 85.8% of the vote.

2 seats were unopposed returns that year — seats where only one candidate stood, so no vote was needed to decide them.

The Election Commission de-recognised the two main Akali Dal factions as political parties on 20 November 1992, after they won no seats having boycotted the poll.²