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The Guyana Elections Commission today declared APNU+AFC the winner of the 2015 general elections and it will have 33 seats in Parliament while the PPP/C will have 32.

The Guyana Elections Commission has confirmed that it will declare final results of the close 2015 general elections at midday at its Kingston headquarters followed by the swearing in of President-elect David Granger at Parliament Building.

(Barbados Nation) Statistics derived from the Continuous Household Labour Force Survey indicated that the rate of unemployment for 2014 stood at 12.3 per cent.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) tonight refuted reports in the media that Head of State, President Donald Ramotar is preparing to concede electoral defeat to opposition leader David Granger.

In a second and direct statement, the Private Sector Commission this afternoon called on the PPP/C to accept the results of Monday’s general elections and to pave the way for the transition to a new government.

At about 2100h. last night, police say that four men armed with cutlasses and a handgun entered a home at Belvedere, Corentyne, through an open door, and held up Ramesh Puran, 49 years, his wife and two other relatives, and demanded cash and jewellery.

The Guyana Bar Association, the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers, the Justice Institute of Guyana and Transparency Institute (Guyana) Inc this afternoon called on President Donald Ramotar and the ruling PPP/C to accept the results of Monday’s general elections and to concede electoral victory to APNU+AFC.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is becoming deeply concerned by the apparent refusal of the one of the main political parties to accept the results of the 2015 elections.

Members of the APNU+AFC coalition this morning met with GECOM insisting that the commission make the official declaration of the elections result, however the commission is maintaining that it has until noon tomorrow to make the public declaration.

Swami Aksharananda today urged the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to urgently declare the final election results and to swear in President-elect David Granger.

The European Union (EU) today commended the elections commission over the general elections and said that any grievance over the result must be addressed through legal channels.

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A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change Coalition (APNU+AFC) today called on all Guyanese to remain “calm and respectful” even as the group says it awaits the official declaration of results of the 2015 elections and the swearing in of David Granger as the next President of Guyana.

President Donald Ramotar has refused to concede that the PPP/C has lost the 2015 general elections and while saying that the party has won, has called for a total recount of all the votes.

The Private Sector Commission has welcomed the release of the results of the General and Regional Elections of 2015 by GECOM.

Amid continuing PPP/C efforts to challenge the results of the 2015 general elections, Swami Aksharananda today issued a statement calling on the ruling party to accept the result that it had lost the election and to move on.

With all results in, the APNU+AFC alliance has won the most votes for the 2015 General Elections.

UK High Commissioner, Greg Quinn says there is no evidence to support new allegations made today by the PPP/C of irregularities in Monday’s elections.

Amid a series of new claims by the ruling PPP/C of irregularities in Monday’s general elections, the US Embassy has taken the extraordinary step of issuing a statement affirming its view that the voting was free and fair.

Amid great anticipation over the results of the 2015 general elections, the Guyana Elections Commission has set a press conference for midday.