1992 Georgian general election
Head of State election
Turnout 74.77% ( 4.89 pp )
Parliamentary election
All 225 seats in the Parliament 113 seats needed for a majorityTurnout 74.77% ( 4.89 pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results
below .
General elections were held in Georgia on 11 October 1992, in which voters elected both the Parliament and the Chairman of Parliament,[1] who also acted as Head of State as the President, Zviad Gamsakhurdia , was in exile after being ousted in a coup in January. Independent candidate Eduard Shevardnadze was the only candidate in the election for Head of State, whilst the Peace Bloc won the most seats in Parliament. Voter turnout was 74.2%.
Results [ ]
Head of State [ ]
Candidate Party Votes % Eduard Shevardnadze Independent 2,472,345 97.92 Against 52,453 2.08 Total 2,524,798 100.00 Valid votes 2,524,798 98.04 Invalid/blank votes 50,399 1.96 Total votes 2,575,197 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,471,866 74.17 Source: Nohlen et al .
Parliament [ ]
Party National Constituency Total seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats 528,328 22.96 29 6 35 11 October Bloc 277,496 12.06 18 1 19 National Democratic Party 211,938 9.21 12 2 14 190,844 8.30 14 1 15 Democratic Party 162,014 7.04 10 0 10 Union of Georgian Traditionalists 127,923 5.56 7 1 8 Green Party 113,028 4.91 11 0 11 111,148 4.83 9 1 10 Ilia Chavchavadze Society 69,306 3.01 7 0 7 65,381 2.84 5 2 7 National Independence Party of Georgia 62,198 2.70 4 0 4 54,364 2.36 4 0 4 49,595 2.16 4 1 5 23,819 1.04 2 0 2 23,489 1.02 2 0 2 22,160 0.96 2 0 2 19,732 0.86 2 0 2 19,675 0.86 1 0 1 19,565 0.85 2 0 2 19,156 0.83 1 0 1 16,088 0.70 1 0 1 15,847 0.69 1 0 1 15,814 0.69 1 0 1 10,846 0.47 1 0 1 Georgian National Front–Radical Union 9,895 0.43 0 0 0 Georgian National Party of the Demographic Society 9,495 0.41 0 0 0 PPWP–WP–HL 8,976 0.39 0 0 0 Popular Party of Georgia 8,535 0.37 0 0 0 All-Georgian Selim Khimshiashvili Society 6,721 0.29 0 0 0 Union for Law–Governed State 6,490 0.28 0 0 0 National Congress Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous 6,428 0.28 0 0 0 National-Radical Party of Georgia 5,816 0.25 0 0 0 National-Legal Party of Georgia 3,838 0.17 0 0 0 Christian-Liberal Party of Georgia 1,683 0.07 0 0 0 Political Union of Citizens–United Georgia Movement 1,545 0.07 0 0 0 Georgian Consirators Union 1,483 0.06 0 0 0 Independents 60 60 Total 2,300,659 100.00 150 75 225 Valid votes 2,300,659 97.86 Invalid/blank votes 50,399 2.14 Total votes 2,351,058 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 3,471,866 67.72 Source: Nohlen et al .[a]
^ The results are inconsistent, with the number of votes cast for each party totalling 2,300,659, while the number of valid votes was 2,524,798.[2]
References [ ]
^ Dieter Nohlen , Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
^ Nohlen et al ., p396