General elections were held in Guyana on 17 July 1973. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 37 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 81.0%.
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| - 1973 Guyanese general election (en)
- Elecciones generales de Guyana de 1973 (es)
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| - General elections were held in Guyana on 17 July 1973. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 37 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 81.0%. (en)
- Las elecciones generales de Guyana de 1973 tuvieron lugar el 17 de julio del mencionado año con el objetivo de renovar los 53 escaños de la Asamblea Nacional, parlamento unicameral del país. Fueron los sextos comicios guyaneses bajo sufragio universal, los segundos desde la independencia en 1966, y los primeros desde la conversión del país en una república parlamentaria en 1970. Fueron además los últimos comicios bajo la constitución de 1966, pues la carta magna sería reformada en 1980, antes de las siguientes elecciones. Aunque nominalmente democráticas, las elecciones se realizaron durante el régimen autoritario de Forbes Burnham, primer ministro del partido Congreso Nacional del Pueblo (PNC), que se había impuesto en las anteriores elecciones gracias al fraude electoral. En virtud de (es)
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