The Guyana Democratic Party was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

in Guyana.

History

The party was established by Asgar Ally in 1996.''Europa World Year 2004'', Taylor & Francis, p1986 In the

general elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-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 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 Pa ...

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