The ruling APNU+AFC coalition won 25 of the 30 seats that make up the Georgetown City Council in the local government elections contested on Friday, which saw less than 40% of registered voters casting their ballots countrywide.
Of these 25 seats, 11 were won through Proportional Representation and 14 were won by the coalition’s First-Past-The-Post candidates. In fact, the coalition won the First-Past-The-Post seat in every constituency it contested.
Speaking on behalf of the successful coalition, Sherod Duncan, who won the heavily contested Constituency 14 (South Ruimveldt Park/ Ruimveldt Industrial Site) First-Past-The-Post seat, said APNU+AFC believed that the people spoke.
“We would’ve liked them to speak a little louder,” he, however, said, referring to the low turnout.
