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Norton claims electoral irregularities for defeat in strongholds
Aubrey Norton
Kaieteur News – Presidential candidate for the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Aubrey Norton is contending that it is highly “implausible” that his party would have such a drastic reduction in votes for Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and Region Ten (Upper Demerara/ Upper Berbice) at the 2025 General and Regional Elections.
All of the Statements of Poll (SOPs) have been published for the ten districts by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). The declarations show that that the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) is set to secure a second term in office. It also shows that 315,140 eligible electors of the 757,690 on the Official List of Electors (OLE) did not participate in this year’s election.
The results show the PPP securing its first ever win in Region Four defeating APNU, and maintaining its hold on Regions One, Two, Three, Six, and Nine. The party also secured the most votes in Regions Five and Eight. Notably, the results show that newcomer We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) has beaten APNU in Region Ten.
For District Four which is the most populated electoral district with 323,436 eligible voters, only 182,209 electors voted. Of that number, the PPP received 87,536 votes, APNU came second with 46,956 slightly above WIN with 41,607, and Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) got 2,431, Alliance For Change (AFC) with 1,765 and Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP) with 497 votes.
“From the inception, we contended that a padded list will create conditions for illegalities in these elections. We are convinced that is the case. We have seen in Region Four, something very implausible, that we will drop from 120,000 plus votes to 40 something (thousand). It has never happened…” Norton said in a video shared on APNU’s Facebook page on Tuesday.
Similarly, Norton expressed disbelief that his party would move from “complete domination” in Region Ten to losing to WIN. Notably, WIN also secured the victory in Region Seven. “Something we have never seen in this country,” he said. Notably, in District Ten APNU was dethroned in this region by WIN. Of the 38,460 electors on the OLE for Region Ten, only 21,195 voted. WIN received the most votes with 10,458, APNU with 5,334, PPP with 4,260, FGM with 662, AFC with 210 and ALP with 85. Notably, of the 21,195 ballots cast, 186 were rejected, 8 were destroyed and 91 were spoiled.
APNU’s presidential candidate noted that during the count for Region Four, the party objected to several unsigned SoPs. “There were also statements of poll that had no numbers. Of course, we objected. We also recognise that there are many Commonwealth citizens who voted that didn’t meet the domicile criteria. All of these we believe would have contributed to our conclusion that there are a lot of irregularities in these elections,” he noted. As a result of the irregularities, Norton said that APNU has requested recounts in Regions Four, Seven and Ten. “We want to urge you to stay focused. We want to urge you that it is not the end. We are going to challenge these results until we get to the bottom of how these irregularities and illegalities occur.”
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