# APNU+AFC Coalition Wins the 2015 General Election (11 May 2015)

URL: https://allhistories.com/guyana/timeline/2015-apnu-afc-coalition-wins-the-2015-general-election
Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Themes: ruler-change

Guyana held early general elections on 11 May 2015. The APNU+AFC alliance took about 50.3 percent of the vote and 33 of 65 National Assembly seats, narrowly ahead of the PPP/C with 32. David Granger, a retired brigadier and former Defence Force commander, was sworn in as president on 16 May 2015. The election followed Parliament's prorogation in late 2014, a period of deadlock over budgets and accountability, and the creation of a joint ticket between the main opposition parties. Turnout was about 71 percent. The result was accepted peacefully, and the AFC's Moses Nagamootoo became prime minister in a coalition government. It was the first change of governing party since the 1992 return to free elections. The new government inherited a fast-changing situation, with a major offshore oil find announced days later and a sharpened border dispute with Venezuela, and it governed until the contested vote of 2020.

## Why it matters
The narrow 2015 result ended the PPP/C's long run in office and set the political stage for the oil era.

Ruler at the Time: [Donald Ramotar](https://allhistories.com/guyana/rulers/donald-ramotar)

Prime Minister of Guyana (third term): Sam Hinds

## Sources
- [2015 Guyanese general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Guyanese_general_election)
- [David A. Granger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Granger)