Donald Ramotar wins presidency - PPP/C secures 48.6 % in polls
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S Coward
By S Coward
Published on 02-Dec-11
Georgetown - Dec. 2, 2011 - Mr Donald Ramotar has been declared President elect of the Cooperative
Republic of Guyana after the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic
(PPP/C) secured 48.6 percent of the votes in the 2011 General and
Regional elections.
Georgetown - Dec. 2, 2011 - Mr Donald Ramotar has been declared President elect of the Cooperative
Republic of Guyana after the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic
(PPP/C) secured 48.6 percent of the votes in the 2011 General and
Regional elections. This is the fifth time the party has been winning
the elections since its return in 1992.
The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) the Alliance for Change (AFC) and The United Force (TUF), the other contestants at the polls won 40 percent, 10.3 percent and 0.2 percent respectively.
The final results were revealed yesterday by Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Gocool Boodoo at the Commission’s command centre. The announcement was made in the presence of Chairman of the Commission Dr. Steve Surujbally and other commissioners, international observers, political party members and members of the media.
The ruling party captured 166,340 votes and copped 32 seats in the National Assembly ahead of APNU and the AFC which captured 26 and seven seats respectively.
During the announcement televised and broadcast live, Boodoo unveiled the results of the Monday, November 28 polls, announcing the number of registered electors, total votes cast, those rejected and those validated.
This preceded the announcement of results by the 10 geographic regions in chronological order beginning with APNU followed by the AFC, PPP/C and TUF.
The elections had a voter turnout of 346,717 which represents 72.9 percent and of this number 342,236 were valid and 4,481 rejected.
The President elect will be sworn-in shortly according to the Chief Elections Officer. He succeeds incumbent President Bharrat Jagdeo, who served as Guyana’s executive President for 12 years after he was appointed by former first lady and first female President Janet Jagan O.E. in 1999.
In April 2011, the Central Executive Committee of the ruling party identified Ramotar as its Presidential Candidate. Ramotar was born on the 22nd October, 1950 to Sam Ramotar a Timber Grant operator and Olive Constantine. He received his primary education at Caria Caria Congregational School and the St. Andrew’s Primary School and later pursued studies at the Government Technical Institute (GTI).
He graduated from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Guyana and also pursued studies in what was then the Former Soviet Union. Having joined the PPP in 1967 he has been in the leadership of the party since 1979 when he was elected to the Central Committee. He became a member of the Executive Committee of the PPP in 1983 and assumed the position of Executive Secretary of the party one year after the PPP was restored to office in 1992.
He became the General Secretary in March 1997 when Dr. Cheddi Jagan passed away until now. He is married to Deolatchmee Ramotar and is the father of three children.
The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) the Alliance for Change (AFC) and The United Force (TUF), the other contestants at the polls won 40 percent, 10.3 percent and 0.2 percent respectively.
The final results were revealed yesterday by Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Gocool Boodoo at the Commission’s command centre. The announcement was made in the presence of Chairman of the Commission Dr. Steve Surujbally and other commissioners, international observers, political party members and members of the media.
The ruling party captured 166,340 votes and copped 32 seats in the National Assembly ahead of APNU and the AFC which captured 26 and seven seats respectively.
During the announcement televised and broadcast live, Boodoo unveiled the results of the Monday, November 28 polls, announcing the number of registered electors, total votes cast, those rejected and those validated.
This preceded the announcement of results by the 10 geographic regions in chronological order beginning with APNU followed by the AFC, PPP/C and TUF.
The elections had a voter turnout of 346,717 which represents 72.9 percent and of this number 342,236 were valid and 4,481 rejected.
The President elect will be sworn-in shortly according to the Chief Elections Officer. He succeeds incumbent President Bharrat Jagdeo, who served as Guyana’s executive President for 12 years after he was appointed by former first lady and first female President Janet Jagan O.E. in 1999.
In April 2011, the Central Executive Committee of the ruling party identified Ramotar as its Presidential Candidate. Ramotar was born on the 22nd October, 1950 to Sam Ramotar a Timber Grant operator and Olive Constantine. He received his primary education at Caria Caria Congregational School and the St. Andrew’s Primary School and later pursued studies at the Government Technical Institute (GTI).
He graduated from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Guyana and also pursued studies in what was then the Former Soviet Union. Having joined the PPP in 1967 he has been in the leadership of the party since 1979 when he was elected to the Central Committee. He became a member of the Executive Committee of the PPP in 1983 and assumed the position of Executive Secretary of the party one year after the PPP was restored to office in 1992.
He became the General Secretary in March 1997 when Dr. Cheddi Jagan passed away until now. He is married to Deolatchmee Ramotar and is the father of three children.