Malagasy presidential election, 1992–93

Malagasy presidential election, 1992-93

November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25) and February 10, 1993 (1993-02-10)

Nominee Albert Zafy Didier Ratsiraka Party National Union for Development and Democracy AREMA Popular vote 2,766,704 1,378,640 Percentage 66.74% 33.26%

President before election Didier Ratsiraka AREMA President Albert Zafy National Union for Development and Democracy

Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 25 November 1992, with a run-off between the top two contenders on 10 February 1993. Incumbent President Didier Ratsiraka of AREMA lost the election to Albert Zafy, leader of the National Union for Development and Democracy in the second round after neither candidate reached 50% in the first round.

Voter turnout was 74.43% for the first round and 68.49% for the second.

Results

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Albert Zafy	National Union for Development and Democracy	2,024,841	45.94	2,766,704	66.74
Didier Ratsiraka	AREMA	1,260,193	28.59	1,378,640	33.26
Manandafy Rakotonirina	Movement for Proletarian Power	444,288	10.08
Ruffine Tsiranana	Social Democratic Party	152,952	3.47
Jacques Rabemananjara	Independent	124,901	2.83
Nirina Andriamanalina	Independent	98,574	2.24
Tovonanahary Rabetsitonta	Action and Reflection Group for the Development of Madagascar	96,445	2.19
Invalid/blanks votes		99,595	-	157,319	-
Total		4,506,993	100	4,302,663	100
Source: EISA