Georgetown: Of the 10 electoral districts officially declared, only region four is left as opposition PPP/C is leading the incumbent APNU+AFC by over 51,000.
On Monday, Guyanese cast ballots in both the General and Regional Elections. Electoral law prescribes that only Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield can declare the General Elections while at the level of the Regions each Returning Officer is required to make a public declaration of the results of those elections.
Traditionally voting at the Regional Election mirrors that of the General Elections. If this pattern holds true then the incumbent is depending heavily on the still to be declared Region 4- Demerara/Mahaica to close a gap of more than 50,000 votes.
In 2015, the Official List of Electors (OLE) held 570,786 voters. Now, the OLE stands at 661,378. That’s a startling net increase of 90,592 voters.
For nine regions, leaving out Region Four, the PPP/C leads by 51,439 votes. In the regional vote, PPP/C won Region One with a margin of victory of 4,157. In 2015, that margin was 3,565.
PPP/C won Region Two with a margin of victory of 11,459 votes. In 2015, that margin was 8,809.
PPP/C won Region Three with a margin of victory of 24,066 votes. In 2015, that margin was 19,641.
PPP/C won Region Five with a margin of victory of 3,788 votes. In 2015, that margin was 3,270.
PPP/C won Region Six with a margin of victory of 22,870 votes. In 2015, that margin was 17,570.
PPP/C won Region Nine with a margin of victory of 2,239 votes. In 2015, that margin was 2,211.
The PPP/C expanded its margins of victory in all of those regions.
As for APNU+AFC, it won three out of the nine regions. APNU+AFC won Region Seven with a margin of victory of 1,144 votes. In 2015, that margin was 1,560.
APNU+AFC won Region Eight by a margin of victory of 45 votes. In 2015, the margin of victory was one vote.
APNU+AFC won Region Ten by a margin of victory of 15,951 votes. In 2015, that margin was 13,908.
To sum up the nine regions, the PPP/C took an almost decisive margin of victory of 51,439 votes. In 2015, that margin stood at 39,644.
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