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Past Election Results 1957 - 2006

This section provides information on general elections held in Guyana from 1957 until present.  Click on the year or specific date for further information.
  • Introduction
  • Seats
  • Votes
  • Votes %
  • Turnout
dot INTRODUCTION
Year Specific Date Winning Party Data Graph
1961 21 August 1961 People’s Progressive Party (PPP) View Data View Graph
1964 7 December 1964 People’s National Congress (PNC) + United Force (TUF) View Data View Graph
1968 16 December 1968 People’s National Congress (PNC) View Data View Graph
1973 16 July 1973 People’s National Congress (PNC) View Data View Graph
1980 15 December 1980 People’s National Congress (PNC) View Data View Graph
1985 9 December 1985 People’s National Congress (PNC) View Data View Graph
1992 5 October 1992 People’s Progressive Party (PPP) View Data View Graph
1997 15 December 1997 People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) View Data View Graph
2001 19 March 2001 People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) View Data View Graph
2006 28 August 2006 People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) View Data View Graph
dot NUMBER OF SEATS
Party/Alliance 1961 1964 1968 1973 1980 1985 1992 1997 2001 2006
PNC 11 22 30 37 41 42 23 22 27 22
PPP 20 24 19 14 10 8 28 29 34 36
TUF 4 7 4 - 2 2 1 1 1 1
LP - - - 2 - - - - - -
WPA - - - - - 1 1 - - -
AFG - - - - - - - 1 - -
ROAR - - - - - - - - 1 -
GAP/WPA - - - - - - - - 2 -
AFC - - - - - - - - - 5
GAP/ROAR - - - - - - - - - 1
OTHER - - - - - - - - - -
Total 35 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 65 65
dot NUMBER OF VOTES
Party/Alliance 1961 1964 1968 1973 1980 1985 1992 1997 2001 2006
PNC 89,501 96,657 174,339 243,803 312,988 228,718 128,286 161,901 165,866 114,283
PPP 93,085 109,332 113,991 92,374 78,414 45,926 162,058 220,667 210,013 182,156
TUF 35,771 29,612 23,162 - 11,612 9,820 3,183 5,937 2,904 2,915
LP - - - 9,580 - - - - - -
WPA - - - - - 4,176 6,086 - - -
AFG - - - - - - - 4,983 - -
ROAR - - - - - - - - 3,695 -
GAP/WPA - - - - - - - - 9,451 -
AFC - - - - - - - - - 27,397
GAP/ROAR - - - - - - - - - 4,588
OTHER - 2,929 899 2,053 - 2,555 3,563 6,022 4,587 3,919
Total 218,357 238,530 312,391 347,810 403,014 291,195 303,176 399,510 396,516 335,258
dot PERCENTAGE OF VOTES
Party/Alliance 1961 1964 1968 1973 1980 1985 1992 1997 2001 2006
PNC 40.99% 40.52% 55.81% 70.10% 77.66% 78.54% 42.31% 40.52% 41.83% 34.09%
PPP 42.63% 45.84% 36.49% 26.56% 19.46% 15.77% 53.45% 55.23% 52.96% 54.33%
TUF 16.38% 12.41% 7.41% - 2.88% 3.37% 1.05% 1.49% 0.73% 0.87%
LP - - - 2.75% - - - - - -
WPA - - - - - 1.43% 2.01% - - -
AFG - - - - - - - 1.25% - -
ROAR - - - - - - - - 0.93% -
GAP/WPA - - - - - - - - 2.38% -
AFC - - - - - - - - - 8.17%
GAP/ROAR - - - - - - - - - 1.37%
OTHER - 1.23% 0.29% 0.59% - 0.88% 1.18% 1.51% 1.16% 1.17%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Voter turnout
dot VOTER TURNOUT
Party/Alliance 1961 1964 1968 1973 1980 1985 1992 1997 2001 2006
Total Valid Votes 218,357 238,530 312,391 347,810 403,014 291,195 303,176 399,510 396,516 335,258
Invalid Votes 1,768 1,590 1,898 1,780 3,251 3,606 5,666 8,747 7,218 5,899
Total Votes Cast 220,125 240,120 314,289 349,590 406,265 294,801 308,842 408,257 403,734 341,157
Registered Voters 246,120 247,604 367,945 431,575 493,550 399,304 384,195 461,481 440,185 492,369
Voter Turnout 89.44% 96.98% 85.42% 81.00% 82.31% 73.83% 80.39% 88.47% 91.72% 69.29%
Voter turnout
PARTY CODES          
A Good and Green Guyana AGGG Justice Party JP People’s National Congress/Reform PNC/R
Alliance for Change AFC Liberal Democratic LD People’s Progressive Party  PPP
Alliance for Guyana AFG Liberator Party LP People’s Republic Party PRP
Democratic Labour Movement DLM National Democratic Front NDF People's Progressive Party/Civic PPP/C
God Bless Guyana GBG National Front Alliance NFA Rise Organise And Rebuild ROAR
Guiana National Party GNP National Independent Party NIP The United Force TUF
Guyana Action Party/Rise Organise And Rebuild GAP/ROAR National Labour Front NLF Union of Guyanese International UGI
Guyana Action Party/Working People’s Alliance GAP/WPA National Republican Party NRP United Democratic Party UDP
Guyana Democratic Party GDP Peace, Equality and Prosperity Party PEPP United Republican Party URP
Guyana National Congress GNC People’s Democratic Movement PDM United Workers Party UWP
Guyana United Muslim Party GUMP People’s National Congress PNC Working People’s Alliance WPA
Independents IND People’s National Congress PNC/R
Justice for All People JFAP People’s National Congress Reform - 1 Guyana PNCR-IG
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2011 ELECTION KEY
PPP/C People's Progressive Party/Civic
APNU A Partnership for National Unity
AFC Alliance for Change
TUF The United Force
EBDA East Berbice Development Association
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