1980 Guyanese general election
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53 seats in the National Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 493,550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 406,265 (82.31%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1980.[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 41 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections.[2] Voter turnout was 82.3%.[1]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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People's National Congress | 312,988 | 77.7 | 41 | +4 |
People's Progressive Party | 78,414 | 19.5 | 10 | –4 |
United Force | 11,612 | 2.9 | 2 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 3,251 | – | – | – |
Total | 406,265 | 100 | 53 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 493,550 | 82.3 | – | – |
Source: Nohlen |