Palauan general election, 1992

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General elections were held in Palau in 1992 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 22 September, whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 4 November. All candidates ran as independents.[1] Despite finishing second in the first round of voting, Kuniwo Nakamura was elected President, whilst Thomas Remengesau, Sr. won the election for Vice-President. Voter turnout was 74.3% in the presidential elections on 22 September and 83.9% on 4 November, and 83.2% for the legislative elections.

Results

President

Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Johnson Toribiong3,19137.94,70749.3
Kuniwo Nakamura3,13837.34,84150.7
Ngiratkel Etpison2,08924.8
Invalid/blank votes93-154-
Total8,5111009,702100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President

Candidate First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Thomas Remengesau, Sr.2,83233.94,80551.7
Sandra Pierantozzi2,03824.44,48548.3
Minoru Ueki1,86122.3
Moses Uludong1,63219.5
Invalid/blank votes148-412-
Total8,5111009,702100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Independents9,504100
Invalid/blank votes198--
Total9,702100
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates

Party Votes % Seats
Independents8,615100
Invalid/blank votes1,087--
Total9,702100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8