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guyana**

H.E. Justice James Patterson,
Chairman, GECOM

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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name LEGISLATURE
GUYANA
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Unicameral
Co-operative Republic of Guyana
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government National Assembly
Presidential Republic 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
nominated
4. Head of the Government Through closed-list proportional representation
Prime Minister – Moses Nagamootoo
system, 65 members are elected in the National
5. Head of the State Assembly
President – David A. Granger
4. Popular House
6. Capital National Assembly
Georgetown
5. Type of Electoral System
7. Currency Proportional Representation
Guyanese dollar
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8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) ELECtorAL sYstEM
East Indian 39.8%, African descent 29.3%, mixed
19.9%, Amerindian 10.5%, other 0.5% (includes
Portuguese, Chinese, white) (2012 est.) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

9. Date of Independence and from which Country 1. Name of the EMB(S)
26 May 1966 (from the UK) Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)

10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 2. Website Address
6 October 1980 www.gecom.org.gy

11. Language (s) 3. Nature of EMB
English (official) Independent

12. Literacy Levels 4. No. of Members in EMB
92% 7

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