2025 Guyanese general election

General elections will be held in Guyana on 1 September 2025.^[1] The incumbent President is Irfaan Ali, who is seeking a second and final term. The 12th Parliament of Guyana was dissolved by President Ali on 3 July 2025.

The People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) returned to government following the 2020 general election where they defeated the governing APNU+AFC coalition, with its presidential candidate Irfaan Ali, being sworn in as the 10th President of Guyana, although, results were not finalised for four months due to attempts to rig the election in favour of the governing alliance.^[2] The PPP/C won 33 seats and 50.69% of the vote, giving it a majority of one in the National Assembly. The APNU+AFC received 31 seats and 47.34% of the vote, a loss of two seats. The remaining seat was awarded to the LJP—ANUG—TNM alliance which received a combined total of 1.13% of the vote.

The 65 members of the National Assembly are elected using closed list proportional representation from a single nationwide 40-seat constituency and 10 sub-national constituencies with a total of 25 seats. Seats are allocated using the Hare quota.^[3]

The President is elected by a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system, whereby each list nominates a presidential candidate and the presidential election itself is won by the candidate of the list having a plurality.^[4]

The PPP/C opted to re-nominate the ticket of Irfaan Ali and Mark Phillips, with the party's General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo citing the accomplishments of the administration during the term.^[5] On 18 June 2025, the largest opposition party in the previous parliament, APNU, announced PNCR leader Aubrey Norton would be their presidential candidate, with Member of Parliament Juretha Fernandes as his running mate.^[6]

Multiple alliances were formed ahead of the election as part of an effort by opposition parties to unite in order to increase their chances of defeating the governing PPP/C.

On 30 May 2025, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Working People's Alliance (WPA), previously a member of the APNU, signed a coalition agreement.^[7]

On 29 June 2025, We Invest In Nationhood (WIN), led by businessman Azruddin Mohamed announced a joinder agreement with A New and United Guyana. Under the agreement, ANUG would effectively merge with WIN, adopting its logo, presidential candidate and joining the list, while still retaining its right to exist as an individual party.^[8]

A coalition agreement was adopted on 1 July 2025 by Forward Guyana, The People's Movement and the Vigilant Political Action Committee where the parties agreed to contest the election as one entity, opting to label the joinder the "Forward Guyana Movement".^[9]