Parliamentary elections were held in
Laos on 20 December 1992.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...
, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p135 They were the first held since the adoption of
a permanent constitution a year earlier.
A total of 154 candidates contested the 85 seats, all but four of which were
Lao People's Revolutionary Party
The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The party's monopoly on state power is guaranteed by Article 3 of the Constitution of Laos, and it maintains a unitary s ...
members. However, all candidates were pre-screened by the LPRP, the dominant force in the
Lao Front for National Construction
The Lao Front for National Development (LFND; lo, ແນວລາວສ້າງຊາດ, ) is a Laotian popular front founded in 1979, and led by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Its task is to organize Laotian mass mobilization, and ot ...
, the only organization allowed to put forward candidates. The LPRP won all 85 seats.
Laos: Elections held in 1992
Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was reported to be 99.3%.[
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Results
References
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