Template:Did you know nominations/Elections in Guyana


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:19, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

Elections in Guyana

 * ... that in elections in Guyana, the nominee of the party that receives the most votes becomes President, even if the opposition win more seats (as happened in 2011)?


 * Reviewed: Richard M. Eakin
 * Comment: Note that the hook is a combination of two facts; the one in the intro about the nominee of the party receiving the largest share of the votes becoming president, and the one in the electoral history section about the 2011 elections. Both are cited.

5x expanded by Number 57 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:01, 1 July 2015 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Thank you sir for all your fine work on election articles for countries all over the world. This nomination pretty much checks out, but there are some passages and sentences missing citations. Otherwise, good to go. --Al Ameer (talk) 03:54, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Could you tell me which passages you think need citing? In a few hours I will go on holiday for a month, so may not be able to respond quickly... Number   5  7  11:39, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Two further fraudulent elections were held in 1980 and 1985, with the PNC winning an increasing number of seats on each occasion.


 * The result was a victory for the PPP, with Jagan returning to power after a 28-year hiatus. The PPP went on to win the next elections in 1997. In 2001 the electoral system was modified; the single 53-member nationwide constituency was replaced by a 40-member nationwide constituency and 10 multi-member constituencies based on the country's regions, which together elected a further 25 members. Elections later that year saw another PPP victory, which the party repeated in 2006


 * Prior to the 2015 elections all parliamentary opposition parties (the Alliance for Change and the four-member APNU, which included the PNC) formed a single electoral list. The elections saw the joint list win 33 seats, allowing PNC leader David A. Granger to become President.

--Al Ameer (talk) 18:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortuntely I am unlikely to be able to get the first two in the next 4 weeks as they are in a book at home. If I get a chance to go online on a computer anytime soon (am doimg this from my phone) I will get the third amd look for an alternative to the first two. Hopefully this won't get archived in the meantime. Cheers, Number   5  7  12:25, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg I trust that you will add those citations when you can. In any case, the hook fact and 90% of the article is supported by inline citations to RS so I see no good reason why this nomination should not pass. Cheers, --Al Ameer (talk) 16:39, 28 July 2015 (UTC)