Election Name: | 1992 California State Assembly election |
Country: | California |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1990 California State Assembly election |
Previous Year: | 1990 |
Next Election: | 1994 California State Assembly election |
Next Year: | 1994 |
Seats For Election: | All 80 seats in the California State Assembly |
Majority Seats: | 41 |
Image1: | Willie Brown, 1986 (cropped).jpg |
Leader1: | Willie Brown |
Party1: | California Democratic Party |
Leaders Seat1: | 13th–San Francisco |
Last Election1: | 47 |
Seats1: | 48 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 5,299,435 |
Percentage1: | 50.73% |
Leader2: | Bill Jones (retired) |
Party2: | California Republican Party |
Leaders Seat2: | 29th–Fresno |
Last Election2: | 33 |
Seats2: | 32 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 4,393,043 |
Percentage2: | 42.05% |
Speaker | |
Before Election: | Willie Brown |
Before Party: | California Democratic Party |
After Election: | Willie Brown |
After Party: | California Democratic Party |
The 1992 California State Assembly elections were held on November 3, 1992. California's State Assembly in its entirety comes up for election in even numbered years. Each seat has a two-year term and members are limited to three 2-year terms (six years). All 80 biennially elected seats in the Assembly were up for election this year. Democrats expanded their majority by one seat.
California State Assembly elections, 1992 | |||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Incumbents | Open | Before | After | +/– | ||
Democratic | 5,299,435 | 50.73% | 33 | 14 | 47 | 48 | +1 | ||
Republican | 4,393,043 | 42.05% | 20 | 13 | 33 | 32 | -1 | ||
Libertarian | 343,366 | 3.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Peace and Freedom | 141,642 | 1.36% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Green | 49,154 | 0.47% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Write-ins | 3,169 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Invalid or blank votes | 1,011,755 | 9.15% | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Totals | 11,241,564 | 100.00% | 53 | 27 | 80 | 80 | — |
48 | 32 | |
Democratic | Republican |
Final results from the California Secretary of State:[1]
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