Guyana Democratic Party
The Guyana Democratic Party was a political party in Guyana. History The party was established by Asgar Ally in 1996.''Europa World Year 2004'', Taylor & Francis, p1986 In the general elections the following year it received 0.6% of the vote and failed to win a seat. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p366-368 In 2000 it merged into the National Front Alliance but later withdrew. In the 2001 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2001. Africa * 2001 Beninese presidential election * 2001 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 2001 Cape Verdean presidential election * 2001 Chadian presidential election * 2001 Gabonese legislative ... its share of the vote fell to 0.3% and it remained without parliamentary representation. References Defunct political parties in Guyana Political parties established in 1996 1996 establishments in Guyana {{Guyana-party-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of Political Parties In Guyana
This article lists political parties in Guyana. Guyana has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties. The main schism is not of ideology, but ethnicity; the People's Progressive Party is supported primarily by Indo-Guyanese people, while the People's National Congress is supported primarily by Afro-Guyanese people. The political parties of Guyana Parliamentary parties Non-parliamentary parties * Guyana Democratic Party * Justice for All Party * National Front Alliance * The United Force * United Republican Party See also * Politics of Guyana * List of political parties by country Footnotes {{Americas topic, List of political parties in Guyana Political parties Political parties Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Venezuela to the west, and Suriname to the east. With , Guyana is the third-smallest sovereign state by area in mainland South America after Uruguay and Suriname, and is the second-least populous sovereign state in South America after Suriname; it is also one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. It has a wide variety of natural habitats and very high biodiversity. The region known as "the Guianas" consists of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the "land of many waters". Nine indigenous tribes reside in Guyana: the Wai Wai, Macushi, Patamona, Lokono, Kalina, Wapishana, Pemon, Akawaio and Warao. Histo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Asgar Ally
Asgar Ally is a former Guyanese politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1995. He was deputy governor of the Bank of Jamaica prior to returning to Guyana to serve as minister of finance. He resigned as minister of finance in May 1995 over "political and policy differences" with President Jagan. Soon after, Ally founded the Guyana Democratic Party, and in July 1996 announced that he would run for president in the 1997 elections. He ran with a coalition of Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD) and the Guyana Labour Party The Guyana Labour Party (GLP) was a political party in Guyana. History The party was established in 1992 as a breakaway from the Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy,''Europa World Year'', Taylor & Francis Group, p1986 holding its first me ... (GLP), but it disbanded after the election. Ally re-aligned with Jagan and the PPP/C joining again to pledge his support during the 2011 elections. References Living people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1997 Guyanese General Election
General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1997.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p363 The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%. Electoral system The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency, 10 appointed by the Regional Councils elected on the same date as the national members, and 2 appointed by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, an umbrella body representing the regional councils. These were the last elections to feature that electoral system, as the electoral law was amended in February 2001 ahead of the elections in March that year. The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality. R ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections ma ...s and political development, he has published several books. IDEA Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Electi ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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National Front Alliance
The National Front Alliance is a political party in Guyana. History The party was formed on 1 December 2000 as a merger of the Guyana Democratic Party, the National Democratic Movement, the National Republican Party and the People United Party, although the GDP and PUP later withdrew. It first contested national elections in 2001, Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp365 when it received just 417 votes and failed to win a seat. For the 2006 elections it was part of the People's National Congress–Reform coalition. Prior to the 2011 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2011. * Local electoral calendar 2011 * National electoral calendar 2011 * 2011 United Nations Security Council election Africa * 2011 Beninese presidential election * 2011 Beninese parliamentary ... it joined the A Partnership for National Unity alliance,Commonwealth Secretariat (2012)l. ''Guyana National and Regional Elections: 28 Novembe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2001 Guyanese General Election
General elections were held in Guyana on 19 March 2001. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p363 The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 34 of the 65 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%. Electoral system Under the new electoral law adopted in February 2001, the 65 members of the National Assembly were elected by closed list proportional representation in two groups; 25 members were elected from the 10 electoral districts based on the regions, and 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats were allocated using the Hare quota.Co-operative Republic of Guyana: Legislative Elections of 28 August 2006 Psephos The pre-2001 arrangement under which 10 seats appointed by the Regional C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Defunct Political Parties In Guyana
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Political Parties Established In 1996
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