Georgian general election, 1992
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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 outsted 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 | 98.0 |
| Against | 52,453 | 2.0 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 50,399 | - | |
| Total | 2,575,197 | 100 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||
Parliament
| Party | Constituency | National | Total seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| Peace Bloc | 6 | 528,328 | 20.4 | 29 | 35 | ||
| 11 October Bloc | 1 | 277,496 | 10.7 | 18 | 19 | ||
| National Democratic Party | 2 | 211,938 | 8.2 | 12 | 14 | ||
| Unity Bloc | 1 | 190,844 | 7.4 | 14 | 15 | ||
| Democratic Party | 0 | 162,014 | 6.3 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Union of Georgian Traditionalists | 1 | 127,923 | 4.9 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Green Party | 0 | 113,028 | 4.4 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Charta 91 | 1 | 111,148 | 4.3 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Ilia Chavchavadze Society | 0 | 69,306 | 2.7 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Merab Kostava Society | 2 | 65,381 | 2.5 | 5 | 7 | ||
| National Independence Party of Georgia | 0 | 62,198 | 2.4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Socialist Party of Georgian Workers | 0 | 54,364 | 2.1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Union of National Concord and Revival of Georgia | 1 | 49,595 | 1.9 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Social Democrat Party of Georgia | 0 | 23,819 | 0.9 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Party of Nations Friendship and Justice | 0 | 23,489 | 0.9 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Union of Social Justice of Georgia | 0 | 22,160 | 0.9 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Union of God's Children of Georgia | 0 | 19,732 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Union of Georgian Highlanders | 0 | 19,675 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Political Union of Citizens-All Georgian Farmers Union | 0 | 19,565 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Constitutional Democratic Party of Georgia | 0 | 19,156 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Georgian Political Union of National Integrity and Highlanders Bloc | 0 | 16,088 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Society for the Revival of the Fatherland | 0 | 15,847 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Radical Monarchist Union of Georgia | 0 | 15,814 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Party of State-National Integrity of Georgia | 0 | 10,846 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Georgian National Front-Radical Union | 0 | 9,895 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Georgian National Party of the Demographic Society | 0 | 9,495 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PPWP-WP-HL | 0 | 8,976 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Popular Party of Georgia | 0 | 8,535 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| All-Georgian Selim Khimshiashvili Society | 0 | 6,721 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Union for Law-Governed State | 0 | 6,490 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National Congress Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous | 0 | 6,428 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National-Radical Party of Georgia | 0 | 5,816 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| National-Legal Party of Georgia | 0 | 3,838 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian-Liberal Party of Georgia | 0 | 1,683 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Political Union of Citizens-United Georgia Movement | 0 | 1,545 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Georgian Consirators Union | 0 | 1,483 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independents | 60 | - | - | - | 60 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | - | - | 50,399 | - | - | - | |
| Total | 75 | 2,575,197 | 100 | 150 | 225 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||||
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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