General elections were held in
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 ...
on 17 July 1973.
Dieter Nohlen
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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p363 The result was a victory for the
People's National Congress, which won 37 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections.
[Nohlen, p355-359] Voter turnout was 81.0%.
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Electoral system
The National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...
had 53 members, elected by proportional representation
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in a nationwide constituency.[Guyana 1973]
Inter-Parliamentary Union
This was the last election in Guyana where the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote until 2001
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, as a new constitution adopted in 1980 provided for an expanded Assembly of 65 members: 53 elected under the old system, ten appointed by the regional councils created by the 1980 constitution (to be elected at the same date as the National Assembly), and two by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs (an umbrella body representing these regional councils, also created by the 1980 constitution).[Rajendra Chandisingh (1982]
"Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?"
''Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America'', vol. 15, no. 2, pp145–161
Results
References
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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 ...
1973 in Guyana
Elections in Guyana