2011 Guyanese general election

General elections were held in Guyana on 28 November 2011. The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party/Civic, which won 32 of the 65 seats. Thus even though the combined parliamentary opposition, consisting of the A Partnership for National Unity coalition (APNU) and the Alliance for Change (AFC), managed to secure an absolute majority of 33 seats, as they had not run as a single list it was Donald Ramotar of the PPP/C (the largest single party) who assumed the presidency, and not David A. Granger of the PNCR (which heads the opposition).

2011 Guyanese general election
28 November 2011
All 65 seats in the National Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Donald Ramotar David A. Granger Khemraj Ramjattan
Party PPP/C APNU AFC
Last election 54.67%, 36 seats 34.07%, 22 seats
(PNCR only)		 8.43%, 5 seats
Seats won 32 26 7
Seat change 4 3 2
Popular vote 166,340 139,678 35,333
Percentage 48.60% 40.81% 10.32%
Swing 6.07pp 6.74pp 1.89pp
President before election

Bharrat Jagdeo
PPP/C

 Elected President

Donald Ramotar
PPP/C

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