1992 Guyanese general election

none Guyana parliamentary 1985 Guyanese general election 1985 1997 Guyanese general election 1997 53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 5 October 1992 384,195 88.70% ( 14.87pp) President_Cheddi_Jagan.png Cheddi Jagan People's Progressive Party/Civic 15.77%, 8 seats 32 162,058 24 53.45% 36.23pp Desmond_Hoyte.jpg Desmond Hoyte People's National Congress (Guyana) 78.54%, 42 seats 128,286 42.31% 31 23 37.68pp 1992_Guyanese_general_election_results_by_region.svg 250px Results by district President Desmond Hoyte People's National Congress (Guyana) Cheddi Jagan People's Progressive Party/Civic General elections were held in Guyana on 5 October 1992.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 978-0-19-928357-6 They were the first free and fair elections since 1964.Nohlen, p357 The newly created People's Progressive Party/Civic allianceAbout https://votepppcivic2020.com/about Peoples Progressive Party/Civic 28 May 2023 20 December 2019 4 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220804104006/https://votepppcivic2020.com/about live The civic legend https://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/04/30/guyana-review/the-civic-legend/ 28 May 2023 Stabroek News 30 April 2009 en-us 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) https://www.refworld.org/docid/527b530e4.html United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 28 May 2023 en 13 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131113024254/http://www.refworld.org/docid/527b530e4.html live 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%. 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.https://www.jstor.org/stable/43111061 Rajendra Chandisingh "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 1982 15 2 145–161 43111061 2021-11-16 2021-11-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20211116093147/https://www.jstor.org/stable/43111061 live http://caribbeanelections.com/eDocs/election_reports/gy/GY_Carter_Report_1992.pdf Carter Center report on the 1992 Guyanese elections 2021-11-16 2022-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20220117192710/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/eDocs/election_reports/gy/GY_Carter_Report_1992.pdf live 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. Results Presidentialcandidate yes Elected Regionalappointees National Congress of Local Democratic Organs NCLDOappointees Total +/– People's Progressive Party/Civic Cheddi Jagan 162058 28 4 0 32 +24 People's National Congress Desmond Hoyte 128286 23 6 2 31 –23 Working People's Alliance Clive Y. Thomas 6086 1 0 0 1 0 United Force Manzoor Nadir 3183 1 0 0 1 –1 Democratic Labour Movement Paul Tennassee 1557 0 0 0 0 0 United Republican Party Leslie Ramsammy 1343 0 0 0 0 0 People's Democratic Movement Llewelyn John 270 0 0 0 0 0 Union of Guyanese International Lindley GeBorde 134 0 0 0 0 0 National Republican Party Robert Gangadeen 114 0 0 0 0 0 United Workers Party Winston Payne 77 0 0 0 0 0 National Democratic Front Joseph Bacchus 68 0 0 0 0 0 5666 0 348195 Nohlen, IPU, Carter Center References Guyana Category:1992 in Guyana Category:Elections in Guyana Category:20th century in Guyanese politics