1992 United Kingdom general election

1992 United Kingdom general election

9 April 1992
All 651 seats in the House of Commons 326 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	77.7% (Increase2.4%)
First party Second party Third party   File:Major PM full (cropped).jpg File:Official portrait of Neil Kinnock, Member of the EC (cropped).jpg File:ASHDOWN Paddy.jpg Leader John Major Neil Kinnock Paddy Ashdown Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Huntingdon Islwyn Yeovil Last election 376 seats, 42.2% 229 seats, 30.8% 22 seats, 22.6% Seats won 336 271 20 Seat change Decrease40 Increase42 Decrease2 Popular vote 14,093,007 11,560,484 5,999,606 Percentage 41.9% 34.4% 17.8% Swing Decrease0.3% Increase3.6% Decrease4.8%
File:UK General Election, 1992.svg Colours show the winning party, as shown in the main table of results
File:House of Commons 1992 Election.svg Composition of the House of Commons after the election
Prime Minister before election John Major Conservative Prime Minister after election John Major Conservative

A general election was held on 9 April 1992 to elect all 651 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won the election, winning 336 seats, and John Major stayed as Prime Minister. Many people thought that the Labour Party would win the election because opinion polls had shown them to be ahead.