General elections were held in Guyana on 16 December 1968. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p363 The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 30 of the 53 seats, although the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 85.1%.

Election fraud

The electoral fraud of

Forbes Burnham Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham (20 February 1923 – 6 August 1985) was a Guyanese politician and the leader of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985. He served as Prime Minister of Guyana, Prime Minister from 1964 ...

was the subject of two documentaries produced by Granada Television, ''The Trail of the Vanishing Voters'' which aired on 9 December 1968, and ''The Making of a Prime Minister'' which appeared in January 1969. The documentaries featured the main opposition figures,

Cheddi Jagan Cheddi Berret Jagan (22 March 1918 – 6 March 1997) was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 199 ...

and Peter D'Aguiar.

Results

References

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