The Guyana Elections Fee (GECOM) has formally authorised six political events to contest the upcoming Basic and Regional Elections, scheduled later this 12 months.
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The choice got here following a particular assembly of the Fee on Friday, July 18, 2025, throughout which GECOM reviewed and validated lists submitted by events in accordance with statutory timelines after Nomination Day on July 14.
The authorised events are:
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A Partnership for Nationwide Unity (APNU)
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Alliance for Change (AFC)
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Meeting of Liberty and Prosperity (ALP)
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Ahead Guyana Motion (FGM)
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Individuals’s Progressive Occasion/Civic (PPP/C)
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We Put money into Nationhood (WIN)
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All six will contest the Basic Elections. Nonetheless, solely 4 — APNU, AFC, PPP/C, and WIN — have submitted full lists to compete in all ten electoral districts for the Regional Elections.
The remaining two, ALP and FGM, will take part in choose districts. ALP will probably be contesting in districts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 10, whereas FGM will compete in districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10.
Initially, seven events submitted candidate lists on Nomination Day. GECOM reported that some lists contained defects, which had been communicated by the Chief Election Officer (CEO) by July 15. Events got till July 17 to appropriate and resubmit the paperwork. All corrections had been acquired throughout the required timeframe, enabling the Fee to approve the ultimate six events.
Representatives and Deputy Representatives of the lists now have till July 21 to inform the CEO in writing in the event that they intend to hitch lists — a course of allowed underneath Guyana’s electoral legal guidelines. The CEO is anticipated to formally gazette and publish the ultimate authorised lists on July 23.
This marks a key milestone within the lead-up to Guyana’s extremely anticipated elections, which come amid shifting political dynamics and rising competitors from rising events.
