be allowed to the Guyanese public; overseas voting was used to manipulate the 1968 Guyanese general election. Following Hoyte's electoral reforms, the 1992 Guyanese general elections were the first free and fair elections since 1964. In the lead-up to the 1992 General Election, Hoyte believed that his party could win a free and fair election. On election day, it became clear that his electoral victory was unlikely, and PNC party supporters took to the streets to attack the headquarters of the electoral commission to try to halt the vote count. Hoyte announced that he would resign if this action continued, thus ending the demonstration. The October 1992 election was won by the People's Progressive Party, led by Cheddi Jagan; Hoyte conceded defeat. Post-Presidency Hoyte remained leader of the PNC until his death, and also Minority Leader and Leader of the Opposition. In 1994, the PNC split, with a new party being founded by Hamilton Green after he was expelled from the PNC for a public disagreement with Hoyte over electoral reforms and party discipline. According to Green, the disagreement rose from a party meeting at East Ruimveldt Secondary School, where Green opposed Hoyte's electoral policy on opposing overseas voting. Hoyte then appointed a panel to review the event, which resulted in Green's expulsion. Green's party, Good and Green Georgetown, won the Georgetown municipal elections, beating both the PNC and PPP. Hoyte was the PNC candidate in the presidential elections of 1996 and 2001. He received second place both times (40.6% in 1996 and 41.7% in 2001). In opposition, Hoyte obstructed several initiatives proposed by the ruling party, including constitutional changes and the establishment of a commission on race relations. He also conducted a campaign to overturn the results of the 1997 elections. He regularly protested the exclusion of Afro-Guyanese from government posts. After the 2001 elections, Hoyte's PNC refused to take seats in parliament. Bharrat Jagdeo, the elected President, held reconciliation talks with Hoyte in 2001, but they were unsuccessful. He died of heart failure in Georgetown, Guyana on 22 December 2002, aged 73. His tomb is at the Botanical Gardens. Personal Life Hoyte married Joyce Noreen De Freitas in 1965.Hoyte's wife, Joyce, died on 14 February 2011 aged 77. Hoyte had a sister, called Patricia. Hoyte and his family had a residence on North Road, Bourda, Georgetown, which was converted into a museum and library in his honour in