[3] Although election day and the initial count was deemed to be free, fair and credible, the process of tabulating the votes was widely seen to have been fraudulent.

The final region to declare gave a significant boost to the ruling APNU+AFC alliance, allowing it to overtake the main opposition party, the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C).

[6] Attempts to swear David A. Granger back in as president were thwarted when an injunction was granted on 6 March by the High Court to block the declaration of the overall results of the elections until the matter could be heard and determined.

Thereafter, several more legal challenges were launched in an attempt to nullify the results of the recount and even to prevent tens of thousands of cast ballots from being registered as valid.

[8] He also argued that Charrandas Persaud, whose vote decided the motion in the opposition's favour, was ineligible to be an MP as he holds dual Guyanese-Canadian citizenship, which is not permitted under the constitution.

On 31 January 2019, Acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire ruled that although Persaud was ineligible to sit in Parliament, the motion was nonetheless validly passed according to Article 165 of the Constitution, and the government of President Granger should have resigned in its aftermath to allow for early elections.

On 18 June, the CCJ ruled that the no confidence vote had been validly passed by a majority of MPs, constitutionally necessitating fresh elections.

Its ruling also stated that although Persaud may have been ineligible to be an MP due to his dual citizenship, his vote could not be nullified as the irregularity had not been taken up with the proper bodies within the designated timeframe following the 2015 elections.

On 16 June, the AFC chose Khemraj Ramjattan as its candidate for Prime Minister should the APNU+AFC coalition be returned to power with Granger as president.

[20] An agreement was made by Liberty and Justice Party, The New Movement and A New and United Guyana to combine their lists for the national allocation of seats.

[28] The British High Commissioner Greg Quinn and the former Barbadian Prime Minister Owen Arthur opposed these threats as inappropriate and possibly illegal.

[28] On the morning of 5 March, police sought to clear the building, saying there was a bomb threat, but many representatives of the political parties and international observers refused to leave.

[29] In the evening of 5 March, Mingo appeared at the top of a staircase, surrounded by police,[30] and read out purported results for the final electoral district.

[35] A joint statement from the American, British and Canadian governments and the European Union questioned the credibility of the Region 4 results.

According to the BBC, "Judge Roxane George also ruled the electoral body should not declare a winner before the recount is finished.

In the words of the European Union Observer Mission, this was "in blatant defiance of the Chief Justice's explicit call for transparency and the use of SOPs".

[22] Sustained objections from the political parties forced an adjournment[22] while the Secretary-General of the 54-nation Commonwealth added to calls to adhere to the Chief Justice's rulings, stating that to do otherwise would be "a serious violation of the fundamental political values of the Commonwealth"[43] When the process resumed on 13 March, Mingo read from a set of purported SOPs that were not visible to anybody else present.

Following the development at the tabulation centre, on 14 March Mottley announced that, according to Stabroek News, "an independent high-level Caribbean Community team is [set] to supervise a full recount of the ballots cast in all ten regions at Guyana's elections based on an agreement by President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo.

[57][58] According to Guyana's constitution, Irfaan Ali was deemed president-elect, and his swearing in should follow the formal declaration of the winner by GECOM.

The APNU+AFC alliance refused to sign the recount certification,[58] claiming fraud,[61] based on a report written by Keith Lowenfield, CEO of GECOM.

[66] When asked for his views on what would happen if the Granger government refused to accept the results, Arthur said "I find it almost impossible for them [APNU+AFC] to feel that that can be done.

Ralph Gonsalves, Prime minister of Saint Vincent and Grenadines and OAS also called for the Guyanese President to accept the outcome of the recount.

[72] The US visa restrictions were viewed as "Trump administration's interference into Guyanese elections" by Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke.

[77][78] It was expected to last at least six weeks, but after just three hearings, on 7 August the presiding Magistrate, Leron Daly, went on medical leave and the case was adjourned to 17 September, 2024.