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1968 Guyanese general election

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Election fraud
Results
References

{{Politics of Guyana}}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]

Election fraud

The electoral fraud of Forbes Burnham was the subject of two documentaries produced by Granada Television, The Trail of the Vanishing Voters which aired on 9 December 1968,^[3] and The Making of a Prime Minister which appeared in January 1969.^[4]^[5] The documentaries featured the main opposition figures, Cheddi Jagan and Peter D'Aguiar.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
People's National Congress	174,339	55.8	30	+8
People's Progressive Party	113,991	36.5	19	–5
United Force	23,162	7.4	4	–3
Guiana United Muslim Party	899	0.3	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	1,855	–	–	–
Total	314,246	100	53	0
Registered voters/turnout	369,088	85.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen

References

1. ^¹Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, p363 {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}
2. ^Nohlen, p355-359
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4edAtrKfaE|author=Granada Television|title=The Trail of the Vanishing Voters|date=9 December 1968}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaKCy-pWcXo|author=Granada Television|title=The Making of a Prime Minister|date=January 1969}}
5. ^{{cite book|last1=Rabe|first1=Stephen G.|authorlink=Stephen G. Rabe|title=U.S. Intervention in British Guiana: A Cold War Story|date=2005|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|location=Chapel Hill|isbn=0-8078-5639-8|page=[https://books.google.no/books?id=-f30eVom_bkC&pg=PA158 158]}}

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