1992 Georgian general election

1992 Georgian general election

11 October 1992
Head of State election
Turnout74.17% ( 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

All 225 seats in Parliament
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.72% ( 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, 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. 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.