General elections were held in Georgia on 11 October 1992, in which voters elected both the Parliament and the Chairman of Parliament,^[1] who also acted as Head of State as the President, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, was in exile after being ousted in a coup in January. Independent candidate Eduard Shevardnadze was the only candidate in the election for Head of State, whilst the Peace Bloc won the most seats in Parliament. Voter turnout was 74.2%.

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1992 Georgian general election

11 October 1992
Head of State election
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Turnout	74.17% ( 8.42pp)
Nominee Eduard Shevardnadze Party Independent Popular vote 2,472,345 Percentage 97.92%
Head of State before election State Council as interim government Elected Head of State Eduard Shevardnadze Independent
Parliamentary election
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All 225 seats in Parliament 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.72% ( 1.87pp)
Party Leader % Seats Peace Bloc Vakhtang Goguadze 22.96 35 11 October Bloc Nodar Natadze 12.06 19 NDP Giorgi Chanturia 9.21 14 Unity Bloc Mark Rivkin 8.30 15 Democratic Kartlos Gharibashvili 7.04 10 UGT Akaki Asatiani 5.56 6 Greens Giorgi Baramidze 4.91 11 Charta 91 Tedo Paatashvili 4.83 10 Chavchavadze Society 3.01 7 Kostava Society Vazha Adamia 2.84 10 NIP Irakli Tsereteli 2.70 4 SPGW Shalva Berianidze 2.36 4 UNCRG Chabua Amirejibi 2.16 5 SDPG 1.04 2 PNFJ 1.02 2 USJG 0.96 2 UGCG 0.86 2 UGH 0.86 1 PUC–AGFU 0.85 2 CDPG 0.83 1 B–GPUNIH 0.70 1 SRF 0.69 1 RMUG 0.69 1 PSNIG 0.47 1 Independents – – 60 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Tengiz Sigua Independent Tengiz Sigua Independent

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The election took place during the War in Abkhazia.^[2] It coincided with the heightened tensions following the capture of Gagra by the Abkhaz separatists and their North Caucasian Muslim allies, which resulted in a massacre of the local Georgian population. Gagra and Gudauta districts had been occupied by the Abkhaz separatists and did not vote. Another separatist region, South Ossetia, also did participate in the election.

It was first election since the 1991–1992 Georgian coup d'état. Violently deposed first President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia and his allies described the elections as unconstitutional and boycotted it.