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

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
2. Nohlen, p357
3. "About". Peoples Progressive Party/Civic. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
4. "The civic legend". Stabroek News. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
5. "Guyana: People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), including whether members or supporters of the party are targeted because of their political beliefs (2010-October 2013)". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
6. Rajendra Chandisingh (1982). ""Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?"". Verfassung und Recht in Übersee / Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America. 15 (2): 145–161. JSTOR 43111061. Archived from the original on 2021-11-16. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
7. "Carter Center report on the 1992 Guyanese elections" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2021-11-16.