The Working People's Alliance is a

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Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

. It was a consultative member of

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until 2005.

History

The WPA was established in 1974, as an alliance of the Working People's Vanguard Party, the African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa (ASCRIA), the Indian Political Revolutionary Associates and Ratoon, and became a political party in 1979. It did not run in the 1980 elections, but put forward candidates for the

1985 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1985. Africa * 1985 Cape Verdean parliamentary election * 1985 Gabonese legislative election * 1985 Ivorian parliamentary election * 1985 Ivorian presidential election * 1985 Lesotho general election ...

. Although it pulled out of the elections on election day, it still received 1.4% of the vote and won a single seat. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp366-368 In the 1992 elections, it increased its share of the vote to 2.0% and retained its seat in the National Assembly. For the

1997 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1997. Africa * 1997 Algerian legislative election * 1997 Burkinabé parliamentary election * 1997 Cameroonian parliamentary election * 1997 Cameroonian presidential election * 1997 Chadian parliamenta ...

, it formed an alliance with the

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named the Alliance for Guyana. Although the alliance's share of the vote dropped to 1.2%, it won one seat. 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 ...

, the WPA allied with the

Guyana Action Party The Guyana Action Party (GAP) is a left-wing political party in Guyana representing the indigenous Amerindian population. History The GAP was established in January 1989 as Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD).Tom Lansford (2014) ' ...

, receiving 2.4% of the vote and two seats. The party did not contest the

2006 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2006. * Elections in 2006 * Electoral calendar 2006 * 2006 Acehnese regional election * 2006 American Samoan legislative election * 2006 Bahraini parliamentary election * 2006 Costa Rican presidential e ...

, although one of its members ran as part of the Alliance for Change. In the 2011 elections it was part of the Partnership for National Unity alliance,About APNU
APNU which won 26 seats. Prior to the

2015 elections Africa * 2015 Beninese parliamentary election 26 April 2015 * 2015 Burkinabé general election 29 November 2015 * 2015 Burundian legislative election 29 June 2015 * 2015 Burundian presidential election 21 July 2015 * 2015-16 Central African gene ...

, the APNU formed a joint electoral list with the Alliance for Change. The combined list won 33 seats, allowing APNU leader

David A. Granger David Arthur Granger (born 15 July 1945) is a Guyanese former politician and retired military officer who served as the ninth president of Guyana from 2015 to 2020. A member of the People’s National Congress (PNC), he previously served as Com ...

to become President.

References

External links

Official website
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