OCTOBER 5, 1992 has become one of the most important dates in the history of the Guyanese people.It is a date that stands alongside February 23, 1763; May 5, 1838; August 1, 1838; April 27, 1953; and May 26, 1966. October 5, 1992 will forever be remembered as the date when independent Guyana elected its first government at free and fair elections. It was really the first democratically elected government.
During the long struggle for democracy and free and fair elections, Dr. Cheddi Jagan often emphasised that economic and social progress would never be sustainable without democracy.
He used to say that while democracy was not everything, without it we would have nothing.
Guyana’s history has proven that over and over again.
Pictured is the ‘HISTORIC VOTE’ when registered voters patiently await their turn in a queue on October 5, 1992 to cast their ballots at one of Guyana’s most historic elections.