2001 Guyanese general election

General elections were held in Guyana on 19 March 2001.[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 34 of the 65 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%.[1]

2001 Guyanese general election

← 1997 19 March 2001 2006 →

All 65 seats in the National Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered440,185
Turnout91.72%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Bharrat Jagdeo Desmond Hoyte Paul Hardy
Party PPP/C PNC/R GAPWPA
Seats won 34 27 2
Seat change Steady Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 220,667 165,866 9,451
Percentage 52.96% 41.83% 2.38%
Swing Decrease2.30pp Increase1.28pp Increase1.18pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Ravi Dev Manzoor Nadir
Party ROAR TUF
Seats won 1 1
Seat change New Steady
Popular vote 3,695 2,904
Percentage 0.93% 0.73%
Swing New Decrease0.76pp

Results by district

President before election

Bharrat Jagdeo
PPP/C

Elected President

Bharrat Jagdeo
PPP/C

Electoral system

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Under the new electoral law adopted in February 2001,[2] the 65 members of the National Assembly were elected by closed list proportional representation in two groups; 25 members were elected from the 10 electoral districts based on the regions, and 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats were allocated using the Hare quota.[3] The pre-2001 arrangement under which 10 seats appointed by the Regional Councils and 2 by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs (an umbrella body representing the regional councils)[4] was abolished, and thus the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote for the first time since 1973.

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.[4][3]

Results

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PartyPresidential
candidate
Votes%Seats
ConstituencyTop-upTotal /–
People's Progressive Party/CivicBharrat Jagdeo210,01352.96122234 5
People's National Congress/ReformDesmond Hoyte165,86641.83121527 5
Guyana Action PartyWorking People's AlliancePaul Hardy9,4512.38112 1
Rise Organise and Rebuild GuyanaRavi Dev3,6950.93011New
The United ForceManzoor Nadir2,9040.730110
Justice for All PartyChandra N. Sharma2,8250.710000
Guyana Democratic PartyAsgar Ally1,3450.340000
National Front AllianceKeith Scott4170.11000New
Total396,516100.002540650
Valid votes396,51698.21
Invalid/blank votes7,2181.79
Total votes403,734100.00
Registered voters/turnout440,18591.72
Source: Psephos, Election Passport, Carter Center

References

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  1. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  2. ^ IPU Parline
  3. ^ a b Co-operative Republic of Guyana: Legislative Elections of 28 August 2006 Psephos
  4. ^ a b "Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?", Rajendra Chandisingh