Slim win for APNU+AFC -preliminary results

Exuberant APNU+AFC fans at Albert and Oronoque Sts yesterday.

Preliminary results show that the APNU+AFC alliance has won the May 11th elections by a margin of just over 5,000 votes but President Donald Ramotar yesterday refused to concede that his PPP/C had lost, while saying the process was rigged and demanding a manual recount of all ballots.

According to the results released by the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) just after noon yesterday, the opposition coalition won the elections with 206,817 votes to the PPP/C’s 201,457 votes, reflecting a difference of 5,360.

The announcement triggered widespread celebration by the coalition supporters and some staged an impromptu parade through