Election Date: | 29 December 1992 |
Country: | Ghana |
Type: | parliamentary |
Party1: | National Democratic Congress (Ghana) |
Seats1: | 189 |
Majority Seats: | 101 |
Seats For Election: | All 200 seats in Parliament |
Popular Vote1: | 1,521,629 |
Percentage1: | 77.53% |
Popular Vote2: | 377,673 |
Percentage2: | 19.24% |
Seats2: | 8 |
Party2: | National Convention Party (Ghana) |
Previous Election: | 1979 Ghanaian general election |
Previous Year: | 1979 |
Next Election: | 1996 Ghanaian general election |
Next Year: | 1996 |
Leader1: | Jerry Rawlings |
Leader2: | Kow Nkensen Arkaah |
Image1: | Jerry Rawlings 2009-05-18.jpg |
Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 December 1992, the first since 1979. Voter turnout was just 28.1% amidst a boycott by opposition parties, who had claimed the preceding presidential elections in November – won by former military ruler Jerry Rawlings with 58% of the vote – were fraudulent, with international observers considering them not to have been conducted in a free and fair manner.[1] [2]
The result was a victory for Rawlings's National Democratic Congress, which won 189 of the 200 seats.[3]
A total of 8,229,902 voters were registered,[4] but 893,056 were in the 23 constituencies that were uncontested.[1]
Party | Ashanti | Brong Ahafo | Central | Eastern | Greater Accra | Northern | Upper East | Upper West | Volta | Western | Total Seats |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
33 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 189 | |
National Convention Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Independents | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
National Total | 33 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 200 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |