General elections were held in Guyana on 9 December 1985.[ 1] People's National Congress , which won 42 of the 53 directly-elected seats. However, the elections were marred by fraud and the People's Progressive Party and Working People's Alliance withdrew on election day.[ 2] [ 1]
Electoral system
The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation 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.[ 3]
The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the candidate heading the list that received the most votes was elected president.[ 3]
Results
Party Votes % Seats Elected Regional Total +/– People's National Congress 228,718 78.54 42 10 2 54 +1 People's Progressive Party 45,926 15.77 8 0 0 8 –2 United Force 9,820 3.37 2 0 0 2 0 Working People's Alliance 4,176 1.43 1 0 0 1 New Democratic Labour Movement 2,167 0.74 0 0 0 0 New People's Democratic Movement 232 0.08 0 0 0 0 New National Democratic Front 156 0.05 0 0 0 0 New Total 291,195 100.00 53 10 2 65 0 Valid votes 291,195 98.78 Invalid/blank votes 3,606 1.22 Total votes 294,801 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 399,304 73.83 Source: Nohlen, IPU , Guyana News and Information
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