| Election Name: | 1992 United Nations Security Council election |
| Country: | United Nations |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1991 United Nations Security Council election |
| Previous Year: | 1991 |
| Next Election: | 1993 United Nations Security Council election |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
| Election Date: | 27 October 1992 |
| Members | |
| Before Election: | (Africa) (Asia) (LatAm&Car)  (WEOG) (WEOG) |
| Posttitle: | New Members |
| After Election: | |
| Unsuccessful candidates | |
| (Western European and Others Group) |
The Security Council has 15 seats, filled by five permanent members and ten non-permanent members. Each year, half of the non-permanent members are elected for two-year terms. A sitting member may not immediately run for re-election.[1]
In accordance with the rules whereby the ten non-permanent UNSC seats rotate among the various regional blocs into which UN member states traditionally divide themselves for voting and representation purposes,[2] the five available seats are allocated as follows:
To be elected, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. If the vote is inconclusive after the first round, three rounds of restricted voting shall take place, followed by three rounds of unrestricted voting, and so on, until a result has been obtained. In restricted voting, only official candidates may be voted on, while in unrestricted voting, any member of the given regional group, with the exception of current Council members, may be voted on.
Before the vote itself was held, the Chairmen of the regional groups made their statements endorsing the respective regional candidates. Mr. Ould Mohamed Mahmoud of Mauritania, speaking on behalf of the African Group, transferred the recommendation for the candidacy of Djibouti by both the African Group and the Organization of African Unity. Mr. Aksin of Turkey, speaking on behalf of the Asian Group, transferred the endorsement of the Group for the candidacy of Pakistan. Mr. Piriz Ballon of Uruguay transferred the endorsement of the Latin American and Caribbean Group for the candidacy of Brazil. Mr. Haakonsen of Denmark, speaking for the Western European and Others Group, announced the candidatures of New Zealand, Spain, and Sweden.
| African and Asian States election results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 | |
| 170 | ||
| 161 | ||
| 1 | ||
| 1 | ||
| abstentions | 1 | |
| invalid ballots | 0 | |
| required majority | 115 | |
| Latin American and Caribbean Group election results | ||
|---|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 | |
| 168 | ||
| abstentions | 5 | |
| invalid ballots | 0 | |
| required majority | 112 | |
| Western European and Others Group election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |
| 118 | — | — | ||
| 108 | 99 | 117 | ||
| 109 | 74 | 55 | ||
| invalid ballots | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| abstentions | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| required majority | 116 | 116 | 115 | |