PPP/C leads APNU+AFC by 14,317 votes

By Thandeka Percival On In Guyana News |
A table showing General Elections votes tabulated at the end of June 6, 2020. The Guyana Elections Commission has so far tabulated 2,236 or 95.6% of the General Statements of Recounts generated from the process.
A table showing General Elections votes tabulated at the end of June 6, 2020. The Guyana Elections Commission has so far tabulated 2,236 or 95.6% of the General Statements of Recounts generated from the process.

With the votes from 95% of the 2,339 ballot boxes from the March 2nd elections tabulated, the ongoing  national recount show-ed the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) holding a lead of 14,317 votes over the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition at the end of yesterday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) tabulated 2,236 General Statements of Recount (SORs) and 2,229 Regional SORs up to the end of yesterday. Based on the general tabulation, the PPP/C had amassed 220,073, votes, compared with APNU+AFC’s 205,756 votes. After 93 more ballot boxes for Region Four were recounted, a mere 74 remain to conclude the counting process. With 12 stations counting, it is expected that all these boxes will be completed by 5 pm today, while the tabulation of the Statement of Recount (SORs) generated is likely to be completed on Monday.