2011 Guyanese general election


General elections were held in Guyana on 28 November 2011. The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 32 of the 65 seats. Thus even though the combined parliamentary opposition, consisting of the A Partnership for National Unity coalition and the Alliance for Change, managed to secure an absolute majority of 33 seats, as they had not run as a single list it was Donald Ramotar of the PPP who assumed the presidency, and not David A. Granger of the PNC.

Presidential candidates

The candidate of the party with the largest number of seats becomes President. The ruling People's Progressive Party nominated Donald Ramotar, the party's general secretary and advisor to outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo. The Partnership for National Unity nominated David A. Granger, a former commander of the Guyana Defence Force.

Police protection

Election Day, November 28 was declared a national holiday and troops patrolled the streets in order to prevent violence as had happened in previous elections.

Results

By region

Aftermath

The PPP won for the fifth straight time, but with a minority government. PPP candidate Donald Ramotar was elected President, but the opposition parties won a majority in the National Assembly.