 The politics of "apan jhaat", Hindi for "vote for your own kind", were becoming entrenched in Guyana.The PPP won 46 percent of the vote and twenty-four seats, which made it the largest single party but short of an overall majority.However, the PNC, which won 40 percent of the vote and twenty-two seats, and the UF, which won 11 percent of the vote and seven seats, formed a coalition.