Congratulations to the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic are well deserved on its resounding victory at the general and regional elections just concluded. Congratulations are also due to President Dr. Irfaan Ali for his sterling leadership and on securing a second term as the President of Guyana. For determining and managing the electoral strategy of the winning […]
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Pre-election periods in Guyana have always been generally peaceful, except for 1992. Post-election periods have sometimes been accompanied by violence, and always by drama. In 1992, tension pervaded the atmosphere because the outcome was uncertain for a multiplicity of reasons. Free and fair elections had last been held in 1964. It was generally expected that the PNC would lose and that the PPP, either alone or in coalition with other […]
The Carter Center (the Center) and its team visiting Guyana are experienced Guyana hands, who care about Guyana and its future. In its preliminary report the Center noted that it commenced work in Guyana in 1991 and observed 5 of Guyana’s elections out of the 125 it has observed worldwide. The Center noted that it […]
The opening lines of Friday’s editorial in Stabroek News states: “Guyana will hold elections that will shape its future destiny.” Similar words have been written before previous elections. But if I were to choose three elections that shaped Guyana’s destiny, it would be the elections of 1968, 1973 and 1992. 1968 ushered in the era […]
A brief history of Guyana’s elections allows for the predicting of election results. In developed countries, observers rely on pollsas a guide. In Guyana, reliance can be placed on historic patterns of ethnic voting, to which can be added circumstances that emerge at some elections.
