Elections 2025: Dr Irfaan Ali declared President for 2nd term as PPP/C takes 36 seats in National Assembly

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) late Saturday night officially declared Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali as the President of Guyana and the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) the winning party at the September 1, 2025, General and Regional Elections.

The declaration was done at a late-night meeting held at GECOM’s Headquarters, where Chief Election Officer Vishnu Persaud presented the report for the seven-member Elections Commission to certify the election results.
Consequently, the PPP secured 36 seats in the National Assembly, while We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) gained 16 seats, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) gained 12 seats, and Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) gained one seat.
The Alliance For Change (AFC) and the Assembly for Liberty and Prosperity (ALP) did not gain any seats, GECOM said in a statement minutes before midnight today.
At yesterday’s late-night meeting, all six Commissioners, the three Opposition-aligned and the three PPP-nominated Commissioners – Sase Gunraj, Clement Rohee and Manoj Narayan – showed up along with the GECOM Chair.
However, although the Commission had a full quorum during Saturday’s meeting, the Opposition-nominated Commissioners – Vincent Alexander, Charles Corbin, and Desmond Trotman – sought to abstain from voting to certify the 2025 election results.
This was after the three opposition commissioners were a no-show at a previous meeting called by GECOM’s chairperson, (Ret’d) Justice Claudette Singh, at 23:00h on Friday for the seven-member commission to conclude the near-week-long electoral process.
The no-show by the Opposition Commissioners caused the Commission to lose quorum, which is required for such a meeting.
A quorum requires at least two commissioners from the Government and two from the opposition to be present, and since this requirement was not met, Friday’s meeting was adjourned and fixed for 24 hours later, that is, 23:00h on Saturday.
The law provides that a 24-hour notice is given to all Commissioners, and failure of a Commissioner or set of Commissioners to turn up at this second meeting allows for a quorum to be met by the presence of any four Commissioners, including the Chairman.
Speaking with reporters outside the GECOM Headquarters after the meeting, Commissioner Gunraj explained, “…the other Commissioners chose to abstain from supporting the results… No reasons were given for the abstention, and no issues were raised with the report… A vote was required, and a vote was taken.”
Commissioner Alexander subsequently told reporters that his decision to abstain from the vote was independent of his colleague’s action, citing several concerns about the electoral process to defend his position.

Victory doesn’t exclude anyone
Now that GECOM has officially declared the results of the 2025 General and Regional Elections, a notification will be sent to the Chancellor of the Judiciary, who is authorised to administer the “Oath of a President”. Justice Roxane George is currently the acting Chancellor.
Guyana Times understands that the formal swearing in of President Dr Irfaan Ali and the PPP/C for a second term in office will be held this morning during an inauguration ceremony at State House in Georgetown.
President Ali will be sworn in as the ninth Executive President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana today. The ceremony will take place at 10:00h at the State House in Georgetown.
In a live message on Saturday, just after GECOM’s declaration, President Ali said the formal results of the 2025 elections demonstrate that democracy has triumphed and “the will of the people is sovereign”.
“This is a victory that does not exclude anyone. Every community counts. Every citizen matters. And every dream deserves a chance to flourish,” he said in his live broadcast.
He reminded the nation that, regardless of their choice to vote for the PPP, they are united as citizens of Guyana above all else, and he pledged that under his leadership, no one would ever be overlooked or forgotten.
The head of state also praised the Guyanese people for turning out in large numbers to exercise their right to vote peacefully and for the patience they showed while awaiting the results.
He said the electorate’s patience sends a message to the world that democracy is “alive, robust and vibrant.”

Appreciation and gratitude
Turning to the PPP supporters, the head of state expressed heartfelt gratitude to them for standing by his side throughout the campaign trail, emphasising that their incredible sacrifices of time and energy were instrumental in securing this resounding victory.
He described the landslide victory as a “vindication of our stellar record over the past five years,” emphasising that “Delivery matters. Promises kept are stronger than promises made. Progress speaks louder than propaganda.”
President Ali also praised the disciplined services for the role they played in keeping order and extended his gratitude to polling staff and party agents, whom he described as the “quiet heroes and heroines” for ensuring that every vote was properly cast and counted.
“This is our shared destiny. This is the journey we will walk together, hand in hand. Let us continue the work of building the Guyana we all deserve,” the President affirmed.
The GECOM meeting was called following the conclusion of two approved recount requests for the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) in Sub-District Four of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and a partial recount in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice).
Notwithstanding the APNU requesting the recount elections, agents from the party were a no-show as the recount got into day two on Friday. The We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, which had also been vociferous about recount requests, also did not have any agents present at the second day of the recount.

PPP’s winning votes increased
Following the conclusion of the tabulation of the recount, the new declarations for Region Four and Region Five reaffirmed a win for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), giving a second term to President Ali.
The recount saw the APNU losing votes and the PPP gaining votes. APNU’s opposition partner, the Alliance for Change (AFC), also dropped votes. Conversely, the Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) ended up picking up votes.
In Region Five, in the original count, APNU had 6480 votes, but the recount showed that they had received 6477 votes, a decline of three.
Region Four has historically been a district won by the APNU coalition’s largest partner, the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). However, in the 2025 declaration for the District, the APNU declined by almost 70,000 votes when compared to the 116,941 votes that the party received in the General Elections in 2020, when it coalesced with the AFC.
APNU’s lost votes were picked up by the newcomer WIN party headed by US-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed. In Region 4, WIN received 41,607 in the general elections and 41,930 in the regional. WIN’s votes remained constant after the recount.
The AFC, on the other hand, struggled to garner impactful results in Region Four or in any district across the country. Another political newcomer, the FGM, headed by former PNCR Executive Amanza Walton-Desir, also appeared to have walked away with some of APNU’s votes. Countrywide FGM gathered over 4100 votes, while the AFC garnered approximately 3600.
The APNU and its Presidential candidate, Aubrey Norton, have been left reeling and have been utterly flabbergasted by the extent of the party’s 2025 decline and its ousting as the main parliamentary opposition.
In what is largely being viewed as a conceding video statement on Saturday, Norton said, “…our Party has found itself in virgin territory of not being the governing Party or the main opposition Party. APNU, of which the PNC is a major party, has a wealth of experience in weathering the political storm. We will come through this, and we will be stronger and better.”
He added, “I give you the assurance that APNU will never abandon or desert you, however difficult the circumstances… I appeal to all APNU supporters to watch with us at this critical hour. We are like the oak tree. We will re-emerge better and stronger.”
The sting has been all the harder for the party to deal with, given that the party has also lost its most loyal stronghold of Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice), where WIN led the district with 10,458 in the General Elections. APNU trailed behind with just 5334, while the PPP/C took 4260 votes. The AFC landed with a negligible 210, while in their first showing, FGM walked away with 662 votes.
In a last-ditch effort, Norton on Friday wrote to the GECOM Chairman, (Ret’d) Justice Claudette Singh, calling for a “forensic audit of the elections”, while simultaneously demanding that the entire 2025 elections be aborted.
The Chairman has since responded to Norton, informing him that the redress which he seeks must be done through an Elections Petition, which must be filed with the High Court after GECOM has declared the results.