IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Guyana

Cooperative Republic of Guyana

786,508	5
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
661,378	74.96%
Registered Voters (as of March 19, 2020)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Guyanese National Assembly		Assembly

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President David GRANGER
Head of Government: Prime Minister Moses NAGAMOOTOO
Assembly: Guyana has a unicameral National Assembly with 65 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is indirectly elected by the National Assembly to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
In the National Assembly 65 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms. Votes are tabulated using the Hare quota. 25 seats are divided between 10 geographical constituencies and 40 seats are in one, nation-wide constituency .

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Guyanese National Assembly	2001-03-19	403,734	440,185	91.72
Guyanese National Assembly	2006-08-28	338,839	492,369	68.82
Guyanese National Assembly	2011-11-28	342,126	492,369	69.49
Guyanese National Assembly	2015-05-11	412,012	570,708	72.19
Guyanese National Assembly	2020-03-02	480,061	661,378	72.58

Voter Turnout

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