1992 Palauan general election
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Presidential election |
| | | Candidate | Kuniwo Nakamura | Johnson Toribiong | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 4,841 | 4,707 | Percentage | 50.70% | 49.30% | |
president before election Ngiratkel Etpison Independent | Elected president Kuniwo Nakamura Independent | |
Vice presidential election |
| | | Candidate | Thomas Remengesau Jr. | Sandra Pierantozzi | Party | Independent | Independent | Popular vote | 4,805 | 4,485 | Percentage | 51.72% | 48.28% | |
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- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Minister: Gustav Aitaro
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General elections were held in Palau in 1992 to elect a President, Vice-President, Senate and House of Delegates. The first round of the presidential election took place on 22 September, whilst the run-off election and the election for the House of Delegates and Senate took place on 4 November. All candidates ran as independents.[1] Despite finishing second in the first round of voting, Kuniwo Nakamura was elected President, whilst Thomas Remengesau Jr. won the election for Vice-President. Voter turnout was 74.3% in the presidential elections on 22 September and 83.9% on 4 November, and 83.2% for the legislative elections.
Results
President
Candidate | First round | Second round |
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Votes | % | Votes | % |
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Johnson Toribiong | 3,191 | 37.80 | 4,707 | 49.30 |
Kuniwo Nakamura | 3,138 | 37.18 | 4,841 | 50.70 |
Ngiratkel Etpison | 2,089 | 24.75 | |
Write-ins | 23 | 0.27 | |
Total | 8,441 | 100.00 | 9,548 | 100.00 |
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Valid votes | 8,441 | 99.18 | 9,548 | 98.41 |
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Invalid/blank votes | 70 | 0.82 | 154 | 1.59 |
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Total votes | 8,511 | 100.00 | 9,702 | 100.00 |
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Registered voters/turnout | 11,457 | 74.29 | 11,568 | 83.87 |
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Source: Nohlen et al. |
Vice-President
Candidate | First round | Second round |
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Votes | % | Votes | % |
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Thomas Remengesau Jr. | 2,832 | 33.84 | 4,805 | 51.72 |
Sandra Pierantozzi | 2,038 | 24.35 | 4,485 | 48.28 |
Minoru Ueki | 1,861 | 22.23 | |
Moses Uludong | 1,632 | 19.50 | |
Write-ins | 7 | 0.08 | |
Total | 8,370 | 100.00 | 9,290 | 100.00 |
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Valid votes | 8,370 | 98.34 | 9,290 | 95.75 |
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Invalid/blank votes | 141 | 1.66 | 412 | 4.25 |
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Total votes | 8,511 | 100.00 | 9,702 | 100.00 |
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Registered voters/turnout | 11,457 | 74.29 | 11,568 | 83.87 |
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Source: Nohlen et al. |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Independents | 9,504 | 100.00 | 14 | 0 |
Total | 9,504 | 100.00 | 14 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 9,504 | 97.96 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 198 | 2.04 | |
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Total votes | 9,702 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 11,658 | 83.22 | |
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Source: Nohlen et al. |
House of Delegates
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Independents | 8,615 | 100.00 | 16 | 0 |
Total | 8,615 | 100.00 | 16 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 8,615 | 88.80 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 1,087 | 11.20 | |
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Total votes | 9,702 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 11,658 | 83.22 | |
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Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8.