General elections were held in Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 on 11 October 1992, in which voters elected both the Parliament and the Chairman of Parliament, who also acted as Head of State as the President, Zviad Gamsakhurdia

Zviad Gamsakhurdia

Zviad Gamsakhurdia was a dissident, scientist and writer, who became the first democratically elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era...

, was in exile after being outsted in a coup in January. Independent candidate Eduard Shevardnadze

Eduard Shevardnadze

Eduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...

 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%.

Head of State

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze Eduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...	Independent	2,472,345	98.0
Against		52,453	2.0
Invalid/blank votes		50,399
Total		2,575,197	100
Source: Nohlen et al

Parliament

Party	Constituency			National			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Peace Bloc			6	528,328	20.4	29	35
11 October Bloc			1	277,496	10.7	18	19
National Democratic Party National Democratic Party (Georgia) The National Democratic Party is a political party in Georgia.At the last legislative elections, 28 March 2004, the party was part of the National Democratic Alliance....			2	211,938	8.2	12	14
Unity Bloc			1	190,844	7.4	14	15
Democratic Party			0	162,014	6.3	10	10
Union of Georgian Traditionalists Union of Georgian Traditionalists Union of Georgian Traditionalists was a national political organization of the Georgian Political Emigration in 1930s.The Union was established in 1942, in Berlin...			1	127,923	4.9	7	8
Green Party Green Party (Georgia) The Green Party is a political party in Georgia. It is led by Gia Gachechiladze.Its success has varied - having 11 out of 235 members of parliament in 1992 and having been art of the governing coalition in 1995.When it stood independently in 1999 it only received 0.55% of the vote...			0	113,028	4.4	11	11
Charta 91			1	111,148	4.3	9	10
Ilia Chavchavadze Society			0	69,306	2.7	7	7
Merab Kostava Society			2	65,381	2.5	5	7
National Independence Party of Georgia			0	62,198	2.4	4	4
Socialist Party of Georgian Workers			0	54,364	2.1	4	4
Union of National Concord and Revival of Georgia			1	49,595	1.9	4	5
Social Democrat Party of Georgia			0	23,819	0.9	2	2
Party of Nations Friendship and Justice			0	23,489	0.9	2	2
Union of Social Justice of Georgia			0	22,160	0.9	2	2
Union of God's Children of Georgia			0	19,732	0.8	2	2
Union of Georgian Highlanders			0	19,675	0.8	1	1
Political Union of Citizens-All Georgian Farmers Union			0	19,565	0.8	2	2
Constitutional Democratic Party of Georgia			0	19,156	0.7	1	1
Georgian Political Union of National Integrity and Highlanders Bloc			0	16,088	0.6	1	1
Society for the Revival of the Fatherland			0	15,847	0.6	1	1
Radical Monarchist Union of Georgia			0	15,814	0.6	1	1
Party of State-National Integrity of Georgia			0	10,846	0.4	1	1
Georgian National Front-Radical Union			0	9,895	0.4	0	0
Georgian National Party of the Demographic Society			0	9,495	0.4	0	0
PPWP-WP-HL			0	8,976	0.4	0	0
Popular Party of Georgia			0	8,535	0.3	0	0
All-Georgian Selim Khimshiashvili Society			0	6,721	0.3	0	0
Union for Law-Governed State Georgian Labour Party The Georgian Labour Party is a political party in Georgia. The party is led by its founder Shalva Natelashvili.Its main goal is to make Georgia a democratic country and eventually to become a member of the European Union...			0	6,490	0.3	0	0
National Congress Society of Saint Ilia the Righteous			0	6,428	0.3	0	0
National-Radical Party of Georgia			0	5,816	0.2	0	0
National-Legal Party of Georgia			0	3,838	0.2	0	0
Christian-Liberal Party of Georgia			0	1,683	0.1	0	0
Political Union of Citizens-United Georgia Movement			0	1,545	0.1	0	0
Georgian Consirators Union			0	1,483	0.1	0	0
Independents			60
60
Invalid/blank votes
50,399
Total			75	2,575,197	100	150	225
Source: Nohlen et al