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2001 Guyanese general election

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Field	Value
country	Guyana
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1997 Guyanese general election
previous_year	1997
next_election	2006 Guyanese general election
next_year	2006
seats_for_election	All 65 seats in the National Assembly	majority_seats=33
election_date	19 March 2001
registered	440,185
turnout	91.72% ( 3.30pp)
image_size	130x130px
image1	Jagdeo03032007.jpg
candidate1	Bharrat Jagdeo
party1	People's Progressive Party/Civic
last_election1	55.26%, 34 seats
seats1	34
popular_vote1	220,667
seat_change1
percentage1	52.96%
swing1	2.30pp
image2	Desmond_Hoyte.jpg
candidate2	Desmond Hoyte
party2	PNC/R
last_election2	40.55%, 26 seats
popular_vote2	165,866
percentage2	41.83%
seats2	27
seat_change2	1
swing2	1.28pp
image3	3x4.svg
candidate3	Paul Hardy
party3	GAP–WPA
color3	FF4500
last_election3	1.20%, 1 seat
popular_vote3	9,451
percentage3	2.38%
seats3	2
seat_change3
swing3	1.18pp
image5	Manzoor_Nadir_2010_(cropped).jpg
candidate4	Ravi Dev
party4	ROAR
last_election4	Did not exist
popular_vote4	3,695
percentage4	0.93%
seats4	1
seat_change4	New
swing4	New
image4	3x4.svg
candidate5	Manzoor Nadir
party5	The United Force
last_election5	Did not exist
popular_vote5	2,904
percentage5	0.73%
seats5	1
seat_change5
swing5	0.76pp
map_image	2001_Guyanese_general_election_results_by_region.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	Results by district
title	President
before_election	Bharrat Jagdeo
before_party	PPP/C
after_election	Bharrat Jagdeo
after_party	PPP/C

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

Electoral system

Under the new electoral law adopted in February 2001, 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. 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) was abolished, and thus the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote for the first time since 1973, although all elections from 1968 to 1985 were fraudulent.

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.

Results

candidate

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p363 {{ISBN. 978-0-19-928357-6
[http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2135_B.htm IPU Parline]
[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/guyana/guyana2006.txt Co-operative Republic of Guyana: Legislative Elections of 28 August 2006] Psephos
[https://www.jstor.org/stable/43111061 "Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?", Rajendra Chandisingh]

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