…APNU suffers massive losses, set to no longer be main Opposition
Official declarations from the Returning Officers (ROs) in the 10 electoral districts across Guyana confirm that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has secured a landslide victory at Monday’s General and Regional Elections, leading the race by some 133,432 votes.
While the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is yet to make an official declaration of the 2025 election results, it released the figures from the 10 administrative regions that were declared by the respective ROs between Tuesday and Wednesday.
Based on those district declarations, President Dr Irfaan Ali, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips and Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo-led PPP/C have garnered the most votes – 242,498, more than double the figures of their closest political rival in this year’s elections – to secure a second term in office with a much larger Parliamentary majority in the 65-seat National Assembly.
This was despite a low voter turnout on Monday’s election day, which is said to be over 50 per cent of the 757,690 registered voters that were listed as eligible on the Official List of Electors.
The PPP/C was amongst six political parties that contested Monday’s polls, with the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, which was founded by United States (US)-sanctioned businessman-turned-politician Azruddin Mohamed, taking the second highest number of the votes.
WIN earned some 109,066 votes to grab the spot as the main Parliamentary opposition, demoting the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) into a minority Parliamentary opposition.
Based on the RO’s declarations, the Aubrey Norton-led APNU, whose leading party in the coalition grouping is the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), only managed to secure some 77,998 votes from the 10 regions.
Meanwhile, APNU’s former coalition partner, the Alliance For Change (AFC), which contested the elections alone, failed to obtain enough votes to earn a single seat in the House. The AFC, with leader Nigel Hughes, only got 3610 votes to the fifth spot. It was beaten by the Amanza Walton-Desir-led Forward Guyana Movement (FGM), which received 4326 votes from the seven regions it contested.
The other party that contested the elections was the Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP), led by Simona Broomes, which earned 969 votes from the six regions it ran.
Landslide
In addition to recording a victory by a massive margin, the PPP/C has also won eight of the 10 administrative regions, including Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica). This would be the first time in the country’s history that the PPP/C has gained control of Region Four – the largest voting district and home of the capital city, Georgetown.
Region Four, the most populous and politically significant region, has long been considered a PNC-led APNU stronghold. But in a striking breakthrough, the PPP/C has secured Region Four with a remarkable 87,536 votes in the General Elections, while in the Regional Elections it received 87,018, earning almost twice as many votes as the APNU.
This marks a notable increase from the 2020 elections, when the PPP/C garnered 80,920 votes in the General Elections and 81,279 in the Regional Elections – reflecting a gain of over 6600 votes.
In contrast, however, APNU has experienced a significant decline in support in Region Four, losing over 68,000 votes at this year’s elections. The PNC – rebranded as the APNU in 2011 – has traditionally maintained solid support in the region.
For instance, in 2020, when the APNU contested the elections in a coalition with the AFC, it had received 116,941 votes from the population in the General Elections and 116,403 votes in the Regional Elections.
APNU’s support plummeted
But at Monday’s polls, APNU’s support plummeted to just 46,956 votes in the General Elections and 46,772 in the Regional Elections. The AFC managed only 1765 votes in the General and 1833 in the Regionals – reflecting a combined decline of more than 68,000 votes of the former coalition partners.
APNU’s control over Region Four was further weakened by the WIN party, which received 41,607 votes in the General Elections and got 41,930 in the Regionals.
In the General Elections, AFC got 1765, FGM got 2431, while ALP received 497. In the Regionals, AFC received 1833, FGM got 2690 and ALP got 549.
PPP/C’s improvements
Meanwhile, the PPP/C also made inroads in another PNC-led APNU stronghold, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice), where it obtained 4260 votes in the General Elections and 4197 in the Regional Elections. In the last General Elections, it had garnered 3162 votes, while in the Regional Elections, it received 3208.
The WIN party has taken control of Region 10 from APNU. For the General Elections, WIN got 10,458 votes, while APNU received 5334, AFC 210, ALP 85 and FGM 662. In the Regional Elections, WIN got 10,262 votes, APNU 5370, AFC 224, ALP 82, and FGM 818.
The three-month-old political party also took control of Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) from the PNC-led APNU. In the General Elections, APNU got 983, PPP/C received 3577, while WIN secured 5098. AFC received 415 votes, while ALP got 59.
In the Regional Elections, APNU earned 980, PPP/C secured 3508, while WIN received 5085. AFC got 414, while ALP earned 65.
In the last elections, APNU and AFC had contested jointly and earned 4,813 votes in the General Elections and 4839 in the regional.
Regained control
When it comes to Region One (Barima-Waini), the PPP/C has regained control of the region.
In the General Elections, APNU received 469 votes, AFC got 35, FGM received 75, PPP/C got 9030 and WIN earned 5716. In the Regional Elections, APNU got 344, AFC received 25, FGM got 61, PPP/C earned 9021, and WIN got 5830.
Similarly, in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), the PPP/C has won the region with 17,478 votes in the General Elections, while the APNU received 1835, the AFC 91, WIN 7400 and FGM 147.
In the Regional Elections, the PPP/C secured 17,442 votes, APNU 1791, AFC 93, WIN 7433 and the FGM received 143.
The same trend was seen in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) – the home of President Ali.
Based on the declared figures, the PPP/C earned 48,055 votes in the General Elections, while the WIN got 12,969 and APNU received 8992 votes. The FGM party got 522 votes, the AFC 322, and the ALP 138 votes.
In the Regional Elections, the PPP/C secured 47,754 votes, followed by WIN with 13,020 votes, APNU with 8907, FGM with 540, AFC with 299 and ALP with 148.
For Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), the PPP/C has won the region again. In the General Elections, the PPP/C garnered 18,432 votes, APNU got 6480, AFC received 208, ALP got 58, FGM secured 128, while WIN won 5816.
In the Regional Elections, the PPP/C earned 18,273 votes, APNU got 6441, AFC received 210 votes, ALP got 59, FGM won 127, while WIN secured 5808.
The PPP/C has regained control of its stronghold in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), where the PPP/C earned 41,320 votes in the General Elections, while the APNU received 6223, the AFC 315, WIN 12,623, FGM 137 and ALP 132.
In the Regional Elections, the PPP/C secured 41,014, while the APNU got 6251, the AFC 306 and the WIN 12,580. FGM received 355, while ALP got 122.
Meanwhile, the PPP/C regained control of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) at Monday’s polls. In the General Elections, the PPP/C earned 2872 votes, while the APNU received 276, the AFC 56, and WIN 2562.
In the Regional Elections, the PPP/C secured 2847, while the APNU got 253, the AFC 54 and the WIN 2558.
And finally, for Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), the PPP/C earned 9938 votes in the General Elections, once again taking the region. The APNU received 450 votes, and the AFC 192, while WIN got 4817.
For the Regional Elections, the PPP/C secured 9853 votes, while the APNU got 430, the AFC 265 and the WIN 4794.
While declarations were made in all of the 10 electoral districts across Guyana, it has received a request for a recount from APNU. That request was granted, and the recount will be conducted today for the Region Four subdistrict of East Coast Demerara (ECD). Parties have until noon today to make recount requests for those district results that were declared on Wednesday.
Once the period for such requests expires and the ongoing recount process concludes, it is expected that GECOM will officially declare the results of the 2025 elections, which could be sometime today.
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