2001 Guyanese general election

2001 Guyanese general election

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All 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	440,185
Turnout	91.72%
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Bharrat Jagdeo Desmond Hoyte Paul Hardy Party PPP/C PNC/R GAP–WPA Seats won 34 27 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 220,667 165,866 9,451 Percentage 52.96% 41.83% 2.38% Swing 2.30pp 1.28pp 1.18pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Ravi Dev Manzoor Nadir Party ROAR TUF Seats won 1 1 Seat change New Popular vote 3,695 2,904 Percentage 0.93% 0.73% Swing New 0.76pp
Results by district
President before election Bharrat Jagdeo PPP/C Elected President Bharrat Jagdeo PPP/C

General elections were held in Guyana on 19 March 2001. ^[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, 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

Party		Presidential candidate	Votes	%	Seats
					Constituency	Top-up	Total	+/–
	People's Progressive Party/Civic	Bharrat Jagdeo	210,013	52.96	12	22	34	+5
	People's National Congress/Reform	Desmond Hoyte	165,866	41.83	12	15	27	+5
	Guyana Action Party–Working People's Alliance	Paul Hardy	9,451	2.38	1	1	2	+1
	Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana	Ravi Dev	3,695	0.93	0	1	1	New
	The United Force	Manzoor Nadir	2,904	0.73	0	1	1	0
	Justice for All Party	Chandra N. Sharma	2,825	0.71	0	0	0	0
	Guyana Democratic Party	Asgar Ally	1,345	0.34	0	0	0	0
	National Front Alliance	Keith Scott	417	0.11	0	0	0	New
Total			396,516	100.00	25	40	65	0
Valid votes			396,516	98.21
Invalid/blank votes			7,218	1.79
Total votes			403,734	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			440,185	91.72
Source: Psephos, Election Passport, Carter Center

References

1. Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
2. IPU Parline
3. Co-operative Republic of Guyana: Legislative Elections of 28 August 2006 Psephos
4. "Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?", Rajendra Chandisingh