The ruling APNU+AFC coalition has won 15 of the 16 seats on the new Linden Town Council, according to results from last Friday’s polls in the mining town.
The coalition won all eight of the First-Past-the-Post seats and seven of the proportional representation seats at the polls, which candidates said saw low turnout like in other parts of the country. The remaining proportional representation seat went to voluntary group Linden 2025.
Voters in Linden had the option of the voting for the governing APNU+AFC coalition, the PPP/C or one of two newly-formed voluntary groups, Linden 2025 and Linden Ambassadors for Progress.
Speaking with Stabroek News last evening, leader of Linden 2025 Samuel Wright said that while his group was disappointed, it believed
