Irfan Ali re-elected as Guyana’s president
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic,
under which Irfaan Ali ran, received more than 242,000 votes, securing a convincing majority
Indo-Guyanese (Guyanese of Indian descent) form the largest ethnic group in the Country , representing about two-fifths of the population. Their ancestors arrived mostly as indentured labour from India to replace Africans in plantation work.
Today Indo-Guyanese remain the mainstay of plantation agriculture, and many are independent farmers and landowners; they also have done well in trade and are well represented among the professions.
The Country has held a General Election and Regional elections along with the election of a new President .The presidential term in Guyana is five years. The same person can be re-elected for one more term .
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic, candidate Irfaan Ali the sitting President , received more than 242,000 votes, securing a convincing majority. The PPP/C will have 36 seats in the National Assembly (parliament). The relatively new We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party came in second, securing 16 seats in parliament.
The Guyana Elections Commission on Sunday approved the results of the general election held in the country on September 1 and announced that the incumbent president, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, had been re-elected for a second term, the Guayana
Chronicle newspaper reported.
The commission confirmed the results of the 2025 general and regional elections by the chief electoral officer, declared Irfaan Ali elected president for a second term, securing a convincing victory for the ruling center-left People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), the newspaper said.
According to it, the Guyana Elections Commission had initially planned to announce the election results on Friday. However, the commission members appointed by the opposition did not attend the meeting, so it was canceled. On Sunday, however, the commission met in full.
The Elections Commission noted that the electoral process was smooth and organized, with citizens from all ten districts of the country participating, the newspaper emphasized.
