1992 Georgian general election

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 ShevardnadzeIndependent2,472,34598.0
Against52,4532.0
Invalid/blank votes50,399-
Total2,575,197100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Parliament

Party Constituency National Total seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Peace Bloc6528,32820.42935
11 October Bloc1277,49610.71819
National Democratic Party2211,9388.21214
Unity Bloc1190,8447.41415
Democratic Party0162,0146.31010
Union of Georgian Traditionalists1127,9234.978
Green Party0113,0284.41111
Charta 911111,1484.3910
Ilia Chavchavadze Society069,3062.777
Merab Kostava Society265,3812.557
National Independence Party of Georgia062,1982.444
Socialist Party of Georgian Workers054,3642.144
Union of National Concord and Revival of Georgia149,5951.945
Social Democrat Party of Georgia023,8190.922
Party of Nations Friendship and Justice023,4890.922
Union of Social Justice of Georgia022,1600.922
Union of God's Children of Georgia019,7320.822
Union of Georgian Highlanders019,6750.811
Political Union of Citizens-All Georgian Farmers Union019,5650.822
Constitutional Democratic Party of Georgia019,1560.711
Georgian Political Union of National Integrity and Highlanders Bloc016,0880.611
Society for the Revival of the Fatherland015,8470.611
Radical Monarchist Union of Georgia015,8140.611
Party of State-National Integrity of Georgia010,8460.411
Georgian National Front-Radical Union09,8950.400
Georgian National Party of the Demographic Society09,4950.400
PPWP-WP-HL08,9760.400
Popular Party of Georgia08,5350.300
All-Georgian Selim Khimshiashvili Society06,7210.300
Union for Law-Governed State06,4900.300
National Congress Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous06,4280.300
National-Radical Party of Georgia05,8160.200
National-Legal Party of Georgia03,8380.200
Christian-Liberal Party of Georgia01,6830.100
Political Union of Citizens-United Georgia Movement01,5450.100
Georgian Consirators Union01,4830.100
Independents60---60
Invalid/blank votes--50,399---
Total752,575,197100150225
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p382 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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