2011 Guyanese general election

none Guyana parliamentary 2006 Guyanese general election 2006 2015 Guyanese general election 2015 All 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 28 November 2011 130x130px 475,496 72.92% ( 3.58pp) Donald Ramotar.png Donald Ramotar People's Progressive Party/Civic 54.67%, 36 seats 32 4 166,340 48.60% 6.07pp David Arthur Granger (21605566518) (cropped).jpg David A. Granger 24BB04 APNU 34.07%, 22 seats(PNCR only) 26 3 139,678 40.81% 6.74pp Khemraj Ramjattan (cropped).jpg Khemraj Ramjattan FFA500 AFC 8.43%, 5 seats 7 2 35,333 10.32% 1.89pp 2011 Guyanese general election results by region.svg 250px Results by district President Bharrat Jagdeo PPP/C Donald Ramotar PPP/C General elections were held in Guyana on 28 November 2011.http://www.demerarawaves.com/index.php/Latest/2011/07/13/opposition-parties-warn-gecom-about-pitfalls-of-re-opening-registration.html Opposition parties warn GECOM about pitfalls of re-opening registration 13 July 2011 Demerara Waves 3 August 2011 14 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714233921/http://www.demerarawaves.com/index.php/Latest/2011/07/13/opposition-parties-warn-gecom-about-pitfalls-of-re-opening-registration.html dead The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 32 of the 65 seats.Guyana governing party's Donald Ramotar wins election BBC News, 1 December 2011 Thus even though the combined parliamentary opposition, consisting of the Partnership for National Unity coalition (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC), managed to secure an absolute majority of 33 seats, as they had not run as a single list it was Donald Ramotar of the PPP/C (the largest single party) who assumed the presidency, and not David A. Granger of the PNCR (which heads the opposition). Electoral system The 65 members of the National Assembly were elected by closed list proportional representation in two groups; 25 members were elected from the 10 electoral districts based on the regions, and 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency.Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group - GUYANA NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ELECTIONS, 28 November 2011 Seats were allocated using the Hare quota. The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality. Presidential candidates The ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic nominated Donald Ramotar, the party's general secretary and advisor to outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo. A Partnership for National Unity (an alliance of the People's National Congress Reform, the Guyana Action Party and the Working People's Alliance)About APNU https://web.archive.org/web/20111128142151/http://www.apnuguyana.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=184&Itemid=26 2011-11-28 APNU nominated David A. Granger, a former commander of the Guyana Defence Force. The Alliance for Change did not join the APNU, and opted to run alone, fielding party leader Khemraj Ramjattan as its presidential candidate. The United Force nominated Peter Persaud as its presidential candidates following a leadership dispute. Police protection Election day was declared a national holiday and troops patrolled the streets in order to prevent violence as had happened in previous elections. Results Presidentialcandidate yes Constituency Top-up Total +/– People's Progressive Party/Civic Donald Ramotar 166340 13 19 32 –4 A Partnership for National Unity David Granger 139678 10 16 26 +3 Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan 35333 2 5 7 +2 The United Force Peter Persaud 885 0 0 0 –1 4481 0 475496 GECOM, Commonwealth Observer Group By region RegionAPNUPPP/CAFCTUFHarequotaTotalvotesTotalseatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats Votes%Barima-Waini88717.0613,47266.77178615.120551.062,6005,2002Pomeroon-Supenaam3,28718.28012,55569.8322,08611.600510.288,99017,9792Essequibo Islands-West Demerara14,02827.58133,42465.7123,3436.570700.1416,95550,8653Demerara-Mahaica84,82854.20460,85138.88310,6356.7902010.1322,359156,5157Mahaica-Berbice8,90634.83113,55853.0213,07912.040290.1112,78625,5722East Berbice-Corentyne10,79819.68032,36058.97211,63421.201830.1518,29254,8753Cuyuni-Mazaruni2,84348.9512,37640.9115058.690841.452,9045,8082Potaro-Siparuni73928.75074128.83099538.721953.702,5702,5701Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo2,00427.5704,13556.89194613.0201832.527,2687,2681Upper Demerara-Berbice11,35872.8822,86818.4001,3248.500340.227,79215,5842National Assembly top up139,67840.8116166,34048.601935,33310.3258850.265,265342,23665Source: GECOM Guyana Election Law Aftermath The PPP/C won for the fifth straight time, but with a minority government. PPP/C candidate Donald Ramotar was elected President, but the opposition parties won a majority in the National Assembly. References Category:Elections in Guyana Guyana General Guyana