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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 13 and 27 June 1992. [1] The result was a victory for the Pangu Party, which won 22 of the 109 seats. Voter turnout was 81.2%.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Pangu Pati | 294,738 | 9.33 | 20 | –6 | |
| People's Democratic Movement | 247,379 | 7.83 | 15 | –2 | |
| People's Action Party | 147,538 | 4.67 | 12 | +6 | |
| Melanesian Alliance Party | 134,903 | 4.27 | 7 | 0 | |
| People's Solidarity Party | 94,902 | 3.00 | 0 | New | |
| People's Progress Party | 90,465 | 2.86 | 8 | +3 | |
| League for National Advancement | 68,188 | 2.16 | 4 | +1 | |
| Liberal Party | 29,979 | 0.95 | 1 | New | |
| National Party | 26,303 | 0.83 | 2 | –10 | |
| Country Party | 18,646 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| Black Action Party | 9,817 | 0.31 | 1 | New | |
| United Party | 2,539 | 0.08 | 0 | –1 | |
| People's Labour Party | 274 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 1,994,132 | 63.11 | 39 | +17 | |
| Total | 3,159,803 | 100.00 | 109 | 0 | |
| Total votes | 1,614,251 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,987,994 | 81.20 | |||
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