1992 Guyanese general election

1992 Guyanese general election

5 October 1992
53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	384,195
Turnout	308,842 (88.70%)
First party Second party   150x150px Candidate Cheddi Jagan Desmond Hoyte Party People's Progressive Party/Civic People's National Congress (Guyana) Seats won 32 31 Seat change 24 23 Popular vote 162,058 128,286 Percentage 53.45% 42.31% Swing 36.23pp 37.68pp
250px Results by district
President before election Desmond Hoyte PNC Elected President Cheddi Jagan PPP/C

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

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.

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.