1992 Guyanese general election

General elections were held in Guyana on 5 October 1992.^[1] They were the first free and fair elections since 1964.^[2] The newly created People's Progressive Party/Civic alliance^[3][4][5] ended the People's National Congress' 28-year rule, winning 28 of the 53 seats and 53.5% of the vote following a landslide victory. Voter turnout was 80.4%.^[1]

1992 Guyanese general election

← 1985 5 October 1992 1997 →
53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	384,195
Turnout	88.70%
First party Second party   Candidate Cheddi Jagan Desmond Hoyte Party PPP/C PNC Seats won 32 31 Seat change 24 23 Popular vote 162,058 128,286 Percentage 53.45% 42.31% Swing 36.23pp 37.68pp
Results by district
President before election Desmond Hoyte PNC Elected President Cheddi Jagan PPP/C

Electoral system

The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency, 10 appointed by the Regional Councils elected on the same date as the national members, and 2 appointed by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, an umbrella body representing the regional councils.^[6][7]

The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality.^[6]

Results

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
					Elected	Regional appointees	NCLDO appointees	Total	+/–
	People's Progressive Party/Civic	Cheddi Jagan	162,058	53.45	28	4	0	32	+24
	People's National Congress	Desmond Hoyte	128,286	42.31	23	6	2	31	–23
	Working People's Alliance	Clive Y. Thomas	6,086	2.01	1	0	0	1	0
	United Force	Manzoor Nadir	3,183	1.05	1	0	0	1	–1
	Democratic Labour Movement	Paul Tennassee	1,557	0.51	0	0	0	0	0
	United Republican Party	Leslie Ramsammy	1,343	0.44	0	0	0	0	0
	People's Democratic Movement	Llewelyn John	270	0.09	0	0	0	0	0
	Union of Guyanese International	Lindley GeBorde	134	0.04	0	0	0	0	0
	National Republican Party	Robert Gangadeen	114	0.04	0	0	0	0	0
	United Workers Party	Winston Payne	77	0.03	0	0	0	0	0
	National Democratic Front	Joseph Bacchus	68	0.02	0	0	0	0	0
Total			303,176	100.00	53	10	2	65	0
Valid votes			303,176	98.17
Invalid/blank votes			5,666	1.83
Total votes			308,842	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			348,195	88.70
Source: Nohlen, IPU, Carter Center