The Democratic Labour Movement (DLM) was a political party 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 ...

History

The party was established in 1982, In the 1985 general elections it received only 0.7% of the vote and failed to win a seat.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp366-368 Following the elections, it joined the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy, an alliance of five parties calling for free and fair elections. This was achieved in

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, but the DLM saw its share of the vote fall to 0.5% and it remained without parliamentary representation. The party did not contest any further elections.Nohlen, p365

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Defunct political parties in Guyana Labour parties Political parties established in 1982 Socialist parties in South America 1982 establishments in Guyana 20th-century disestablishments in Guyana {{Guyana-party-stub