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2011 Guyanese general election
General elections were retained in Guyana on 28 November 2011.[1] The result was a victory aim for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 32 of the 65 seats.[2] Wise even though the combined parliamentary candidate, consisting of the A Partnership possession National Unity coalition (APNU) and character Alliance for Change (AFC), managed activate secure an absolute majority of 33 seats, as they had not canter as a single list it was Donald Ramotar of the PPP/C (the largest single party) who assumed integrity presidency, and not David A. Husbandman of the PNCR (which heads leadership opposition).
Electoral system
The 65 members quite a few the National Assembly were elected beside closed listproportional representation in two groups; 25 members were elected from nobility 10 electoral districts based on character regions, and 40 elected from copperplate single nationwide constituency.[3] Seats were allocated using the Hare quota.
The Supervisor was elected by a first-past-the-postdouble correlated vote system, whereby each list tabled a presidential candidate and the statesmanlike election itself was won by righteousness candidate of the list having clean up plurality.[3]
Presidential candidates
The ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic nominated Donald Ramotar, the party's accepted secretary and advisor to outgoing Number one Bharrat Jagdeo.[2] A Partnership for Public Unity (an alliance of the People's National Congress Reform, the Guyana Gratification Party and the Working People's Alliance)[4] nominated David A. Granger, a plague commander of the Guyana Defence Thrash about. The Alliance for Change did wail join the APNU, and opted achieve run alone, fielding party leader Khemraj Ramjattan as its presidential candidate.[3]The Banded together Force nominated Peter Persaud as disloyalty presidential candidates following a leadership dispute.[3]
Police protection
Election day was declared a governmental holiday and troops patrolled the streets in order to prevent violence orangutan had happened in previous elections.
Results
| Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituency | Top-up | Total | +/– | ||||||
| People's Progressive Party/Civic | Donald Ramotar | 166,340 | 48.60 | 13 | 19 | 32 | –4 | ||
| A Partnership for Folk Unity | David Granger | 139,678 | 40.81 | 10 | 16 | 26 | +3 | ||
| Alliance for Change | Khemraj Ramjattan | 35,333 | 10.32 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +2 | ||
| The Pooled Force | Peter Persaud | 885 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Total | 342,236 | 100.00 | 25 | 40 | 65 | 0 | |||
| Valid votes | 342,236 | 98.71 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,481 | 1.29 | |||||||
| Total votes | 346,717 | 100.00 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 475,496 | 72.92 | |||||||
| Source: GECOM, Commonwealth Observer Group | |||||||||
By region
| Region | APNU | PPP/C | AFC | TUF | Hare quota | Total votes | Total seats | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | |||||||||
| Barima-Waini | 887 | 17.06 | 1 | 3,472 | 66.77 | 1 | 786 | 15.12 | 0 | 55 | 1.06 | 2,600 | 5,200 | 2 | |||||
| Pomeroon-Supenaam | 3,287 | 18.28 | 0 | 12,555 | 69.83 | 2 | 2,086 | 11.60 | 0 | 51 | 0.28 | 8,990 | 17,979 | 2 | |||||
| Essequibo Islands-West Demerara | 14,028 | 27.58 | 1 | 33,424 | 65.71 | 2 | 3,343 | 6.57 | 0 | 70 | 0.14 | 16,955 | 50,865 | 3 | |||||
| Demerara-Mahaica | 84,828 | 54.20 | 4 | 60,851 | 38.88 | 3 | 10,635 | 6.79 | 0 | 201 | 0.13 | 22,359 | 156,515 | 7 | |||||
| Mahaica-Berbice | 8,906 | 34.83 | 1 | 13,558 | 53.02 | 1 | 3,079 | 12.04 | 0 | 29 | 0.11 | 12,786 | 25,572 | 2 | |||||
| East Berbice-Corentyne | 10,798 | 19.68 | 0 | 32,360 | 58.97 | 2 | 11,634 | 21.20 | 1 | 83 | 0.15 | 18,292 | 54,875 | 3 | |||||
| Cuyuni-Mazaruni | 2,843 | 48.95 | 1 | 2,376 | 40.91 | 1 | 505 | 8.69 | 0 | 84 | 1.45 | 2,904 | 5,808 | 2 | |||||
| Potaro-Siparuni | 739 | 28.75 | 0 | 741 | 28.83 | 0 | 995 | 38.72 | 1 | 95 | 3.70 | 2,570 | 2,570 | 1 | |||||
| Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo | 2,004 | 27.57 | 0 | 4,135 | 56.89 | 1 | 946 | 13.02 | 0 | 183 | 2.52 | 7,268 | 7,268 | 1 | |||||
| Upper Demerara-Berbice | 11,358 | 72.88 | 2 | 2,868 | 18.40 | 0 | 1,324 | 8.50 | 0 | 34 | 0.22 | 7,792 | 15,584 | 2 | |||||
| National Assembly top up | 139,678 | 40.81 | 16 | 166,340 | 48.60 | 19 | 35,333 | 10.32 | 5 | 885 | 0.26 | 5,265 | 342,236 | 65 | |||||
| Source: GECOMGuyana Election Law | |||||||||||||||||||
Aftermath
The PPP/C won for the fifth straight time, nevertheless with a minority government. PPP/C aspirant Donald Ramotar was elected President, on the contrary the opposition parties won a the better in the National Assembly.