@Demguy, bai Irfan owes me from them smelly diaper and hammock rocking days. The least he can do is share the qurbani beef with me lol.
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It’s really sad that we are at this point . The dicktator Granger started this shyte since his Burnham days. Imagine the people who were caught committing the fraud are STILL working there. Observers will not declare this election as Fair.
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How can you conclude its a close race, when PPPC is ahead by 53,000 votes.
As per SN. In 2105 Region 4
APNU registered 112,362 votes
PPPC registered 69,986 votes
A difference of 42,376 votes
APNU needs almost 10,000 votes to reach PPP. and base on the trend of this election, PPP has gain significantly outside their support base, so chances are, they will gain more in Region 4
Looking back at the last LGE, PPP make inroads into APNU strong hold.
The smaller parties is out.
Hope this helps.
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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT
An Act to make provision for the election of members of the National Assembly under a system of Proportional Representation and for purposes connected therewith.
(25TH, SEPTEMBER, 1964)
Source -- http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Ele...Guyana/guyrep01.html
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Some relevant sections of the Act
96. The Chief Election Officer shall calculate the total number of valid votes of electors which have been cast for each list of candidates and thereupon shall ascertain the result of the election in accordance with sections 97 and 98.
97.
- The total number of votes cast for all the lists of candidates shall be divided by fifty-three and the whole number resulting from that division shall be known as "the electoral quota".
- The number of votes cast for any list shall be divided by the electoral quota; there shall be allocated to that list a number of seats equal to the whole number resulting from that division; and the number of votes represented by a fraction so resulting shall be known as "surplus votes" of the list; and if the number of votes cast in accordance with this Act for any list is less than the electoral quota, those votes shall accordingly be treated as surplus votes of that list.
- Any seat or seats remaining unallocated after seats have been allocated in accordance with subsection (2) shall be allocated as follows-
- one seat shall be allocated to the list with the largest number of surplus votes;
- if the number of seats so remaining is two or more, one seat shall be allocated to the list with the next largest number of surplus votes, and so on until all the seats so remaining have been allocated;
- for the purposes of this paragraph, where two or more lists have equal numbers of surplus votes, then lots shall be drawn by the Chairman of the Commission in the presence of the representatives of the lists affected to determine which list or lists shall be deemed to have more surplus votes than the other list or lists.
- For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this section a combination of lists shall be treated as one list.
- The seats allocated to a combination of lists shall be allocated among the lists comprised in the combination in accordance with subsections (2) and (3), the electoral quota for that purpose being the whole number found by dividing the total number of votes cast for the combination of lists by the number of seats allocated to the combination.
98. When seats have, in pursuance of section 97, been allocated .to any list of candidates-
- the representative of the list; or
- if the representative is unwilling or unable (by reason of absence, illness or any other cause when he is called upon by the Chief Election Officer) sot o do, the deputy representative of such list; or
- in case of any such unwiLlingness or inability on the part of the deputy representative, a majority of the persons named in that list may designate in writing any such person able and willing (when called upon as aforesaid) so to do. who,
shall extract from the said list as many names belonging to candidates selected by him for the purpose, including his own name, as if he has not ben declared elected as President under article 177 of the Constitution as can be so extracted without their number exceeding the number of seats allocated to that list; and the Chief Election Officer shall declare such names, in the order of their extraction as aforesaid, to be the names of the candidates on such list who have been elected.
PART IX
COUNTING OF VOTES POLLED
84.
- Subject to the provisions of this Act, the votes cast at the polling places in each district shall be counted by the returning officer of that district in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
- If the Chief Election Officer is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient in the interests of the carrying out of the provisions of this Part with due despatch or security he may, by notice published in the Gazette, direct that for the purposes of the counting of the votes the returning officers of districts specified in the notice shall count the votes for their respective districts at a place appointed by the said notice and this Act shall have effect accordingly.
- Where the Chief Election Officer has given a direction pursuant to subsection (29)
- he may designate one of the returning officers of the districts specified in the notice to exercise general direction and supervision over the counting of votes at the place so appointed;
- references in this Part to election officers, duly appointed candidates and counting agents shall have effect as if they included references to such persons appointed in respect of any of the districts in respect of which the direction applies.
@Former Member The LGE cannot be used as a predictor of the outcome of the general election. That much is clear from the results already known. Not so long ago some were predicting a landslide for the PPP but clearly that is not happening.
Official results - PPP has won region 7.
Former Member
wow...looks like my PPP will win this thing
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It is inconceivable for PNCR/AFC to secure the needed gains in Region 4.
Interesting times ahead for the official declaration of the election results.
Ha Ha Ha
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Many will be shocked to see how well PPP did in Region 4.
Salute to the US Ambassador who is in the house as the final region is counted.
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Dem Guyanese who cuss Trump should apologize rass. Sarah is a respectable ambassador unlike fat boi. Many cuss me down but I always said that Republicans are always better for democracy in Guyana.
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Sean, as a youngster living at MacKenzie before going to Georgetown for high school studies, the inroads made by the PPPC is not a surprise to me.
Preparations are underway for the swearing in of the President.
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The international observers are focused on this election and indeed one now needs to see how issues will evolve for the official election results.
BH Do you think GECOM will announce the winner tomorrow, I think it will be Friday?
Former Member
It should be done promptly after the announcement. PNC has SOP and know that they lost. Former President Granger should concede respectfully and let democracy prevailed. He raped the Guyana enough.
Bibi,
Can you elaborate on the swearing of the president. Which president?
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Based on very reliable deep inside info I received yesterday , PPP won with a margin giving them a 34 to 31 seat majority. Of course, these have to be validated. However, it hard to understand a major discrepancy. The shock the PNC feeling, their margin victory in Region 4 was smaller than 2015.
Its great the US ambassador stepped in. Monkey knows what limb to jump on!
Django, Totaram, don’t hang your hat on 2015. A lot has changed on the ground since!
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Hey hey hey.
caribj was dead wrong. Our Douglas brothers and sisters are not shackled to the PNC. A large segment of young blacks voted PPP.
PPP is no longer a Kulie party. No need to share power, they are diversified enough.
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