Caption: UNC members voting at the Charlieville Presbyterian School on Saturday.
By Sue-Ann Wayow
LANDSLIDE victory for the STAR team of the United National Congress (UNC) in the party’s internal election but the United Patriots (UP) garnered more support compared to losing slates in previous elections.
UNC members turned out in their thousands to support their candidates with the end results being all members of the STAR team outnumbering the UP slate in each of the 17 positions being contested.
The official preliminary results were released at 8.05 am on Sunday by Chairman of the Elections Management Commitee Darrell Allahar.
Dr Roodal Moonilal received the most number of votes to retain his post as deputy political leader with 13, 256 votes. He was followed closely by fellow STAR team member Jearlean John with 13,083 and David Lee with 12, 734.
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From the UP slate, UP’s leader Rushton Paray received 4,043 votes, Anita Haynes received 3,780 and Dr Rai Ragbir got 3,279.
Robert Amar, the lone candidate for deputy political leader without a slate, received 426 votes. He also received the least number of votes throughout all the positions.
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Also from the UP slate, three other persons received over 4,000 votes.
They include: Germaine Abdullah who contested the post of Deputy Chairman, Kiel Taklalsingh who contested the post of policy and strategy officer and Deochand Ramjitsingh – International Relations Officer.
All other votes for UP candidates were over 3,000.
In 2020, votes for deputy political leaders on the losing slate barely reached 2,000.
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Paray, speaking to AZP News on Saturday night said the fact that so many people turned out for an internal election, that to him was a victory.
It meant that UNC members are becoming again interested in party affairs and there was a rejuvenation and energising of the party.
Paray is expected to address the media on Sunday along with his team members to further discuss the election and its outcome.
See preliminary results below:
