| Election Name: | 1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election |
| Country: | North Carolina |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1988 North Carolina gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1988 |
| Next Election: | 1996 North Carolina gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1992 |
| Image1: | File:Jim Hunt official portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jim Hunt |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,368,246 |
| Percentage1: | 52.72% |
| Nominee2: | Jim Gardner |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,121,955 |
| Percentage2: | 43.23% |
| Map Size: | 325px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | James G. Martin |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jim Hunt |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1992 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Governor James G. Martin was unable to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits, and his Lieutenant Governor, Jim Gardner, was chosen to replace him as the Republican nominee. Gardner had also been the nominee in a previous gubernatorial election over twenty years earlier. Former Governor Jim Hunt decided to seek his third term as the Democratic nominee. The race became one of the nastiest and most talked about races in the country, with Hunt winning a third term easily over Gardner and Libertarian nominee Scott McLaughlin.