1992 Georgian general election

1992 Georgian general election

11 October 1992
Head of State election
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Turnout	74.17% ( 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
Turnout	67.72% ( 1.87pp)
Party Leader Vote % 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, although the elections did take place in the rest of Abkhazia's districts, which were controlled by the government of Georgia: Sukhumi, Ochamchire, Gulripshi and Gali districts. Another separatist region, South Ossetia, also did not 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

Head of State

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Eduard Shevardnadze	Independent	2,472,345	97.92
Against			52,453	2.08
Total			2,524,798	100.00
Valid votes			2,524,798	98.04
Invalid/blank votes			50,399	1.96
Total votes			2,575,197	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,471,866	74.17
Source: Nohlen et al.

Parliament

Party		National			Constituency			Total seats
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Peace Bloc	528,328	22.96	29			6	35
	11 October Bloc	277,496	12.06	18			1	19
	National Democratic Party	211,938	9.21	12			2	14
	Unity Bloc	190,844	8.30	14			1	15
	Democratic Party	162,014	7.04	10			0	10
	Union of Georgian Traditionalists	127,923	5.56	7			1	8
	Green Party	113,028	4.91	11			0	11
	Charta 91	111,148	4.83	9			1	10
	Ilia Chavchavadze Society	69,306	3.01	7			0	7
	Merab Kostava Society	65,381	2.84	5			2	7
	National Independence Party of Georgia	62,198	2.70	4			0	4
	Socialist Party of Georgian Workers	54,364	2.36	4			0	4
	Union of National Concord and Revival of Georgia	49,595	2.16	4			1	5
	Social Democrat Party of Georgia	23,819	1.04	2			0	2
	Party of Nations Friendship and Justice	23,489	1.02	2			0	2
	Union of Social Justice of Georgia	22,160	0.96	2			0	2
	Union of God's Children of Georgia	19,732	0.86	2			0	2
	Union of Georgian Highlanders	19,675	0.86	1			0	1
	Political Union of Citizens–All-Georgian Farmers Union	19,565	0.85	2			0	2
	Constitutional Democratic Party of Georgia	19,156	0.83	1			0	1
	Georgian Political Union of National Integrity and Highlanders Bloc	16,088	0.70	1			0	1
	Society for the Revival of the Fatherland	15,847	0.69	1			0	1
	Radical Monarchist Union of Georgia	15,814	0.69	1			0	1
	Party of State–National Integrity of Georgia	10,846	0.47	1			0	1
	Georgian National Front–Radical Union	9,895	0.43	0			0	0
	Georgian National Party of the Demographic Society	9,495	0.41	0			0	0
	PPWP–WP–HL	8,976	0.39	0			0	0
	Popular Party of Georgia	8,535	0.37	0			0	0
	All-Georgian Selim Khimshiashvili Society	6,721	0.29	0			0	0
	Union for Law–Governed State	6,490	0.28	0			0	0
	National Congress Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous	6,428	0.28	0			0	0
	National-Radical Party of Georgia	5,816	0.25	0			0	0
	National-Legal Party of Georgia	3,838	0.17	0			0	0
	Christian-Liberal Party of Georgia	1,683	0.07	0			0	0
	Political Union of Citizens–United Georgia Movement	1,545	0.07	0			0	0
	Georgian Consirators Union	1,483	0.06	0			0	0
	Independents						60	60
Total		2,300,659	100.00	150			75	225
Valid votes		2,300,659	97.86
Invalid/blank votes		50,399	2.14
Total votes		2,351,058	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,471,866	67.72
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

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