Last instance body dealing with electoral disputes

Constitution Of The Co-OperativeRepublic Of Guyana Act (1980-02-20) (As of 1998)

177.(1) Any list of candidates for an election held pursuant to the provisions ofarticle 60 (2) shall designate not more than one of those candidates as aPresidential candidate. An elector voting as such an election in favour of alist shall be deemed to be also voting in favour of the Presidential candidatenamed in the list.

(2)A Presidential candidate shall be deemed to have been elected as President andshall be so declared by the Chairman of the Elections Commission––

(a)if he is the only Presidential candidate at the election; or
(b) where there are two or more Presidential candidates, if more votes are casein favour of the list in which he is designated as Presidential candidate thanin favour of any other list.

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