…secures 2,086 of the 4,626 votes that were cast

THE A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition has won Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) at the 2020 General and Regional Elections.
The declaration was made by the region’s returning officer Dwayne Marco on Tuesday afternoon.

Marco said that of the region’s 7431 electors, the total number of valid votes that were cast was 4,626, which is the equivalent of a 62 per cent voter-turnout. And, of the 4,626 votes that were cast, 2,086 were in favour of the APNU+AFC. Coming a close second is the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) with 2,041 votes, followed by the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) with 460, and the United Republican Party (URP) with just 39.

At the 2015 elections, the region was won by the PPP, which got 1837 votes, as opposed to the 1791 votes cast for the APNU/AFC. In the preliminary announcement, which was made earlier in the day by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition had 22,367 votes in several regions from a total of 39, 049. That figure was derived from votes from 187 polling stations across the country.

On Tuesday, the Guyana Chronicle reported that voting was conducted in a smooth manner in the region. Marco himself has told this newspaper that the process went smoothly. At the close of poll, he’d told the Guyana Chronicle: “So far, it has been smooth, even in District Number Two, which is Madhia, and District Number One, which is the Paramakatoi area. There were no major reports coming in to us, and we handled everything well.”

He’d subsequently added: “I will be expecting all my Statements of Poll tomorrow. Some of my Statements of Poll for like instance the Mahdia registration area, will be coming in tonight; latest by 11:00 hrs.” The RO had explained that from observations, persons went through the process very smoothly.