From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1973 Guyanese general election

none

Field	Value
country	Guyana
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1968 Guyanese general election
previous_year	1968
next_election	1980 Guyanese general election
next_year	1980
seats_for_election	53 seats in the National Assembly	majority_seats=27
election_date	17 July 1973
registered	431,575
turnout	81.00%
image_size	130x130px
image1	Forbes_Burnham_(1966).jpg
leader1	Forbes Burnham
party1	People's National Congress (Guyana)
popular_vote1	243,803
percentage1	70.10%
seats1	37
seat_change1	7
swing1	14.29pp
image2	Cheddi Jagan , leider van de People Progressive Party van Gyana, tijdens persc, Bestanddeelnr 925-3708.jpg
leader2	Cheddi Jagan
party2	People's Progressive Party (Guyana)
seats2	14
popular_vote2	92,374
seat_change2	5
percentage2	26.56%
swing2	9.93pp
image3	3x4.svg
leader3	Marcellus Fielden Singh
colour3	0066FF
party3	LP–TUF
seats3	2
popular_vote3	9,580
seat_change3	2
percentage3	2.75%
swing3	4.66pp
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Elected Prime Minister
before_election	Forbes Burnham
before_party	PNC
after_election	Forbes Burnham
after_party	PNC

General elections were held in Guyana on 17 July 1973. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 37 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 81.0%.

Electoral system

The National Assembly had 53 members, elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency.

This was the last election in Guyana where the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote until 2001, as a new constitution adopted in 1980 provided for an expanded Assembly of 65 members: 53 elected under the old system, ten appointed by the regional councils created by the 1980 constitution (to be elected at the same date as the National Assembly), and two by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs (an umbrella body representing these regional councils, also created by the 1980 constitution).

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p363 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
Nohlen, p355-359
[http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/GUYANA_1973_E.PDF Guyana 1973] Inter-Parliamentary Union
Rajendra Chandisingh (1982) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43111061 "Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?"] ''Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America'', vol. 15, no. 2, pp145–161

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1973-elections-in-south-america 1973-in-guyana elections-in-guyana 20th-century-in-guyanese-politics

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1973 Guyanese general election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report