Guyanese Parliamentary Election 2019 Voting Live

Guyanese Parliamentary Election Dates 2019

Guyanese Parliamentary Election Date:  July 2019 

General elections are currently due to be held in Guyana in 2019 after the government of David A. Granger lost a vote of no confidence by a margin of 33–32 on 21 December 2018. The government had held a one-seat majority since the 2015 elections, but one of its own MPs, Charrandas Persaud of the Alliance for Change, voted with the opposition.

On 19 January 2019, the opposition People's Progressive Party (PPP/C) chose former Housing Minister Irfaan Ali as its presidential candidate.

Guyanese Parliamentary Election Voting Live 2019

1. Guyanese Parliamentary Elections 2019 will be held in July 2019.

2. GYD$3.4 billion parliamentary approval for electoral polls not connected to CCJ decisions – Finance Minister.

3. Guyana gov’t will “honour and obey” CCJ judgments on no-confidence motion, GECOM Chairman appointment.

The Electoral system of Guyana

The 65 elected members of the National Assembly were elected using closed-list proportional representation from a single nationwide 40-seat constituency and 10 sub-national constituencies with a total of 25 seats. Seats are allocated using the Hare quota.

The leader of the single party or coalition which emerges with the largest number of seats in the election will become the President of Guyana.

Guyana past election results