Guyana Action Party

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The Guyana Action Party (GAP) is a left-wing^[1] political party in Guyana representing the Amerindian population.^[2]

History

The GAP was established in January 1989 as Guyanese Action for Reform and Democracy (GUARD).^[3] It contested national elections for the first time in 2001, when it formed an alliance with the Working People's Alliance; the alliance received 2.4% of the popular vote, winning 2 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.

The party allied with Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana for the 2006 elections, with the combined list winning a single seat. In 2011 the party joined the A Partnership for National Unity alliance in the build-up to the elections that year.

References

↑ Leftist parties of Guyana
↑ http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/guyana-elections/3483092
↑ Tom Lansford (2014) Political Handbook of the World 2014, CQ Press, p585

Political parties in Guyana

Parliamentary parties	Alliance for Change–A Partnership for National Unity GAP JFAP NDF NFA PNC WPA People's Progressive Party

Extraparliamentary parties	National Independent Party The United Force United Republican Party

Defunct parties	British Guiana Labour Party Democratic Labour Movement God Bless Guyana Good and Green Guyana Guiana United Muslim Party Guyana Democratic Party Guyana Labour Party Justice Party Liberator Party Manpower Citizens' Association National Democratic Party National Labour Front National Republican Party Peace, Equality and Prosperity Party People's Democratic Movement Political Affairs Committee Popular Party Progressive Association Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana United Democratic Party Union of Guyanese International United Workers Party Working People's Vanguard Party

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