1968 Guyanese general election

none Guyana parliamentary 1964 British Guiana general election 1964 1973 Guyanese general election 1973 53 seats in the National Assembly 27 16 December 1968 369,088 85.14% 130x130px Forbes_Burnham_(1966).jpg Forbes Burnham People's National Congress (Guyana) 13 February 1955 174,339 55.81% 30 8 9.97pp Cheddi Jagan , leider van de People Progressive Party van Gyana, tijdens persc, Bestanddeelnr 925-3708.jpg Cheddi Jagan 1 January 1950 People's Progressive Party (Guyana) 19 113,991 5 36.49% 4.03pp 3x4.svg Peter D'Aguiar 5 October 1960 The United Force 4 23,162 3 7.41% 5.00pp Prime Minister Elected Prime Minister Forbes Burnham PNC Forbes Burnham PNC General elections were held in Guyana on 16 December 1968.Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 978-0-19-928357-6 The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 30 of the 53 seats, although the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections.Nohlen, p355-359 Voter turnout was 85.1%. Election fraud The electoral fraud of Forbes Burnham was the subject of two documentaries produced by Granada Television, The Trail of the Vanishing Voters which aired on 9 December 1968,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4edAtrKfaE Granada Television Granada Television The Trail of the Vanishing Voters YouTube 9 December 1968 and The Making of a Prime Minister which appeared in January 1969.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaKCy-pWcXo Granada Television Granada Television The Making of a Prime Minister YouTube January 1969Rabe Stephen G. Stephen G. Rabe U.S. Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story 2005 University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill 0-8078-5639-8 158 The documentaries featured the main opposition figures, Cheddi Jagan and Peter D'Aguiar. Results People's National Congress 174339 30 +8 People's Progressive Party 113991 19 –5 United Force 23162 4 –3 Guiana United Muslim Party 899 0 0 1855 0 369088 Nohlen References Guyana Category:1968 in Guyana Category:Elections in Guyana Category:20th century in Guyanese politics Category:December 1968 in South America