2015 Guyanese general election

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2015 Guyanese general election
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All 65 seats in the National Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Candidate David A. Granger Donald Ramotar[a]
Party PNCR PPP/C
Alliance APNU+AFC None
Last election 51.14%, 33 seats[b] 48.60%, 32 seats
Seats won 33 32
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 207,201 202,656
Percentage 50.29% 49.20%
Swing Decrease0.85pp Increase0.59pp
President before election

Donald Ramotar
PPP/C

Elected President

David A. Granger
PNCR

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Early general elections were held in Guyana on 11 May 2015, alongside regional elections as a result of President Donald Ramotar proroguing the National Assembly.[1] The result was a victory for the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) alliance, which won 33 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly. Following the elections, APNU leader David A. Granger was sworn in as president on 16 May 2015.[2]

Background[edit]

Early elections were called as a result of a stand-off between President Donald Ramotar and the National Assembly;[3] after the President had defied spending cuts imposed by the National Assembly, the legislature called for a motion of no confidence. Ramotar subsequently suspended the National Assembly in November 2014 and dissolved it three months later.[4] Ramotar announced the election date on 20 January 2015.[1]

Electoral system[edit]

The 65 elected members of the National Assembly were elected using closed list proportional representation from a single nationwide 40-seat constituency and 10 sub-national constituencies with a total of 25 seats. Seats are allocated using the Hare quota.[5]

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.[6]

Results[edit]

National Assembly[edit]

PartyPresidential candidateVotes%Seats
ConstituencyTop-upTotal+/–
A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for ChangeDavid A. Granger207,20050.291320330
People's Progressive Party/CivicDonald Ramotar202,69449.201220320
The United ForceMarissa Nadir1,0800.260000
United Republican PartyVishnu Brandhu4320.10000New
Independent PartyMark Benschop3440.08000New
National Independent PartySaphier Hussain Subedar2620.06000New
Total412,012100.002540650
Valid votes412,01299.03
Invalid/blank votes4,0430.97
Total votes416,055100.00
Registered voters/turnout585,72771.03
Source: GECOM, The Official Gazette

By region[edit]

Region APNU+AFC PPP/C TUF URP IP NIP Hare
quota 		Total
votes 		Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Barima-Waini 2,788 30.51 1 6,278 68.69 1 59 0.65 14 0.15 0 0.00 0 0.00 4,570 9,139 2
Pomeroon-Supenaam 7,306 31.15 1 16,045 68.42 1 49 0.21 27 0.12 7 0.03 17 0.07 11,726 23,451 2
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara 20,912 33.93 1 40,480 65.68 2 102 0.17 56 0.09 47 0.08 32 0.05 20,543 61,629 3
Demerara-Mahaica 113,856 61.61 4 70,241 38.01 3 256 0.14 130 0.07 203 0.11 120 0.06 26,395 184,806 7
Mahaica-Berbice 13,416 44.44 1 16,644 55.14 1 49 0.16 36 0.12 15 0.05 27 0.09 15,094 30,187 2
East Berbice-Corentyne 22,103 35.65 1 39,610 63.90 2 125 0.20 73 0.12 34 0.05 47 0.08 20,664 61,992 3
Cuyuni-Mazaruni 4,599 59.09 1 2,981 38.30 1 171 2.20 13 0.17 0 0.00 19 0.24 3,892 7,783 2
Potaro-Siparuni 1,837 49.16 1 1,836 49.13 0 48 1.28 16 0.43 0 0.00 0 0.00 3,737 3,737 1
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo 3,592 37.63 0 5,794 60.70 1 131 1.37 29 0.30 0 0.00 0 0.00 9,546 9,546 1
Upper Demerara-Berbice 16,791 85.05 2 2,785 14.11 0 90 0.46 38 0.19 38 0.19 0 0.00 9,871 19,742 2
National assembly top up 207,201 50.29 20 202,656 49.20 20 1,099 0.26 418 0.10 342 0.08 254 0.06 6,338 411,970 40
Source: GECOM Official Gazette

Regional assemblies[edit]

Region APNU+AFC PPP/C TUF URP HTNTP OVP Total
votes
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Barima-Waini 2,730 29.93 6,295 69.02 96 1.05 – – – – – – 9,121
Pomeroon-Supenaam 7,231 30.91 16,040 68.56 52 0.22 72 0.31 – – – - 23,395
Essequibo Islands-West Demerara 20,824 33.83 40,465 65.74 118 0.19 149 0.24 – – – – 61,556
Demerara-Mahaica 112,366 61.08 70,095 38.05 383 0.02 508 0.28 417 0.23 292 0.16 183,954
Mahaica-Berbice 13,352 44.34 16,622 55.20 58 0.19 79 0.26 – – – – 30,111
East Berbice-Corentyne 21,953 35.52 39,523 63.94 135 0.22 203 0.33 – – – – 61,813
Cuyuni-Mazaruni 4,533 58.55 2,973 38.40 178 2.30 59 0.75 – – – – 7,742
Potaro-Siparuni 1,791 48.21 1,837 49.45 48 1.27 39 1.08 – – – – 3,715
Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo 3,553 37.31 5,764 60.53 140 1.47 66 0.69 – – – – 9,523
Upper Demerara-Berbice 16,671 84.85 2,763 14.06 108 0.55 106 0.54 – – – – 19,648
Total 205,004 49.93 202,377 49.26 1,316 0.32 1,281 0.31 418 0.10 294 0.07 410,578
Source: GECOM

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Bharrat Jagdeo was the leader of the PPP/C at the time of the elections, but Ramotar was chosen as the party's presidential candidate as Jagdeo was ineleigible to serve a third term as President of Guyana
  2. ^ Combined result of the APNU and AFC, which ran separately

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ramotar sets May 11 for elections". Stabroek News. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ^ Neil Marks, Guyana swears in new president after multiracial bloc wins vote Reuters, 16 May 2015
  3. ^ Guyana waits for election results Miami Herald, 11 May 2015
  4. ^ Guyana votes in general election BBC News, 12 May 2015
  5. ^ Electoral system IPU
  6. ^ "Guyana : Constitution and politics". Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2021-11-16.

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