1985 Guyanese general election

9 December 1985
53 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly 27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	73.83%
First party Second party Third party   130x130px 130x130px Leader Desmond Hoyte Cheddi Jagan Marcellus Fielden Singh Party People's National Congress (Guyana) People's Progressive Party The United Force Leader since 6 August 1985 1 January 1950 January 1969 Seats won 42 8 2 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 228,718 45,926 9,820 Percentage 78.54% 15.77% 3.37% Swing 0.88pp 3.69pp 0.49pp
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President before election Desmond Hoyte PNC Elected President Desmond Hoyte PNC

General elections were held in Guyana on 9 December 1985. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 42 of the 53 directly-elected seats. However, the elections were marred by fraud and the People's Progressive Party and Working People's Alliance withdrew on election day. Voter turnout was 73.8%.

Electoral system

The National Assembly had 65 members; 53 elected by proportional representation in a nationwide constituency, 10 appointed by the Regional Councils elected on the same date as the national members, and 2 appointed by the National Congress of Local Democratic Organs, an umbrella body representing the regional councils.

The President was elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominated a presidential candidate and the candidate heading the list that received the most votes was elected president.