A Partnership for National Unity

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A Partnership for National Unity
AbbreviationAPNU
FoundedJuly 2011
Ideology Big tent
National affiliation GAP
JFAP
NDF
NFA
PNCR
WPA
AFC
National Assembly
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A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is a political alliance in Guyana.

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History

The APNU was formed in July 2011 in order to contest the 2011 general elections, [1] [2] consisting of the Guyana Action Party, the Guyana Association of Local Authorities, the Guyana National Congress, the Guyana People's Partnership, the Guyana Youth Congress, the Justice for All Party, the National Democratic Front, the National Front Alliance, the People's National Congress (PNC) and the Working People's Alliance. [3]

The alliance won 26 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly in the elections. [4] With the Alliance for Change winning seven seats, the combined opposition parties held a majority of seats in the National Assembly. However, the People's Progressive Party (which had won 32 seats) formed the government and the leader of the largest party automatically became president.

Prior to the 2015 elections, the APNU formed a joint electoral list with the Alliance for Change. The combined list won 33 seats, allowing PNC leader David A. Granger to become President.

In the 2020 Guyanese general election, the APNU+AFC coalition — of which the APNU was the main component — was accused of attempting to manipulate the results. Following a prolonged recount and international pressure, the coalition conceded defeat. Subsequently, the Justice For All Party (JFAP) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) withdrew from the APNU+AFC alliance. This withdrawal came after there was a lack of representation on their parliamentary list for the opposition. [5]

Election results

Election yearLeaderVotes%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
2011 David A. Granger 139,67840.81
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NewIncrease2.svg 2nd PPP/C minority
2015 As part of APNU+AFC
33 / 65
Increase2.svg 7Increase2.svg 1stAPNU+AFC
2020 As part of APNU+AFC
22 / 65
Decrease2.svg 11Decrease2.svg 2nd PPP/C
2025 Aubrey Norton 77,99817.79
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Decrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 3rd PPP/C

References

  1. ↑ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p585
  2. ↑ Commonwealth Secretariat (2012)l. Guyana National and Regional Elections: 28 November 2011. Commonwealth Observer Group, ISBN   9781849290807
  3. ↑ APNU Manifesto 2011 Archived 2015-08-10 at the Wayback Machine APNU
  4. ↑ A poll 'burden' for Guyana's Opposition Jamaica Observer, 22 January 2012
  5. ↑ "The rigged District Four declaration of March 5th". June 15, 2020.
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