A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is a
left-wing political alliance in
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
.
History
The APNU was formed in July 2011 in order to contest the
2011 general elections,
[Commonwealth Secretariat (2012)l. ''Guyana National and Regional Elections: 28 November 2011''. Commonwealth Observer Group, ] consisting of the
Guyana Action Party
The Guyana Action Party (GAP) is a left-wing political party in Guyana representing the indigenous Amerindian population.
History
The GAP was established in January 1989 as Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD).Tom Lansford (2014) ...
, the Guyana Association of Local Authorities, the Guyana National Congress, the Guyana People's Partnership, the Guyana Youth Congress, the
Justice for All Party, the
National Democratic Front, the
National Front Alliance, the
People's National Congress (PNC) and the
Working People's Alliance.
The alliance won 26 of the 65 seats in the
National Assembly in the elections.
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Jamaica Observer
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, 22 January 2012 With the
Alliance for Change winning seven seats, the combined opposition parties held a majority of seats in the National Assemb