GEOCOM declares Romotar President. Opposition wins one more seat than PPP

Donald Ramotar has been declared the next president of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana as the incumbent People's Progressive Party/Civic wins its fifth successive trip to the polls according to final results from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Chief Election Officer Gocool Boodoo made the revelation going through the seats won by parties region by region Thursday afternoon, three days after ballots were cast countrywide.

According to the figures revealed by the CEO, the PPP/C won 32 seats, the APNU 26, and the AFC 7 giving the incumbent a minority government with an oppositioned-controlled majority in the parliament, a first in Guyana. 

For the second election in a row, the PPP/C lost substantial support in terms of the numbers of voters who turned out.

PPP/C not controlling Parliament means that it will need one of the opposition groups to support its measures in Parliament.

It will also be vulnerable to a motion of no confidence which if successfully passed would unseat the government and fresh elections would have to be called.