2001 Guyanese general election

19 March 2001
All 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	440,185
Turnout	91.72%
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Bharrat Jagdeo Desmond Hoyte Paul Hardy Party PPP/C PNC/R GAP–WPA Seats won 34 27 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 220,667 165,866 9,451 Percentage 52.96% 41.83% 2.38% Swing 2.30pp 1.28pp 1.18pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Ravi Dev Manzoor Nadir Party ROAR TUF Seats won 1 1 Seat change New Popular vote 3,695 2,904 Percentage 0.93% 0.73% Swing New 0.76pp
Results by district
President before election Bharrat Jagdeo PPP/C Elected President Bharrat Jagdeo PPP/C

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General elections were held in Guyana on 19 March 2001.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 34 of the 65 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%.^[1]

Electoral system

Under the new electoral law adopted in February 2001,^[2] the 65 members of the National Assembly were elected by closed list proportional representation in two groups; 25 members were elected from the 10 electoral districts based on the regions, and 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats were allocated using the Hare quota.^[3] The pre-2001 arrangement under which 10 seats appointed by the Regional Councils and 2 by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs (an umbrella body representing the regional councils)^[4] was abolished, and thus the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote for the first time since 1973.

The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality.^[4][3]

Results

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