2001 Guyanese general election
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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]
Electoral system
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
References
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- ↑ a b Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 Template:ISBN
- ↑ IPU Parline
- ↑ a b Co-operative Republic of Guyana: Legislative Elections of 28 August 2006 Psephos
- ↑ a b "Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?", Rajendra Chandisingh
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