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

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had 65 members; 53 elected by

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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."Guyana's new Constitution and the elections of 1980: A case of people's power?", Rajendra Chandisingh
/ref> 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.
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was elected by a

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double simultaneous vote Double simultaneous vote (DSV) is an electoral system in which multiple offices – such as the president and members of a legislature – are elected through a single vote cast for a party. It can be combined with other electoral systems; in Uru ...

system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality.

Results

References

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