Democratic Labour Movement

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The Democratic Labour Movement (DLM) was a political party in Guyana.

History[edit]

The party was established in 1982,[1] In the 1985 general elections it received only 0.7% of the vote and failed to win a seat.[2] Following the elections, it joined the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy, an alliance of five parties calling for free and fair elections.[3] This was achieved in 1992, but the DLM saw its share of the vote fall to 0.5% and it remained without parliamentary representation. The party did not contest any further elections.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dennis Watson & Christine Craig (1992) Guyana at the Crossroads, Transaction Publishers, p43
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp366-368 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
  3. ^ Political Parties Library of Congress Country Studies
  4. ^ Nohlen, p365