2006 Guyanese general election

2006 Guyanese general election

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All 65 seats in the National Assembly 33 seats needed for a majority
Registered	492,369
Turnout	69.34%
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

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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.^[1] 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.