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, although all elections from 1968 to 1985 were fraudulent.

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