1992 Palauan general election

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22 September 1992 (first round)
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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

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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. 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
Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%
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

Valid votes	8,441	99.18	9,548	98.41
Invalid/blank votes	70	0.82	154	1.59
Total votes	8,511	100.00	9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	11,457	74.29	11,568	83.87
Source: Nohlen et al.

Vice-President


Candidate	First round		Second round
Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%
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

Valid votes	8,370	98.34	9,290	95.75
Invalid/blank votes	141	1.66	412	4.25
Total votes	8,511	100.00	9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	11,457	74.29	11,568	83.87
Source: Nohlen et al.

Senate


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Independents	9,504	100.00	14	0
Total		9,504	100.00	14	0

Valid votes		9,504	97.96
Invalid/blank votes		198	2.04
Total votes		9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,658	83.22
Source: Nohlen et al.

House of Delegates


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Independents	8,615	100.00	16	0
Total		8,615	100.00	16	0

Valid votes		8,615	88.80
Invalid/blank votes		1,087	11.20
Total votes		9,702	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,658	83.22
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.

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