The ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has taken the lead for control of the 65 member National Assembly after more than 35 per cent of the ballots cast in Monday’s regional and general elections had been counted.
Preliminary figures released by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to date show that the PPP/C, which has ruled Guyana for the past 19 years, has obtained 77,998 votes as compared to 70,833 for the main challenger, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).
The GECOM said that of the 166 304 valid votes counted to date, the Alliance for Change (AFC) had received 17, 470, while the United front (TUF) had accumulated a mere 503 votes.
A total of 475,496 voters were eligible to cast ballots to elect members to the National Assembly and so far 35.08 per cent of the votes cast had been counted.
The APNU, which includes the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has complained of voter irregularities and the intimidatory presence of a number of PPPC candidates at a number of polling stations.
The grouping has requests calls by the PPPC for ballots cast at several polling places to be recounted. Both APNU and AFC have said that they would not participate in the recount
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