2001 Guyanese general election

2001 Guyanese general election

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65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	440,185
Turnout	403,734 (91.72%)
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Bharrat Jagdeo Desmond Hoyte Paul Hardy Party PPP PNC GAP–WPA Seats won 34 / 65 27 / 65 2 / 65 Seat change 1 Popular vote 220,667 165,866 9,451 Percentage 52.96% 41.83% 2.38%
Results by district
President before election Bharrat Jagdeo PPP Elected President Bharrat Jagdeo PPP

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General elections were held in Guyana on 19 March 2001.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 34 of the 65 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%.^[1]

Electoral system[]

Under the new electoral law adopted in February 2001,^[2] 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. Seats were allocated using the Hare quota.^[3] The pre-2001 arrangement under which 10 seats appointed by the Regional Councils and 2 by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs (an umbrella body representing the regional councils)^[4] was abolished, and thus the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote for the first time since 1973.

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.^[4][3]

Results[]

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