SUBJECT: THE RESULTS ARE IN: PPP/C IN A LANDSLIDE

UNCLAS GEORGETOWN 000869 SIPDIS SIPDIS WHA-DAS DUDDY WHA/CAR WHA/OAS DS/IP/WHA SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV KDEM OAS GY SUBJECT: SUBJECT: THE RESULTS ARE IN: PPP/C IN A LANDSLIDE REF: A. GEORGETOWN 862 ¶B. GEORGETOWN 860 ¶C. GEORGETOWN 855 ¶D. GEORGETOWN 854 ¶E. GEORGETOWN 850 ¶1. (U) The Guyana Elections Commission announced the official results of the August 28 national and regional elections yesterday evening - the result: the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in a landslide. With 338,839 total votes cast, the ruling PPP/C received 183,887 (54.6%) votes, the People's National Congress Reform (PNCR) 114,283 (34%),the Alliance for Change (AFC) 28,336 (8.4%),the Guyana Action Party- Rise Organize and Rebuild (GAP-ROAR) 4,249 (1%),and The United Force (TUF) 2,694 (.8%). Under the Largest Remaining Hare (LRH) formula for determining the distribution of seats in Parliament, the PPP will receive 36 seats, PNC 22 seats, AFC 5 seats, GAP-ROAR 1 seat, and TUF 1 seat. Although the PPP garnered a higher percentage of the vote this election (54.7%) versus the 2001 election, the actual number of votes received by the party fell by more than 25,000 (209,031 v. 183,887). Robinson