2006 Guyanese general election

2006 Guyanese general election
28 August 2006
All 65 seats in the National Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered492,369
Turnout69.34%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Bharrat Jagdeo Robert Corbin Raphael Trotman
Party PPP/C PNCR-1G AFC
Seats won 36 22 5
Seat change 2 5 5
Popular vote 183,887 114,608 28,366
Percentage 54.67% 34.07% 8.43%
Swing 1.71pp 7.76pp New
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Candidate Chandra N. Sharma Manzoor Nadir
Party GAP–ROAR TUF
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 2
Popular vote 4,249 2,694
Percentage 1.26% 0.80%
Swing 2.05pp 0.07pp
Results by district
President before election

Bharrat Jagdeo
PPP/C

 Elected President

Bharrat Jagdeo
PPP/C

General elections were held in Guyana on 28 August 2006. They were initially scheduled for 4 August, but were moved to 28 August after President Jagdeo dissolved the National Assembly on 2 May. The result was a victory for the ruling People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), which won 36 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.

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