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1992 Georgian general election

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1992 Georgian general election

11 October 1992
Head of State election
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Turnout74.17% (Decrease 8.42pp)
 
Nominee Eduard Shevardnadze
Party Independent
Popular vote 2,472,345
Percentage 97.92%

Head of State before election

State Council as interim government

Elected Head of State

Eduard Shevardnadze
Independent

Parliamentary election
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All 225 seats in Parliament
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.72% (Decrease 1.87pp)
Party Leader % Seats
Peace Bloc Vakhtang Goguadze 22.96 35
11 October Bloc Nodar Natadze 12.06 19
NDP Giorgi Chanturia 9.21 14
Unity Bloc Mark Rivkin 8.30 15
Democratic Kartlos Gharibashvili 7.04 10
UGT Akaki Asatiani 5.56 6
Greens Giorgi Baramidze 4.91 11
Charta 91 Tedo Paatashvili 4.83 10
Chavchavadze Society 3.01 7
Kostava Society Vazha Adamia 2.84 10
NIP Irakli Tsereteli 2.70 4
SPGW Shalva Berianidze 2.36 4
UNCRG Chabua Amirejibi 2.16 5
SDPG 1.04 2
PNFJ 1.02 2
USJG 0.96 2
UGCG 0.86 2
UGH 0.86 1
PUC–AGFU 0.85 2
CDPG 0.83 1
B–GPUNIH 0.70 1
SRF 0.69 1
RMUG 0.69 1
PSNIG 0.47 1
Independents 60
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Tengiz Sigua
Independent
Tengiz Sigua
Independent

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 ousted 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%.

The election took place during the War in Abkhazia.[2] It coincided with the heightened tensions following the capture of Gagra by the Abkhaz separatists and their North Caucasian Muslim allies, which resulted in a massacre of the local Georgian population. Gagra and Gudauta districts had been occupied by the Abkhaz separatists and did not vote. Another separatist region, South Ossetia, also did participate in the election.

It was first election since the 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état. Violently deposed first President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia and his allies described the elections as unconstitutional and boycotted it.

Results

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Head of State

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Eduard ShevardnadzeIndependent2,472,34597.92
Against52,4532.08
Total2,524,798100.00
Valid votes2,524,79898.04
Invalid/blank votes50,3991.96
Total votes2,575,197100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,471,86674.17
Source: Nohlen et al.

Parliament

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PartyNationalConstituencyTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Peace Bloc528,32822.9629635
11 October Bloc277,49612.0618119
National Democratic Party211,9389.2112214
Unity Bloc190,8448.3014115
Democratic Party162,0147.0410010
Union of Georgian Traditionalists127,9235.56718
Green Party113,0284.9111011
Charta 91111,1484.839110
Ilia Chavchavadze Society69,3063.01707
Merab Kostava Society65,3812.84527
National Independence Party of Georgia62,1982.70404
Socialist Party of Georgian Workers54,3642.36404
Union of National Concord and Revival of Georgia49,5952.16415
Social Democrat Party of Georgia23,8191.04202
Party of Nations Friendship and Justice23,4891.02202
Union of Social Justice of Georgia22,1600.96202
Union of God's Children of Georgia19,7320.86202
Union of Georgian Highlanders19,6750.86101
Political Union of Citizens–All-Georgian Farmers Union19,5650.85202
Constitutional Democratic Party of Georgia19,1560.83101
Georgian Political Union of National Integrity and Highlanders Bloc16,0880.70101
Society for the Revival of the Fatherland15,8470.69101
Radical Monarchist Union of Georgia15,8140.69101
Party of State–National Integrity of Georgia10,8460.47101
Georgian National Front–Radical Union9,8950.43000
Georgian National Party of the Demographic Society9,4950.41000
PPWP–WP–HL8,9760.39000
Popular Party of Georgia8,5350.37000
All-Georgian Selim Khimshiashvili Society6,7210.29000
Union for Law–Governed State6,4900.28000
National Congress Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous6,4280.28000
National-Radical Party of Georgia5,8160.25000
National-Legal Party of Georgia3,8380.17000
Christian-Liberal Party of Georgia1,6830.07000
Political Union of Citizens–United Georgia Movement1,5450.07000
Georgian Consirators Union1,4830.06000
Independents6060
Total2,300,659100.0015075225
Valid votes2,300,65997.86
Invalid/blank votes50,3992.14
Total votes2,351,058100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,471,86667.72
Source: Nohlen et al.[a]
  1. ^ The results are inconsistent, with the number of votes cast for each party totalling 2,300,659, while the number of valid votes was 2,524,798.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. ^ "Georgians vote in shadow of war". Tampa Bay Times. 11 October 1992. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ Nohlen et al., p396