General elections were held in

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on 19 March 2001.

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(2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p363 The result was a victory for the

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, which won 34 of the 65 seats. Voter turnout was 91.7%.

Electoral system

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/ref> the 65 members of the National Assembly were elected by

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in two groups; 25 members were elected from the 10 electoral districts based on the

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, and 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency. Seats were allocated using the

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.Co-operative Republic of Guyana: Legislative Elections of 28 August 2006
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/ref> was abolished, and thus the entire National Assembly was elected by direct popular vote for the first time since

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. The

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was elected by a

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system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself was won by the candidate of the list having a plurality.

Results

References

{{Guyanese elections

2001 in Guyana Elections in Guyana March 2001 in South America