| 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]