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September 5, 2025

What Can Guyana’s Ruling Party Credit for its Victory?

Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, won re-election on Monday. Ali has presided over an expansion of oil production in the country. // File Photo: USAID via CC BY-NC 2.0.

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  • Incumbent President Irfaan Ali of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) won re-election to a second term in Guyana’s general election on Monday, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Guyana Elections Commission. Businessman Azruddin Mohamed’s WIN party will be the leading opposition party in Guyana’s National Assembly, jumping ahead of the APNU, which ran opposition leader Aubrey Norton as its presidential candidate. What ultimately decided the tight race for Ali and the PPP/C? What does Ali’s new five-year term mean for the future of the oil and gas industry in Guyana, as the ExxonMobil-led consortium operating offshore nears one million barrels per day in crude production? What’s the significance of Ali’s re-election in terms of Guyana’s key relationships with Venezuela and the United States?

A

Riyad Insanally, former ambassador of Guyana to the United States and fellow at the Caribbean Policy Consortium: ““President Ali and the PPP/C have been re-elected with a resounding mandate to continue with their ambitious development plans for the country. At the time of writing, the PPP/C was expected to command a seven-seat majority in parliament. In the end, the race wasn’t as tight as some were predicting. Critically, the main opposition parties, APNU and the AFC, handicapped themselves by failing to put together a viable coalition to form a united front in the elections. Surprisingly, political newcomer Azruddin Mohamed was able to use his personal wealth to win considerable support for his three-month-old WIN party…”

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