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1997 Guyanese general election

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53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	461,481
Turnout	88.42%
First party Second party   Candidate Janet Jagan Desmond Hoyte Party PPP/C PNC Seats won 34 26 Seat change 2 5 Popular vote 220,667 161,901 Percentage 55.26% 40.55% Swing 1.81pp 1.76pp
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President before election Sam Hinds PPP/C Elected President Janet Jagan PPP/C

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General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1997. The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.

Electoral system

The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency, 10 appointed by the Regional Councils elected on the same date as the national members, and 2 appointed by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, an umbrella body representing the regional councils. These were the last elections to feature that electoral system, as the electoral law was amended in February 2001 ahead of the elections in March that year.

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

References

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

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