PPP got back the votes they lost to the AFC in 2011 & 2015 + the increased  in % same as APNU. Another simple fact the PPP had everything stacked against them- registration, compromised Gecom staff from all across Guyana working in tandem with the PNC, the state machinery/ apparatus, ethnic composition of the gecom staff, the new Ministry of Citizenship,  intimidation by goons on polling day, fake news, the DPI and egg ball with loud sour, the National Rag Chronicle, withdrawal of ferry services, closing of the Suriname back track route, all state owned/pro PNC media and the list goes on. Having done all that and lost the PNC is flabbergasted and now in their hardened hearts will understand that phrase - "THE PPP NEVER LOST AN ELECTION