1997 Guyanese general election
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53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 461,481 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 408,057 (88.42%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1997.[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.[1]
Electoral system[]
The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency, 10 appointed by the Regional Councils , and 2 appointed by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, an umbrella body representing the regional councils.[2] These were the last elections to feature that electoral system, as the electoral law was amended in February 2001 ahead of the elections in March that year.[3]
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.[2]
Results[]
Party | Presidential candidate | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Elected | Appointees | Total | +/– | ||||||
People's Progressive Party | Janet Jagan | 220,667 | 55.26 | 29 | 5 | 34 | +2 | ||
People's National Congress | Desmond Hoyte | 161,901 | 40.55 | 22 | 4 | 26 | –5 | ||
United Force | Manzoor Nadir | 5,937 | 1.49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Working People's Alliance–Guyana Labour Party | 4,783 | 1.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Guyana Democratic Party | Asgar Ally | 2,528 | 0.63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | ||
Good and Green Guyana | Hamilton Green | 1,552 | 0.39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Justice for All Party | 1,265 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
God Bless Guyana | 314 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
National Independent Party | 258 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
National Democratic Front | 105 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Independents | – | 2 | 2 | +2 | |||||
Total | 399,310 | 100.00 | 53 | 12 | 65 | 0 | |||
Valid votes | 399,310 | 97.86 | |||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 8,747 | 2.14 | |||||||
Total votes | 408,057 | 100.00 | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 461,481 | 88.42 | |||||||
Source: Nohlen, IPU, Guyana Elections Commission, OAS |
References[]
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ a b "Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?", Rajendra Chandisingh
- ^ IPU Parline
- 1997 elections in South America
- 1997 in Guyana
- Elections in Guyana