1968 Guyanese general election

1968 Guyanese general election

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53 seats in the National Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority
Registered	369,088
Turnout	85.14%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Forbes Burnham Cheddi Jagan Peter D'Aguiar Party PNC PPP TUF Leader since 13 February 1955 1 January 1950 5 October 1960 Seats won 30 19 4 Seat change 8 5 3 Popular vote 174,339 113,991 23,162 Percentage 55.81% 36.49% 7.41% Swing 9.97pp 4.03pp 5.00pp
Prime Minister before election Forbes Burnham PNC Elected Prime Minister Forbes Burnham PNC

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General elections were held in Guyana on 16 December 1968.^[1] The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 30 of the 53 seats, although the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections.^[2] Voter turnout was 85.1%.^[1]