Working People's Alliance
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The party was established in 1974, as an alliance of the Working People's Vanguard PartyWorking People's Vanguard Party
Working People's Vanguard Party was a small, Maoist political party in Guyana. It was formed in 1969 through a split in the People's Progressive Party in the 1960s. The party was led by Brindley Benn and Victor Downer...
, 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 elections in 1985
Guyanese general election, 1985
General elections were held in Guyana on 9 December 1985. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 42 of the 53 seats. However, the elections were marred by fraud and the People's Progressive Party and Working People's Alliance withdrew on election day. Voter turnout...
. Although it pulled out of the (fraudulent) elections on election day, it still received 1.4% of the vote and won a single seat. In the 1992 elections
Guyanese general election, 1992
General elections were held in Guyana on 5 October 1992. The first free and fair elections since 1964, they resulted in a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 28 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 80.4%.-Results:...
it increased its share of the vote to 2.0% and retained its seat in the National Assembly. For the 1997 elections it formed an alliance with the Guyana Labour Party named the Alliance for Guyana. Although its share of the vote dropped to 1.2%, it again retained its seat.
In the 2001 elections it allied with the Guyana Action Party
Guyana Action Party
The Guyana Action Party is a political party in Guyana.In the 2001 legislative elections, the party formed an alliance of the Guyana Action Party with the Working People's Alliance won 2.4 % of the popular vote and 2 out of 65 seats. In the 28 August 2006 elections the party allied itself with the...
, receiving 2.4% of the vote and two seats. The party did not contest the 2006 elections, although one of its members ran as part of the Alliance for Change
Alliance for Change (Guyana)
The Alliance for Change is a Guyanese political party formed in 2005. When formed it included three parliamentarians who left other parties, namely Raphael Trotman of the People's National Congress, Khemraj Ramjattan of the People's Progressive Party and Sheila Holder of the Working People's...
.