Guyanese legislative election, 1997
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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
, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
on 15 December 1997. The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party
People's Progressive Party (Guyana)
The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Guyana led by Bharrat Jagdeo. The party has been in power since the 1992 elections and currently holds 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:...
, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's Progressive Party People's Progressive Party (Guyana) The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Guyana led by Bharrat Jagdeo. The party has been in power since the 1992 elections and currently holds 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:... |
220,667 | 55.3 | 29 | |
| People's National Congress People's National Congress The People's National Congress is a socialist political party in Guyana led by Robert Corbin. The party currently holds 22 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:... |
161,901 | 40.5 | 22 | |
| United Force The United Force The United Force is a conservative political party in Guyana. It currently has one seat in the National Assembly and is led by Manzoor Nadir.-History:... |
5,937 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Working People's Alliance Working People's Alliance -History:The party was established in 1974, as an alliance of the Working People's Vanguard Party, the Association for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa, the Indian Political Revolutionary Associates and Ratoon, and became a political party in 1989. The party first contested national... -Guyana Labour Party |
4,783 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Guyana Democratic Party Guyana Democratic Party The Guyana Democratic Party was a political party in Guyana. It first contested national elections in 1997 when it received 0.6% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In 2000 it merged into the National Front Alliance but later withdrew. In the 2001 elections its share of the vote fell to 0.3% and... |
2,528 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| Good and Green Guyana Good and Green Guyana Good and Green Guyana was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1997 general elections, but received only 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections.... |
1,552 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
| Justice for All Party Justice for All Party Justice for All People is a political party in Guyana. It first contested national elections in 1997 when it received 0.3% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In the 2001 elections its share of the vote rose to 0.7%, but it remained without parliamentary representation. It did not contest the... |
1,265 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
| God Bless Guyana God Bless Guyana God Bless Guyana was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1997 general elections, but received only 314 votes and failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections.... |
314 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| National Independent Party National Independent Party (Guyana) The National Independent Party was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1997 general elections, but received only 258 votes and failed to win a seat. The party did not contest any further elections.... |
258 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| National Democratic Front National Democratic Front (Guyana) The National Democratic Front was a political party in Guyana. It first contested national elections in 1985, when it received only 156 votes and failed to win a seat. In the 1992 elections it received just 68 votes and remained without parliamentary representation. In the 1997 elections it... |
105 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,747 | – | – | – |
| Total | 408,057 | 100 | 53 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||