THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday officially declared that the APNU+AFC (A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change) coalition has won the May 11, 2015 General and Regional Elections. 

Speaking briefly at a press conference held at GECOM’s Media Centre in Kingston, Chairman of the commission Dr Steve Surujbally related that the commission has made a genuine effort “to do right and not to look right.”
The Chairman noted that “I have spoken at length [about] the reason for these delays, all the legal items and elements we had to address.” The declaration was delayed by several requests for a recount by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) who was unwilling to concede victory to the APNU+AFC.
GECOM’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield made the official declaration at the press conference yesterday. He noted that the final results of the General and Regional elections show APNU+AFC with 207,200 votes and the PPP/C with 202, 694 votes, hence the APNU+AFC won by 4,506 votes.
The CEO explained that the APNU+AFC will have 33 seats in the 11th Parliament, while the PPP/C will have 32. For the regional polls, the APNU+AFC acquired 205,001 votes and the PPP/C 202,268.

By Rebecca Ganesh