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Donald Ramotar is next Executive President
…as PPP/C secures fifth consecutive term
Presidential Candidate for the list of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Donald Ramotar
GECOM Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally (right) makes a point to Chief Elections Officer Gocool Bodhoo following the announcement of the final election results.
has been declared Guyana’s seventh Executive President, following the declaration of the final results of the recently concluded General and Regional Elections.
The long awaited announcement was made by the Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodhoo, ending much anxiety and speculation by most of the population.
The results showed that the PPP/C secured a total of 166,340 or 48.6 percent of the 346,717 votes cast out of a possible 475,496. This gives them a total of 32 seats in the 65-seat National Assembly.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) garnered 139,678 votes or 40.8 percent, guaranteeing them 26 seats, while the Alliance For Change (AFC) managed 35,333 or 10.3 percent, to earn seven seats in the National Assembly.
The other party contesting the National Elections, The United Force, failed to make an impression this time around, only managing to secure a total of 885 votes or 0.2% percent.
This means that the opposition combined holds a slim majority in the National Assembly over the PPP/C, which will be called upon to form the next government.
It is the first time in their 19-year rule that the PPP/C has lost absolute control of the parliament and it is widely expected that there will be a fair degree of compromising.
According to Boodhoo, there was a 72.9 percent turnout by the electorate and he gave a breakdown of how they voted region by region. (See figures below)
In Region One, Barima/Waini, the PPP/C and APNU shared the two parliamentary seats on offer, while the PPP/C swept the two in Region Two, Pomeroon/Supenaam.
The PPP/C also won in Region Three, Essequibo Islands/West Demerara with two seats, while APNU secured the other.
APNU retained control of Region Four, Demerara/Mahaica, gaining four seats to the PPP/C’s three, while in Region Five, West Berbice, the two seats were shared by the PPP/C and the AFC.
President-Elect Donald Ramotar and PPP/C’s Prime Ministerial Samuel Hinds celebrate the declaration of a PPP/C victory in the 2011 elections
Region Six, East Berbice/Corentyne again went to the PPP/C, which got two seats, while the AFC got one.
The two leading parties shared the two seats in region seven, while the Alliance For Change scored an upset in Region Eight, taking the only parliamentary seat on offer there.
The PPP/C took the only seat for Region Nine, while the predictable occurred in Region 10 with APNU sweeping the two seats there.
The national top up seats to make up the full compliment in parliament west as follows: – PPP/C-19, APNU-16 and the AFC-5.
In the Regional Elections, once again, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic secured control of Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Numbers One, Two, Three, Five, Six and Nine. The party dominated Region One with 10 seats, to APNU’s three and the AFC’s two. It also took Region Two with 12 seats to APNU’s three and AFC’s two.
In Region Three, the PPP/C will be represented by 18 Councilors, APNU-seven and AFC-two.
The party will have 10 representatives on the Region Five RDC, to APNU’s six and the AFC’s two.
Seventeen Councilors will represent the PPP/C in Region Six, and they will have a significant advantage over APNU’s seven reps and AFC’s six.
In Region Nine, the PPP/C will have eight Councilors, APNU-four, AFC-two and TUF-one.
A Partnership for National Unity retained control of Regions Four, Ten and Seven, dealing a blow to the PPP/C, which had expected to make significant inroads into the bauxite mining Region Ten.
APNU will have 19 Councilors in Region Four, PPP/C- 14 and AFC-two.
The main opposition party dominates the Region 10 RDC with 13 Council seats to PPP/C’s three and the AFC’s two.
The AFC secured minority control of Region Eight and will have six Councilors, while APNU and the PPP/C both will have four.
The United Force only managed two seats in the Regional Elections; one in Region Eight and the other in Region Nine.
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