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In June 1992 a by-election was held for the [[New Delhi (Lok Sabha constituency)|New Delhi seat]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]).<ref name="Patel2012"/> The by-election was called after the resignation of the incumbent Member of Parliament [[L.K. Advani]].<ref name="e"/>

==Background==
[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] leader Advani had won the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat in the [[1989 Indian general election|1989]] and [[1991 Indian general election|1991]] general elections.<ref name="Rana2006">{{cite book|author=Mahendra Singh Rana|title=India Votes: Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha Elections 2001-2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yInZdHn-pKoC&pg=PA493|year=2006|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-647-6|page=493}}</ref> However, Advani had also won the [[Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat]] in [[Gujarat]] in 1991, and thus opted to resign from the New Delhi seat.<ref name="AhujaPaul1992">{{cite book|author1=M. L. Ahuja|author2=Sharda Paul|title=1989-1991 General Elections in India: Including November 1991 By-elections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-SNAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Associated Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7045-085-6|page=141}}</ref>

The by-election was originally scheduled for November 1991, but was countermanded after the death of candidate Mukesh Kumar Garg of [[Kanpur]].<ref name="AhujaPaul1992"/><ref>{{cite book|title=India: A Reference Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cT5uAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.|page=833}}</ref>

==Candidates==
A whopping 125 candidates contested the by-election.<ref name="e"/> The two main candidates were [[Bollywood]] star actors.<ref>rediff.com. ''[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/jul/02sld3.htm Vote for Bollywood]''</ref> The [[Indian National Congress]] fielded film star [[Rajesh Khanna]] as their candidate in the by-election.<ref name="Rana2006"/> Khanna had contested against Advani in the 1991 election in New Delhi, and lost by a mere 1,589 votes.<ref name="Patel2012">{{cite book|author=Bhaichand Patel|title=Bollywood's Top 20 Superstars of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQL4dkVAnPIC&pg=PA183|year=2012|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-670-08572-9|page=183}}</ref> In the 1992 by-election his main opponent was another actor, [[Shatrughan Sinha]] of the BJP.<ref name="Patel2012"/><ref name=b/> Sinha, nicknamed 'Shotgun', had campaigned for the non-Congress opposition in the 1989, but without affiliating with any party at the time.<ref name="in"/><ref name="nd">NDTV. ''[http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/shatrughan-sinhas-biggest-regret-involves-co-star-rajesh-khanna-1262717 Shatrughan Sinha's Biggest Regret Involves Co-Star Rajesh Khanna]''</ref><ref name="Roy1992">{{cite book|author=Meenu Roy|title=The Battle of the ballot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tl-NAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Classic Pub. House|isbn=978-81-7193-025-8|page=154}}</ref> In his 1992 campaign Sinha adopted a tough stance against Khanna and Prime Minister [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]], challenging the Congress government on election promises made in the 1991 campaign.<ref name="in">{{cite book|title=India Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qy4WAQAAMAAJ|edition=1-12|volume=17|year=1992|publisher=Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited|page=50}}</ref> ''[[India Today]]'' compared his election rhetoric to his performance as the rogue Chhannoo in the 1971 hit ''[[Mere Apne]]''.<ref name="in"/> BJP leaders campaigning on behalf of Sinha included [[Uma Bharti]], [[Madan Lal Khurana]], and [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]].<ref name="in"/> Advani was notably absent from the campaign.<ref name="nd"/>

Khanna's campaigners included [[H.K.L. Bhagat]], [[R.K. Dhawan]], and [[Vidya Charan Shukla]].<ref name="in"/> It was reported that H.K.L. Bhagat had also sought the Congress nomination for the by-election.<ref name="in"/>

The wives of the two contending film stars, [[Dimple Kapadia]] and [[Poonam Sinha]], played a prominent role in mobilizing crowds for their husband's campaign rallies.<ref name="in"/>

Jai Bhagwan Jatav stood as the [[Janata Dal]] candidate in the by-election.<ref name="in"/> Jatav was expected to do well amongst Muslim voters.<ref name="in"/> In the buildup to the [[demolition of the Babri Masjid]] later in 1992, Muslims tended to perceive P.V. Narasimha Rao's Congress as taking a soft stance on the advance of the [[Hindutva]] movement.<ref>''Frontline''. ''[http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1525/15250210.htm A fresh polarisation in Delhi]''</ref>

Independent candidate [[Phoolan Devi]], known internationally as the 'Bandit Queen', was in jail at the time of the by-election.<ref name="e"/><ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Keesing's Record of World Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nRQMAQAAMAAJ|volume=40|year=1994|publisher=Longman|page=39867}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Pakistan & Gulf Economist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q9rsAAAAMAAJ|edition=40-52|volume=11|year=1992|publisher=Economist Publications}}</ref> Devi had been imprisoned without trial since 1983 on around 50 charges, including murder.<ref name=a/>

==Result==
{| class="wikitable"
!Candidate
!Party
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Rajesh Khanna]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 101,625
| 52.51
|-
| [[Shatrughan Sinha]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 73,369
| 37.91
|-
| J.B. Jatav
| [[Janata Dal]]
| 10,638
| 5.50
|-
| S. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 1,135
| 0.59
|-
| [[Phoolan Devi]]
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 753
| 0.39
|-
| Y. Qureshi
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 518
| 0.27
|-
| G. Singh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 450
| 0.23
|-
| H. Raj
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 282
| 0.15
|-
| N. Singh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 208
| 0.11
|-
| H.S. Gill
| RJMP
| 186
| 0.10
|-
| M.C. Malhotra
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 178
| 0.09
|-
| N.K. Verma
| CP
| 174
| 0.09
|-
| R. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 169
| 0.09
|-
| A.S. Chaprana
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 144
| 0.07
|-
| R.C. Jain
| HNP
| 132
| 0.07
|-
| J. Bhagwan
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 115
| 0.06
|-
| S. Chand
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 114
| 0.06
|-
| V. Davind
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 107
| 0.06
|-
| Allauddin
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 103
| 0.05
|-
| V.N. Tripathi
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 103
| 0.05
|-
| S.P.S. Ahluwalia
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 99
| 0.05
|-
| R. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 98
| 0.05
|-
| Gulshan
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 97
| 0.05
|-
| I.P. Singh
| SP
| 92
| 0.05
|-
| S.C. Saxena
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 91
| 0.05
|-
| S. Singh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 86
| 0.04
|-
| R. K. Shukla
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 80
| 0.04
|-
| S. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 72
| 0.04
|-
| M. Gupta
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 71
| 0.04
|-
| H. C. Rana
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 65
| 0.03
|-
| S. Lal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 61
| 0.03
|-
| M. Gupta
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 60
| 0.03
|-
| V.S. Tripathi
| Socialist Party (Ramakant Pandey)
| 52
| 0.03
|-
| K. Lal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 50
| 0.03
|-
| Bhagirath
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 50
| 0.03
|-
| Mohammed Bilal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 50
| 0.03
|-
| N. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 49
| 0.03
|-
| R. Prakash
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 48
| 0.02
|-
| S. Pal
| ABDND
| 48
| 0.02
|-
| A. Pathak
| LD
| 46
| 0.02
|-
| S. S. Rathi
| PRP
| 46
| 0.02
|-
| A. Thakur
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 44
| 0.02
|-
| R. N. Shastri
| ABBDP
| 44
| 0.02
|-
| M. Mo. A. Hussain
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 42
| 0.02
|-
| S. Vayas
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 41
| 0.02
|-
| A. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 39
| 0.02
|-
| N. Kishore
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 38
| 0.02
|-
| K. K. Babbar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 37
| 0.02
|-
| S. Sachdevga
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 35
| 0.02
|-
| A. Nath
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 33
| 0.02
|-
| G. Krishna
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 33
| 0.02
|-
| Arun
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 32
| 0.02
|-
| P.C. Jain
| Akhand Bharat Mahasang Sarvahara Krantikari Party
| 32
| 0.02
|-
| V. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 32
| 0.02
|-
| N. S. M. Nayyar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 31
| 0.02
|-
| G. Singh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 28
| 0.01
|-
| R. K. Mittal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 28
| 0.01
|-
| S. Parkash
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 28
| 0.01
|-
| R. S. Bedi
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 26
| 0.01
|-
| B. D. Bhart
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 26
| 0.01
|-
| S. Lal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 26
| 0.01
|-
| M. Lal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 25
| 0.01
|-
| Dr. A.Q. Burni
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 24
| 0.01
|-
| P. P. Verma
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 24
| 0.01
|-
| Mohammed Adil
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 24
| 0.01
|-
| K. D. Mishra
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 23
| 0.01
|-
| C. L. Balmiki
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 23
| 0.01
|-
| B. Mukand
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 23
| 0.01
|-
| S. Ram
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 23
| 0.01
|-
| O. alias Charrawala
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 22
| 0.01
|-
| R. R. Dubey alias R. Gandhi
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 22
| 0.01
|-
| K. K. Virmani
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 21
| 0.01
|-
| Sanjay
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 21
| 0.01
|-
| D. D. Suri
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 20
| 0.01
|-
| G. Bhai
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 19
| 0.01
|-
| K. K. Dogra
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 19
| 0.01
|-
| B. Pal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 19
| 0.01
|-
| Mahabir
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 19
| 0.01
|-
| R. K. Bajaj
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 19
| 0.01
|-
| V. Gupta
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 19
| 0.01
|-
| C. Prakash
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 18
| 0.01
|-
| KM. J. Carunia
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 18
| 0.01
|-
| Mohammed. H. Sagar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 18
| 0.01
|-
| Dr. S.P. Gupta
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 17
| 0.01
|-
| J. Saxena
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 17
| 0.01
|-
| D. Sharma
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 17
| 0.01
|-
| N. Singh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 17
| 0.01
|-
| S. I. Prakash
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 17
| 0.01
|-
| E. Imamy
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 16
| 0.01
|-
| C. Bhan
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 16
| 0.01
|-
| D. Gupta
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 16
| 0.01
|-
| R. R. Gurusarwala
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 16
| 0.01
|-
| R. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 16
| 0.01
|-
| D. Dass
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 15
| 0.01
|-
| B. Bari
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 15
| 0.01
|-
| R.K. Rahi
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 15
| 0.01
|-
| C.R.R. Chugh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 15
| 0.01
|-
| V. Singh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 15
| 0.01
|-
| C. B. L. Saxena
| Jan Ekta Morcha
| 15
| 0.01
|-
| H. S. Dhillon
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 15
| 0.01
|-
| A. Shahani
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 14
| 0.01
|-
| G. C. Paniala
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 14
| 0.01
|-
| A. Jain (W)
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 12
| 0.01
|-
| D. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 12
| 0.01
|-
| Pt. C. P. Sharma
| Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Mazdoor Dal
| 12
| 0.01
|-
| K. J. S. Urf D. Pakad
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 12
| 0.01
|-
| U. Goel
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 11
| 0.01
|-
| B. Bharti
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 11
| 0.01
|-
| T. Sial
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 10
| 0.01
|-
| B. B. Goswami
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 10
| 0.01
|-
| A. Mehmood
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 9
| 0.00
|-
| Rattan
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 9
| 0.00
|-
| S. M. Ahmed
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 9
| 0.00
|-
| G. K. Khanna
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 8
| 0.00
|-
| P. Tolani
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 8
| 0.00
|-
| M. B. Nowhattia
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 8
| 0.00
|-
| D. Sharma
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 7
| 0.00
|-
| M. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 7
| 0.00
|-
| H. R. Singh
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 7
| 0.00
|-
| T. Ahuja
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 6
| 0.00
|-
| K. D. P. M. Lal
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 6
| 0.00
|-
| Dr. R. K. Chitkara
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 6
| 0.00
|-
| P. Kumar
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 5
| 0.00
|-
| P. K. Gupta
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 5
| 0.00
|-
| M. N. Gautam
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 3
| 0.00
|}
<ref name="e"/>

The election was won by R. Khanna.<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref><ref name="Rana2006"/> The by-election victory was interpreted as an important victory for the Congress government of [[P.V. Narasimha Rao]].<ref name=b>{{cite book|title=Quarterly Economic Report of the Indian Institute of Public Opinion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nDtAAAAMAAJ|volume=35|year=1992|page=14}}</ref>

Khanna failed to be re-elected from New Delhi in 1996.<ref name="Rana2006"/> Sinha was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1996, and would later become a Union Minister.<ref>''Indian Express''. ''[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/the-clout-of-cinema-in-india-from-iconic-star-politicians-to-parliamentary-duds-4418923/ The clout of cinema in India: From iconic star-politicians to parliamentary duds]''</ref> In his 2016 autobiography ''Anything but Khamoosh'', Sinha expressed regret over having contested the 1992 by-election against fellow actor Khanna.<ref name="nd"/>

==References==
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