1992 Palauan general election

1992 Palauan general election

22 September 1992 (first round) 4 November 1992 (second round)

Presidential election

Candidate Kuniwo Nakamura Johnson Toribiong Party Independent Independent Popular vote 4,841 4,707 Percentage 50.70% 49.30%

president before election Ngiratkel Etpison Independent Elected president Kuniwo Nakamura Independent

General elections were held in Palau in 1992 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 22 September, whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 4 November. All candidates ran as independents. Despite finishing second in the first round of voting, Kuniwo Nakamura was elected President, whilst Thomas Remengesau Jr. won the election for Vice-President. Voter turnout was 74.3% in the presidential elections on 22 September and 83.9% on 4 November, and 83.2% for the legislative elections.

Results

President

Candidate	First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Johnson Toribiong	3,191	37.80	4,707	49.30
Kuniwo Nakamura	3,138	37.18	4,841	50.70
Ngiratkel Etpison	2,089	24.75
Write-ins	23	0.27
Total	8,441	100.00	9,548	100.00
Valid votes	8,441	99.18	9,548	98.41
Invalid/blank votes	70	0.82	154	1.59
Total votes	8,511	100.00	9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	11,457	74.29	11,568	83.87
Source: Nohlen et al.

Candidate	First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Johnson Toribiong	3,191	37.9	4,707	49.3
Kuniwo Nakamura	3,138	37.3	4,841	50.7
Ngiratkel Etpison	2,089	24.8
Invalid/blank votes	93	-	154	-
Total	8,511	100	9,702	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President

Candidate	First round		Second round
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Thomas Remengesau Jr.	2,832	33.84	4,805	51.72
Sandra Pierantozzi	2,038	24.35	4,485	48.28
Minoru Ueki	1,861	22.23
Moses Uludong	1,632	19.50
Write-ins	7	0.08
Total	8,370	100.00	9,290	100.00
Valid votes	8,370	98.34	9,290	95.75
Invalid/blank votes	141	1.66	412	4.25
Total votes	8,511	100.00	9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	11,457	74.29	11,568	83.87
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Independents	9,504	100.00	14	0
Total		9,504	100.00	14	0
Valid votes		9,504	97.96
Invalid/blank votes		198	2.04
Total votes		9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,658	83.22
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Independents	8,615	100.00	16	0
Total		8,615	100.00	16	0
Valid votes		8,615	88.80
Invalid/blank votes		1,087	11.20
Total votes		9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,658	83.22
Source: Nohlen et al.