1997 Guyanese general election
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53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority |
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| Registered | 461,481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 88.42% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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250px Results by district
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General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1997.[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.[1]
Electoral system
The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency, 10 appointed by the Regional Councils elected on the same date as the national members, and 2 appointed by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, an umbrella body representing the regional councils.[2] These were the last elections to feature that electoral system, as the electoral law was amended in February 2001 ahead of the elections in March that year.[3]
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.[2]
Results
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?", Rajendra Chandisingh
- ↑ IPU Parline
