WIN, APNU, and AFC entered the 2025 election with one objective: weaken or remove the PPP/C from government. The hope was that WIN would fracture the PPP/C’s support base, since APNU and AFC were still tarnished by the 2020 fiasco and their troubled record in office (2015–2020).
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• APNU and AFC activists openly collaborated with WIN in nearly every district.
• APNU operatives provided advice and logistical support, with some members even defecting to WIN.
• In a late gamble, the AFC leader called for “vote splitting” in the hope of forcing a minority government.
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The carefully crafted plan turned into a political gift for the PPP/C:
• PPP/C’s base remained strong and resilient.
• WIN primarily cannibalized the APNU and AFC vote, with only minimal impact on the PPP/C.
• APNU collapsed, reduced to fewer than 15 seats—most shifting to WIN.
• The AFC was wiped off the parliamentary map.
• For the first time in history, the PPP/C won Region 4, surging from 80,000 votes in 2020 to 87,000 in 2025 (a 9% increase).
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The very strategy meant to unseat the PPP/C by its opponents instead paved its path to an overwhelming (landslide) victory for the PPP/C. Vote-splitting, internal defections, and poor foresight doomed the opposition alliance.
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Now, WIN and APNU are crying foul and demanding recounts. Yet, their claims lack credibility—the outcome does not amount to any form of irregularity but the predictable consequence of their own miscalculation. The PPP/C read the playbook, warned their opponents, and let the strategy implode on itself.
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What was intended as a masterstroke against the PPP/C became a self-inflicted wound for APNU and AFC. WIN’s rise came at their expense, not PPP/C’s. The ruling party proved once again that in Guyanese politics, foresight, experience, political wisdom and discipline led to its landslide victory at the polls.