Guyanese legislative election, 2006
Encyclopedia
The 2006 Guyanese legislative election took place in Guyana
on 28 August 2006.
of incumbent
President Bharrat Jagdeo
was ahead in the opinion poll
s and was expected to keep its majority in the National Assembly of Guyana
.. Continued racial tension raged the campaign, as the PPP supports Indo-Guyanese affairs and the PNC/R supports Afro-Guyanese affairs. Topics in the election, was slow economic growth, racial tensions, and relations with Caribbean nations.
Election day was declared a national holiday
and troops patrolled the streets in order to prevent violence as had happened in previous elections.
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 28 August 2006.
Campaign
The People's Progressive PartyPeople'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:...
of incumbent
Incumbent
The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...
President Bharrat Jagdeo
Bharrat Jagdeo
Bharrat Jagdeo is a Guyanese politician who has been President of Guyana since 11 August 1999. Prior to his presidency he was Minister of Finance and became President after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons; subsequently he won two elections, in 2001 and 2006.Jagdeo was born in Unity Village...
was ahead in the opinion poll
Opinion poll
An opinion poll, sometimes simply referred to as a poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence...
s and was expected to keep its majority in the National Assembly of Guyana
National Assembly of Guyana
The National Assembly is the parliament of Guyana. It has 65 members, 53 members elected for a five-year term by proportional representation and 12 members delegated by local government councils...
.. Continued racial tension raged the campaign, as the PPP supports Indo-Guyanese affairs and the PNC/R supports Afro-Guyanese affairs. Topics in the election, was slow economic growth, racial tensions, and relations with Caribbean nations.
Election day was declared a national holiday
National holiday
National holiday may refer to:*A National Day, in which a country celebrates its independence, establishment or an otherwise significant event....
and troops patrolled the streets in order to prevent violence as had happened in previous elections.