Democratic Labour Movement

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The Democratic Labour Movement (DLM) was a political party in Guyana.

History

The party was established in 1982, [1] In the 1985 general elections it received only 0.7% of the vote and failed to win a seat. [2] Following the elections, it joined the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy, an alliance of five parties calling for free and fair elections. [3] This was achieved in 1992, but the DLM saw its share of the vote fall to 0.5% and it remained without parliamentary representation. The party did not contest any further elections. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Dennis Watson & Christine Craig (1992) Guyana at the Crossroads, Transaction Publishers, p43
  2. ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp366-368 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6
  3. ↑ Political Parties Library of Congress Country Studies
  4. ↑ Nohlen, p365


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