The British General Election of 1992

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_British_General_Election_of_1992
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:Conservative_Party_seats_won 336
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 9 April 1992
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The British General Election of 1992
gptkbp:majorityThreshold 326
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_1997
gptkbp:notableEvent unexpected Conservative victory
Labour defeat despite favourable polls
gptkbp:notableLeaderConservative gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:notableLeaderLabour gptkb:Neil_Kinnock
gptkbp:notableLeaderLiberalDemocrats gptkb:Paddy_Ashdown
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:51st_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:The_British_General_Election_of_1987
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:John_Major
gptkbp:result Conservative majority
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 651
gptkbp:seatsWonByLabour 271
gptkbp:seatsWonByLiberalDemocrats 20
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 77.7%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_David_Butler
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7