1992 Palauan general election

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%

Vice President before election

Kuniwo Nakamura
Independent

Elected Vice President

Thomas Remengesau Jr.
Independent

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.

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p754 ISBN 0-19-924959-8.