Elections in Guyana

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Elections in Guyana gives information on election and election results in Guyana.

Guyana elects on national level a unicameral legislature (the National Assembly).The National Assembly has 65 members. Since 2001 the makeup of the National Assembly is as follows- 25 members are elected via proportional representation from 10 Geographic Consitutencies and 40 members are chosen also on the basis of proportional representation from National lists named by the political parties. Prior to 2001 53 members were elected for a five-year term by proportional representation and 12 members delegated by local government councils. The President is elected for a five-year term on the basis of the parliamentary elections. Guyana has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

The Guyana Elections Commission is responsible for the administration and conduct of elections in Guyana. The last General Elections in Guyana were held on August 28, 2006.

1 Latest elections
2 Past elections
3 See also
4 External links

Latest elections

Main article: Guyanese legislative election, 2006

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**Summary of the 28 August 2006 National Assembly of Guyana election results**
Alliances and Parties	National			Regional			Σ	+/–
Alliances and Parties	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Σ	+/–
People's Progressive Party–Civic	183,867	54.6	21	182,156	54.0	15	36	+2
People's National Congress–Reform	114,608	34.0	13	114,283	34.0	9	22	–6
Alliance for Change	28,366	8.4	4	27,397	8.1	1	5	+5
Guyana Action Party–Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana	4,249	1.2	1	4,588	1.3	—	1	–2
The United Force	2,694	0.8	1	2,903	0.9	—	1	±0
Justice for All People	2,571	0.8	—	3,436	1.0	—	0	±0
Others				495	0.1	0	0	±0
Total	336,375	100.0	40	335,258	100.0	25	65
Source: Adam Carr's Election Archive

Past elections

v • d • e Guyanese general elections

1953 · 1964 · 1968 · 1973 · 1980 · 1985 · 1992 · 1997 · 2001 · 2006

External links

v • d • e Elections in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama¹ · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago¹ · Uruguay · Venezuela

Dependencies	Aruba¹ / Netherlands Antilles¹ (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK) ² / French Guiana (France)

¹ Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America and/or Central America). ² Territories also in or commonly reckoned to be in Antarctica.