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UK general election 1992 results

UK general election held on 9 April 1992: Conservative was the largest party by seats with 336. Turnout was 77.7%.

336Conservative seats
41.9%Largest party’s vote share
77.7%Turnout

Election result

DATEPolling day9 April 1992
01Largest party by seatsConservative
02Seats won336
03Vote share41.9%
04Turnout77.7%

Government outcome

Conservative government · majority 21.

About this result

UK general elections are decided constituency by constituency using First Past the Post. Seat totals and national vote shares therefore measure different things.

Historical comparisons also need to allow for changes to constituency boundaries and the number of Commons seats.

Detailed results and source data

House of Commons Library: 1992 election data ↗

Seats won by party

PartySeats
Conservative336
Labour271
Liberal Democrats20
SNP / Plaid Cymru7
Other parties17

House of Commons Library summary grouping. For 1918–2019, SNP and Plaid Cymru are combined in the Library series and smaller parties are grouped as “Other parties”.

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