PPP/C secures support in 7 of 10 regions –400+ statements of polls still to be checked

A SECOND round of preliminary results of the 2015 General and Regional elections released by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), yesterday, saw the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) slipping behind A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC), which has a marginal lead of 43 votes in the General elections.From the 2,299 polling stations, the 1809 Statements of Polls (SoPs) that have been reviewed by GECOM indicate that the PPP/C has amassed 157, 304 votes, while APNU+AFC secured 157,347 votes in the General election. Some 490 SoPs are still to be reviewed by officials of GECOM.
At the Regional polls, 1,753 SoPs reflect that the ruling PPP/C secured seven of the 10 regions – Regions 1 (Barima/ Waini), 2 (Pomeroon/ Supenaam), 3 (Essequibo/ Islands), 5 (Mahaica/ Berbice), 6 (East Berbice/ Corentyne), Eight (Potaro/ Siparuni), Nine (Upper Takutu/ Upper and 10 (Upper Demerara/ Upper Berbice). The PPP/C has 146,806 votes, while APNU+AFC has some 146, 250. A total of 546 SoPs are still to be reviewed by GECOM.
Additionally, the six other political parties secured smaller proportions of support, with The United Force (TUF) being the only party that crossed the 1,000-mark.
The other seven political contenders in the running – out of the 11 parties that initially expressed their interest in contesting – are the Healing the Nation Theocracy Party (HTNT); the United Republican Party (URP); the Independent Party (IP); the Organisation for the Victory of the People (OVP); and the National Independence Party (NIP).
These preliminary numbers, reflected in the Statements of Polls that have been acknowledged by GECOM Commissioners and then processed for release, reflect the most recent tallies, which was released to the media yesterday.
GECOM Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally, noted that the verification of the count is “largely completed” but not yet over. “We will not be making any declarations,” he stressed.
Once this is done, the official election results, he assured, will be declared.
Both, Surujbally and the Chief Elections Officer have committed to a significant declaration by today.
The results are contained in the table below:

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