1992 Palauan general election

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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.[1] 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 37.9 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 33.9 4,805 51.7
Sandra Pierantozzi 2,038 24.4 4,485 48.3
Minoru Ueki 1,861 22.3
Moses Uludong 1,632 19.5
Invalid/blank votes 148 - 412 -
Total 8,511 100 9,702 100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Independents 9,504 100
Invalid/blank votes 198 - -
Total 9,702 100
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates

Party Votes % Seats
Independents 8,615 100
Invalid/blank votes 1,087 - -
Total 9,702 100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8