Guyanese general election, 1973
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General elections were held in Guyana
on 17 July 1973. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress
, which won 37 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 81.0%.
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
on 17 July 1973. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress
People's National Congress
The People's National Congress is a socialist political party in Guyana led by Robert Corbin. The party currently holds 22 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:...
, which won 37 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 81.0%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| People's National Congress People's National Congress The People's National Congress is a socialist political party in Guyana led by Robert Corbin. The party currently holds 22 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:... |
243,803 | 70.1 | 37 | |
| People's Progressive Party People's Progressive Party (Guyana) The People's Progressive Party is a political party in Guyana led by Bharrat Jagdeo. The party has been in power since the 1992 elections and currently holds 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.-History:... |
92,374 | 26.6 | 14 | |
| Liberator Party Liberator Party The Liberator Party was a political party in Guyana. It contested the 1973 general election in an alliance with the United Force, receiving 2.8% of the vote and won two seats. However, the Liberator Party decided to boycott the National Assembly in protest at fraud in the elections and both seats... -United Force The United Force The United Force is a conservative political party in Guyana. It currently has one seat in the National Assembly and is led by Manzoor Nadir.-History:... |
9,580 | 2.8 | 2 | |
| People's Democratic Movement People's Democratic Movement (Guyana) The People's Democratic Movement was a political party in Guyana. It first contested national elections in 1973, when it received only 0.6% of the vote and failed to win a seat. It did not contest the 1980 elections, but returned in 1985 when it received just 232 votes and again failed to win a seat... |
2,053 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,780 | – | – | – |
| Total | 349,590 | 100 | 53 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen | ||||