The A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) won Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) in both the General and Regional Elections, the District’s Returning Officer, Glendon Fredericks, declared on Wednesday.
In the General Elections, the APNU+AFC secured 4,817 votes while its main opponent – the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) raked in 3,720. Unlike other smaller parties– the majority fairly new to the elections– the Justice and Liberty Party (JLP) raked in 879 votes.
In the Regional Elections, the APNU+AFC received a total of 4,836 votes while the PPP/C got 3,692 votes, and JLP, 925 votes.
The results, when compared with that of the 2015 General Elections, show that the two major parties managed to pick up more votes this time around. In 2015, the APNU+AFC had gotten 4,599 votes while the PPP/C had secured 2,981 votes.
Based on results declared by Returning Officers in nine of the 10 administrative regions, the ruling coalition won Regions Seven, Eight and 10, while the PPP/C has won Regions One, Two, Three, Five, Six and Nine. GECOM, on Wednesday, encountered a number of stumbling blocks in its attempt to verify the more than 800 Statements of Polls in Region Four – the process being put on hold at least twice. The verification process must be completed before the Returning Officer makes a declaration of results.
Source: https://issuu.com/guyanachroniclee-paper/docs/guyana_chronicle_epaper_03_05_2020