Cantonale elections to renew canton general councillors were held in France on 22 and 29 March 1992. The left, in power since 1988, lost 6 departments.
Electoral system
The cantonales elections use the same system as the regional or legislative elections. There is a 10% threshold (10% of registered voters) needed to proceed to the second round.
Change in control
From left to right
Nord Puy-de-Dôme Drôme Gers Dordogne Vaucluse
National results
Party/Alliance% (first round)% (second round) PS 19.00% 24.72%UDF 14.85% 19.09% RPR 14.51% 19.99%Miscellaneous Right 13.47% 14.78%FN 12.31% 6.36%PCF 9.48% 6.95%Les Verts 8.00% 1.69%Miscellaneous Left 4.07% 4.38%GE 2.04% 0.47%PRG 0.87% 1.04%Far-Left 0.85% 0.42%Regionalists 0.31% 0.11% Far-Right 0.15% 0.00%Miscellaneous 0.09% 0.00%
Sources
E-P