Guyanese general election, 1992
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General elections were held in Guyana
on 5 October 1992. The first free and fair elections since 1964
, they resulted in a victory for the People's Progressive Party
, which won 28 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 80.4%.
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
on 5 October 1992. The first free and fair elections since 1964
British Guiana general election, 1964
General elections were held in British Guiana on 7 December 1964. They were the first held under proportional representation, and saw the People's Progressive Party win 24 of the 53 directly-elected seats. However, the People's National Congress and United Force were able to form a coalition...
, they resulted in a victory for the People's Progressive Party
People's Progressive Party (Guyana)
The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Guyana led by Bharrat Jagdeo. The party has been in power since the 1992 elections and currently holds 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:...
, which won 28 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 80.4%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Progressive Party People's Progressive Party (Guyana) The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Guyana led by Bharrat Jagdeo. The party has been in power since the 1992 elections and currently holds 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:... |
162,058 | 53.5 | 28 | |
| People's National Congress People's National Congress The People's National Congress is a socialist political party in Guyana led by Robert Corbin. The party currently holds 22 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:... |
128,286 | 42.3 | 23 | |
| Working People's Alliance Working People's Alliance -History:The party was established in 1974, as an alliance of the Working People's Vanguard Party, the Association for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa, the Indian Political Revolutionary Associates and Ratoon, and became a political party in 1989. The party first contested national... |
6,086 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| United Force The United Force The United Force is a conservative political party in Guyana. It currently has one seat in the National Assembly and is led by Manzoor Nadir.-History:... |
3,183 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Democratic Labour Movement | 1,557 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| United Republican Party United Republican Party (Guyana) The United Republican Party was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1992 general elections, but received just 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections.... |
1,343 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| People's Democratic Movement People's Democratic Movement (Guyana) The People's Democratic Movement was a political party in Guyana. It first contested national elections in 1973, when it received only 0.6% of the vote and failed to win a seat. It did not contest the 1980 elections, but returned in 1985 when it received just 232 votes and again failed to win a seat... |
270 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Union of Guyanese International Union of Guyanese International The Union of Guyanese International was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1992 general elections, but received just 134 votes and failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections.... |
134 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| National Republican Party National Republican Party (Guyana) The National Republican Party was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1992 general elections, but received just 114 votes and failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections, and in 2000 merged into the National Front Alliance.... |
114 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| United Workers Party United Workers Party (Guyana) The United Workers Party was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1992 general elections, but received just 77 votes and failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections.... |
77 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| National Democratic Front National Democratic Front (Guyana) The National Democratic Front was a political party in Guyana. It first contested national elections in 1985, when it received only 156 votes and failed to win a seat. In the 1992 elections it received just 68 votes and remained without parliamentary representation. In the 1997 elections it... |
68 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,666 | – | – | – |
| Total | 308,852 | 100 | 53 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||