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]
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53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 384,195 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 88.70% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system edit
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 edit
| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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| 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 edit
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p357
- ^ "About". Peoples Progressive Party/Civic. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "The civic legend". Stabroek News. 30 April 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Carter Center report on the 1992 Guyanese elections" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-17. Retrieved 2021-11-16.