1992 Guyanese general election

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53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	384,195
Turnout	88.70%
First party Second party   Candidate Cheddi Jagan Desmond Hoyte Party PPP/C PNC Seats won 32 31 Seat change 24 23 Popular vote 162,058 128,286 Percentage 53.45% 42.31% Swing 36.23pp 37.68pp
Results by district
President before election Desmond Hoyte PNC Elected President Cheddi Jagan PPP/C

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General elections were held in Guyana on 5 October 1992.^[1] They were the first free and fair elections since 1964.^[2] The newly created People's Progressive Party/Civic alliance^[3][4][5] 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%.^[1]

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.^[6][7]

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.^[6]

Results