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Guinea elects on the national level ahead of state—thepresident—and alegislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people through atwo-round system (i.e. if no candidate secures a majority of the votes, there is a runoff between the top two vote-getters).[1] TheNational Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 114 members, elected for five-year terms, 38 members in single-seatconstituencies and 76 members byproportional representation.[1][2]
Voters must be at least 18 years old and Guinean citizens in full possession of civil and political rights.[2] Candidates must be at 18, either Guinean by citizenship or naturalized and resident in the country for at least 10 years.[2] There are also various disqualifications.[2]
When Guinea gained its independence from France in 1958,Ahmed Sékou Touré became its first president, as hisParti démocratique de Guinée (DPG, Democratic Party of Guinea) had won 56 of 60 seats in the1957 Territorial Assembly election.[3] By 1960, he had declared the DPG the only legal party, so, for the next 24 years, all the voters could do was elect the DPG candidates to the National Assembly, while Touré ran unopposed for the presidency three more times.[4]
After Touré's death in 1984, ColonelsLansana Conté andDiarra Traoré seized power in a bloodlesscoup d'état, with Conté assuming the presidency.[4] In December 1990, a new constitution created aunicameral Parliament.[5] In April 1992, legislation was passed making Guinea amulti-party state.[5] The following year, Conté announced a return to civilian rule, with Guinea'sfirst multi-party presidential election taking place in 1993,[6] followed by alegislative election in 1995.[5] Conté remained president, with 51.7% of the vote, while hisParty of Unity and Progress (PUP,Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès) won 71 of the 114 seats in the Assembly.[5][7] He was re-elected president in1998, with 56.1% of the vote, and2003, with 95.6% of the vote after all the major opposition leaders boycotted the election.[4][7] His party also won 85 seats in the Assembly in2002, with some opposition parties choosing to boycott.[8]
Shortly after Conté's death in December 2008,Moussa Dadis Camara seized power.[4][7] In December 2009, Camara was shot in the head in an assassination attempt and left the country to obtain medical care.[4][7] The following month, Camara agreed to a return to civilian rule.
No candidate won a majority of the votes in the first round of the2010 presidential election, soCellou Dalein Diallo andAlpha Condé, the top vote-getters (with 43.69% and 18.25%, respectively), contested a second round, which was delayed several times.[7] Condé finally emerged victorious,[7] with 52.54% of the ballots. HisGuinean People's Assembly party (RPG,Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen) took 53 of the 114 Assembly seats in the repeatedly delayed2013 election, and seven seats won by allies gave the RPG a majority.[9][10] He himself was re-elected in2015.[11]
Alpha Condé is re-elected.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Condé | Rally of the Guinean People | 2,285,827 | 57.85 |
| Cellou Dalein Diallo | Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea | 1,242,362 | 31.44 |
| Sidya Touré | Union of Republican Forces | 237,549 | 6.01 |
| Faya Lansana Millimouno | Liberal Bloc | 54,718 | 1.38 |
| El Hadj Papa Koly Kourouma | Generations for Reconciliation, Union, and Prosperity | 51,750 | 1.31 |
| Lansana Kouyaté | National Party for Hope and Development | 45,962 | 1.16 |
| Ghandi Faraguet Tounkara | Guinean Union for Democracy and Development | 19,840 | 0.50 |
| Marie Madeilein Dioubaté | Guinea Ecologists Party | 13,214 | 0.33 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 179,804 | – | |
| Total | 4,131,026 | 100 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 6,042,634 | 68.36 | |
| Source:CENI (98.2% of polling stations reporting) | |||
The elections were boycotted by the main opposition parties. As a result, President Condé's party won a supermajority of seats.
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| Party | Constituency | Proportional | Total seats | +/– | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||||||||
| Rally of the Guinean People–Rainbow | 2,417,476 | 88.94 | 37 | 1,591,650 | 55.27 | 42 | 79 | +26 | ||||||
| Guinean Democratic Union | 56,085 | 2.06 | 0 | 151,576 | 5.26 | 4 | 4 | New | ||||||
| Guinean Popular Democratic Movement | 74,343 | 2.73 | 0 | 113,702 | 3.95 | 3 | 3 | New | ||||||
| New Democratic Forces | 4,711 | 0.17 | 1 | 76,612 | 2.66 | 2 | 3 | New | ||||||
| Union for Progress and Renewal | 14,597 | 0.54 | 0 | 76,512 | 2.66 | 2 | 2 | +1 | ||||||
| Rally for the Integrated Development of Guinea | 23,901 | 0.88 | 0 | 76,412 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | +1 | ||||||
| Union of the Forces of Change | – | – | – | 76,208 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | New | ||||||
| Democratic Alternation for Reform–Constructive Opposition Bloc | – | – | – | 76,188 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | New | ||||||
| Guinea for Democracy and Balance | 31,671 | 1.16 | 0 | 76,012 | 2.64 | 2 | 2 | New | ||||||
| Guinean Party for Renaissance and Progress | – | – | – | 39,706 | 1.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Afia Party | – | – | – | 39,126 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
| Civic Generation | – | – | – | 39,106 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
| Forces of Integrity for Development | – | – | – | 39,106 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||||
| Guinean Party for Progress and Development | – | – | – | 38,430 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
| Rally for Renaissance and Development | 10,608 | 0.39 | 0 | 38,310 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||||
| Party for Peace and Development | – | – | – | 38,176 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||||
| Alliance for National Renewal | – | – | – | 37,906 | 1.32 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||||
| Union of Democratic Forces | 13,923 | 0.51 | 0 | 37,900 | 1.32 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
| Movement of Patriots for Development | – | – | – | 29,996 | 1.04 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||||
| Alliance for National Renewal | – | – | – | 29,800 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||||
| New Generation for the Republic | 12,917 | 0.47 | 0 | 29,800 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Guinea United for Development | – | – | – | 29,140 | 1.01 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| PDG–RDA | – | – | – | 27,640 | 0.96 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
| Rally for a Prosperous Guinea | – | – | – | 27,400 | 0.95 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
| Democratic Party of Conservatives | 16,441 | 0.60 | 0 | 12,324 | 0.43 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Guinean Party of the Renaissance | – | – | – | 10,204 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Union for the Defence of Republican Interests | 24,046 | 0.88 | 0 | 7,536 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Guinean Rally for Unity and Development | – | – | – | 5,494 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rally for the Republic | – | – | – | 5,422 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Pan-African Party of Guinea | – | – | – | 2,550 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Alliance of Forces for Change | 4,698 | 0.17 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||||
| Party of the National Defense for Development | 1,333 | 0.05 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||||
| Party New Vision | 8,038 | 0.30 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 252,940 | – | – | 126,111 | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Total | 2,968,087 | 100 | 38 | 3,006,055 | 100 | 76 | 114 | 0 | ||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,179,600 | 57.30 | – | 5,179,600 | 58.04 | |||||||||
| Source:CENIArchived 2021-01-01 at theWayback Machine,CCArchived 2020-09-22 at theWayback Machine | ||||||||||||||
TheIndependent National Electoral Commission (French:Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante, CENI) is theelection commission in Guinea.[12] The body was established in November 2007.[13]
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