The Bartica Independent Green Alliance (BIGA) was completely wiped out by the governing APNU+AFC coalition at yesterday’s local government elections.
This is according to results from six of the nine constituencies that were available up to press time. The results showed BIGA’s first-past-the-post candidates gaining 265 of the votes cast, compared to 1,465 votes gained by APNU+AFC.
BIGA, which is made up of candidates who have had ties to both APNU+AFC and the PPP/C—the two main political groupings in the country