1992 Guyanese general election
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53 seats in the National Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 384,195 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 308,842 (88.70%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Guyana on 5 October 1992.[1] They were the first free and fair elections since 1964.[2] The People's Progressive Party ended the People's National Congress' 28-year rule, winning 28 of the 53 seats and 53.5% of the vote. Voter turnout was 80.4%.[1]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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People's Progressive Party | 162,058 | 53.5 | 28 | +20 |
People's National Congress | 128,286 | 42.3 | 23 | –19 |
Working People's Alliance | 6,086 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
United Force | 3,183 | 1.0 | 1 | –1 |
Democratic Labour Movement | 1,557 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
United Republican Party | 1,343 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
People's Democratic Movement | 270 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Union of Guyanese International | 134 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
National Republican Party | 114 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
United Workers Party | 77 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
National Democratic Front | 68 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 5,666 | – | – | – |
Total | 308,852 | 100 | 53 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 348,195 | 88.7 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |