| Election Name: | Kurdistan Region Presidential election, 1992 |
| Country: | Kurdistan Region |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 2009 Kurdistan Region presidential election |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
| Election Date: | May 19, 1992 |
| Leader1: | Massoud Barzani |
| Party1: | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote1: | Unknown |
| Percentage1: | Unknown |
| Leader2: | Jalal Talebani |
| Party2: | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Popular Vote2: | Unknown |
| Percentage2: | Unknown |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Post-Created |
| After Election: | None |
| After Party: | Nonpartisan candidate |
On May 19, 1992, both Presidential elections and 1992 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election were held.[1] During the first round Presidential elections Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Massoud Barzani won slightly more votes than his main rival Jalal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, however neither won a majority of votes, which was required to become President.[2] Due to both leaders fearing they might lose in a run-off, the second round was never held and the Kurdistan Regional Government decided to move on without a President.[3] Instead they established an 8-man Presidency Council consisting of four members of each party.[4]
Meanwhile, they agreed on a power sharing agreement in the Kurdistan Parliament and Council of Ministers. This power-sharing agreement broke down in 1994 and resulted in a civil war that lasted until 1998, after which Kurdistan Region was divided into a PUK-controlled zone in the southeast and a KDP-controlled zone in the northwest.[2]