A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) clinched nine seats each on the Industry/Plaisance Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) at Monday’s elections and a decision looms on how the chairmanship will be decided.
The council had been won by APNU in 2018.
At a press conference on Tuesday, PPP/C General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo said if they follow the precedent set by former Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan on tiebreakers, his party will win the chairmanship of the council.
Bulkan had employed a method where the party with the higher proportional representation vote won the chairmanship.
Official results from GECOM have shown that the PPP/C secured 26 more votes than APNU in the proportional representation aspect of the elections. The PPP/C secured 1,775 votes while the opposition APNU obtained 1,746 votes. This has resulted in the PPP/C capturing five of the nine proportional representation seats. However, in the First-Past-the-Post segment, APNU candidates were successful in five of the nine constituencies.
Compared to 2018, the PPP/C managed to increase their votes by 182 while APNU attracted 40 more votes.
