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Ali Declares Re-Election Before Final Results in Guyana's Oil-Fueled Vote

International observers reported a peaceful process, with warnings that state resources advantaged the ruling party.

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Some 750,000 Guyanese were eligible to vote
Ninety-five percent of the territory of Guyana, an English-speaking country of some 850,000 people, is covered by tropical rainforest, making elections logistically challenging

Overview

  • Official final results have not been released, and some parties have requested recounts in select districts.
  • Preliminary tallies indicate the PPP leads with about 242,000 votes and majorities in eight of ten districts, with the new WIN party second and APNU trailing.
  • Carter Center and EU missions cited an uneven playing field tied to the use of public resources and frequent project inaugurations linked to campaign activity.
  • Tensions with Venezuela escalated on election day after Guyana said Venezuelan troops fired on a boat carrying election materials in the disputed Essequibo region, a claim Caracas rejected.
  • Despite soaring oil revenues that quadrupled the state budget to roughly $6.7 billion since 2019, an IDB report found 58% of Guyanese living in poverty.