1964 British Guiana general election

none May 2026 1964 British Guiana general election British Guiana parliamentary no 1961 British Guiana general election 1961 1968 Guyanese general election 1968 53 seats in the House of Assembly 27 7 December 1964 247,604 96.98% 130x130px Cheddi_Jagan_Anefo.jpg Cheddi Jagan People's Progressive Party (Guyana) 24 109,332 4 45.84% 3.21pp Forbes_Burnham_(1966).jpg Forbes Burnham People's National Congress (Guyana) 96,657 40.52% 22 11 0.47pp Peter D'Aguiar The United Force 7 29,612 3 12.41% 3.97pp Premier Elected Premier Cheddi Jagan PPP Forbes Burnham PNC General elections were held in British Guiana on 7 December 1964.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 978-0-19-928357-6 They saw the People's Progressive Party (PPP) win 24 of the 53 seats. However, the People's National Congress (PNC) (22 seats) and United Force (UF) (7 seats) were able to form a coalition government with a working majority. Despite losing the elections, Prime Minister and PPP leader Cheddi Jagan refused to resign, and had to be removed by Governor Richard Luyt, with Forbes Burnham replacing him. Voter turnout was 97.0%. Electoral system The elections followed constitutional reforms and the re-establishment of the House of Assembly, which had been abolished in 1953, replacing the bicameral Legislature. The House had 54 members; the Speaker and 53 members elected by proportional representation.Nohlen, p355 The Speaker was elected from amongst the original elected members.http://www.guyananews.org/features/guyanastory/chapter176.html 176. THE PNC-UF COALITION GOVERNMENT IN CONTROL Guyana News 23 May 2026 Four days prior to the election, Governor Richard Luyt declared that he would exercise his discretionary powers under the Royal prerogative to appoint the Premier after the election and that it might not be the leader of the party with the most votes. Jagan criticised the announcement, stating that the Governor had entered the political arena in a way that The Queen would never have done.http://www.guyananews.org/features/guyanastory/chapter174.html 174. THE 1964 ELECTION CAMPAIGN Guyana News 23 May 2026 Results People's Progressive Party 109332 24 +4 People's National Congress 96657 22 +11 United Force 29612 7 +3 Justice Party 1334 0 New Guiana United Muslim Party 1194 0 New Peace, Equality and Prosperity Party 224 0 New National Labour Front 177 0 New 1590 +18 247604 Nohlen Elected members MemberPartyNotesCheddi JaganPeople's Progressive PartyBrindley BennPeople's Progressive PartyRam KarranPeople's Progressive PartyRanji ChandisinghPeople's Progressive PartyHenry Jocelyn Makepeace HubbardPeople's Progressive PartyCharles Ramkissoon JacobPeople's Progressive PartyCedric Vernon NunesPeople's Progressive PartyFenton Harcourt Wilworth RamsahoyePeople's Progressive PartyEugene Martin StobyPeople's Progressive PartyEarl Maxwell Gladstone WilsonPeople's Progressive PartyGeorge BowmanPeople's Progressive PartySheik Mohamed SaffeePeople's Progressive PartyAshton ChasePeople's Progressive PartyMoses BhagwanPeople's Progressive PartyJohn Bernard CaldeiraPeople's Progressive PartyAbdul Maccie HamidPeople's Progressive PartyDerek Chunilall JaganPeople's Progressive PartyGoberdhan Harry LallPeople's Progressive PartyYacoob AllyPeople's Progressive PartyLloyd LindePeople's Progressive PartyJoseph Rudolph Spenser LuckPeople's Progressive PartyReepu Daman PersaudPeople's Progressive PartyMohendernauth PoonaiPeople's Progressive PartySubhan Ali RamjohnPeople's Progressive PartyForbes BurnhamPeople's National CongressPremier, Minister of Development & PlanningPtolemy ReidPeople's National CongressMinister of Home AffairsNeville James BissemberPeople's National CongressMinister of Health and HousingEugene Francis CorreiaPeople's National CongressMinister of CommunicationsWinifred GaskinPeople's National CongressMinister of Education, Youth, Race Relations & Community DevelopmentC.M. Llewellyn JohnPeople's National CongressMinister of AgricultureRobert James JordanPeople's National CongressMinister of Forests, Lands and MinesRudy KendallPeople's National CongressMinister of Trade and IndustryDeoroop MahrajPeople's National CongressMinister without PortfolioClaude Alfonso MerrimanPeople's National CongressMinister of Labour and Social SecurityDavid Brandis deGrootPeople's National CongressWilliam Alexander BlairPeople's National CongressJagnarine BudhooPeople's National CongressCharles Frederick Chan-A-SuePeople's National CongressOscar Eleazar ClarkePeople's National CongressRoyden George Basil Field-RidleyPeople's National CongressJohn Gabriel JoaquinPeople's National CongressThomas Anson SanchoPeople's National CongressRupert TelloThe United ForceJames Henry ThomasPeople's National CongressAlex Benjamin TrotmanPeople's National CongressHenry Milton Shakespeare WhartonPeople's National CongressAubrey Percival AlleynePeople's National CongressElected speaker and replaced by Philip DuncanPeter d'AguiarThe United ForceMinister of FinanceMohamed KasimThe United ForceMinister of Works and HydraulicsRandolph Emanuel CheeksThe United ForceMinister of Local GovernmentStephen CampbellThe United ForceMinistry of Home AffairsCyril Victor Too ChungThe United ForceHari PrashadThe United Force Aftermath Despite the PPP winning a plurality of seats and votes, the PNC and UF collectively had more seats.https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-sooner-we-get-these-people-out-of-our-hair-the-better/ 'The sooner we get these people out of our hair the better' Declassified UK MARK CURTIS 29 December 2023 23 May 2026 Despite the two opposition parties declaring their intent to form a coalition, Jagan refused to resign as Premier. Accordingly, Governor Luyt used the Royal prerogative and sacked Jagan as Premier, appointing the PNC's Burnham as the new Premier of British Guiana.https://time.com/archive/6814200/british-guiana-cheddis-last-stand/ British Guiana: Cheddai's last stand Time 2026-05-23 This decision led to rioting throughout the colony from the PPP's supporters. A.P. Alleyne was elected as Speaker but the PPP members boycotted the Assembly until 1965. This was the last general election held in the colony as British Guiana was granted independence as Guyana in 1966 with Luyt assuming the role as Governor-General of Guyana representing Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Guyana.https://www.guyanagraphic.com/politics/sir-richard-luyt-dcm-1915-1994-governor-british-guiana-1964-66/ Sir Richard Luyt, DCM (1915–1994) Governor of British Guiana 1964-66. Sharon R. Bassett Guyana Graphic 2 March 2013 23 May 2026 Jagan would eventually be re-elected to power 28 years later when he was elected as President of Guyana.1992-10-08 Cheddi Jagan Elected As Guyana's President https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/08/world/cheddi-jagan-elected-as-guyana-s-president.html New York Times 2026-05-23 References British Guiana Category:Elections in Guyana Category:20th century in Guyanese politics General election British Guiana Category:December 1964 in South America