TO DATE, a total of 1,290 ballot boxes have been processed since the recount of votes cast at the General and Regional Elections commenced on May 6, 2020.

With 1,049 ballot boxes left to be processed, it is clear that the 25-day timeline, which will expire on Saturday, May 30, cannot be met. The Guyana Elections Commission, headed by Justice (Ret’d) Claudette Singh, will likely extend the timeline this week, as it continues to explore the possibility of increasing the number of workstations from 12 to 14. The National Recount is taking place at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC).

Tuesday, marked 21 days since the recount started, and, according to GECOM’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Yolanda Ward, votes within 84 ballot boxes were recounted.
Of the boxes processed on Day 21, 19 were from Region Three (Essequibo-Islands-West Demerara), 15 were from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), 21 from Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), 10 from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), 10 from Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) and nine (9) from Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) – a total of 84.

Additionally, 1,254 Statements of Recount (SORs) have been tabulated for the General Elections while 1,253 SORs have been tabulated for the Regional Elections. SORs are generated once ballot boxes have been successfully processed at the level of the workstations.

Notably, all of the ballots from Region One (Barima-Waini), Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) and Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) have been recounted.

Based on the votes recounted for Region One, the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) secured 3,909 votes in the General Elections while the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) raked in 170, PPP/C 8002, People’s Republic Party 24 and the United Republican Party, six – a total number of 12,111 valid votes cast. According to statistics coming out of GECOM’s Tabulation Centre at the ACCC, there were 328 rejected ballots and 41 spoilt ballots.

In the Regional Elections, the APNU+AFC raked in 3,843 votes while LJP secured 144, the PPP/C, 7, 996 and the URP 77 votes. There were a total of 12, 060 valid votes cast by a total of 12, 440 persons who had presented themselves on March 2 to vote in Region One.
Meanwhile in Region Two, the APNU+AFC secured 7,340 votes in the General Elections while the PPP/C raked in 18,785 votes. A New and United Guyana (ANUG) received 85 votes while Change Guyana (CG) 151, LJP 121, PRP 57, The Citizenship Initiative (TCI) 18 and URP 64. In total, there were 26,621 valid votes cast.

For the Regional Elections, the APNU+AFC received 7,290 votes while its primary contender – the PPP/C – secured 18, 755. The smaller parties, Change Guyana (CG) raked in 216 votes while LJP secured 135 and URP 95. There was a total of 26,491 valid voters in the Regional Elections for Region Two.