Guinea elects on the national level a head of state—the president—and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people through a two-round system (i.e. if no candidate secures a majority of the votes, there is a runoff between the top two vote-getters). The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) has 114 members, elected for five-year terms, 38 members in single-seat constituencies and 76 members by proportional representation.

Voters must be at least 18 years old and Guinean citizens in full possession of civil and political rights. Candidates must be at 18, either Guinean by citizenship or naturalized and resident in the country for at least 10 years. There are also various disqualifications.

History When Guinea gained its independence from France in 1958, Ahmed Sékou Touré became its first president, as his Parti démocratique de Guinée (DPG, Democratic Party of Guinea) had won 56 of 60 seats in the 1957 Territorial Assembly election. 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.

After Touré's death in 1984, Colonels Lansana Conté and Diarra Traoré seized power in a bloodless coup d'état, with Conté assuming the presidency. In December 1990, a new constitution created a unicameral Parliament. In April 1992, legislation was passed making Guinea a multi-party state. The following year, Conté announced a return to civilian rule, with Guinea's first multi-party presidential election taking place in 1993, followed by a legislative election in 1995. Conté remained president, with 51.7% of the vote, while his Party of Unity and Progress (PUP, Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès) won 71 of the 114 seats in the Assembly. He was re-elected president in 1998, with 56.1% of the vote, and 2003, with 95.6% of the vote after all the major opposition leaders boycotted the election. His party also won 85 seats in the Assembly in 2002, with some opposition parties choosing to boycott.

Shortly after Conté's death in December 2008, Moussa Dadis Camara seized power. In December 2009, Camara was shot in the head in an assassination attempt and left the country to obtain medical care. The following month, Camara agreed to a return to civilian rule.

No candidate won a majority of the votes in the first round of the 2010 presidential election, so Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Condé, the top vote-getters (with 43.69% and 18.25%, respectively), contested a second round, which was delayed several times. Condé finally emerged victorious, with 52.54% of the ballots. His Guinean People's Assembly party (RPG, Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen) took 53 of the 114 Assembly seats in the repeatedly delayed 2013 election, and seven seats won by allies gave the RPG a majority. He himself was re-elected in 2015.

Latest elections

2015 presidential election

Alpha Condé is re-elected.

CandidatePartyVotes%Alpha CondéRally of the Guinean People2,285,82757.85Cellou Dalein DialloUnion of Democratic Forces of Guinea1,242,36231.44Sidya TouréUnion of Republican Forces237,5496.01Faya Lansana MillimounoLiberal Bloc54,7181.38El Hadj Papa Koly KouroumaGenerations for Reconciliation, Union, and Prosperity51,7501.31Lansana KouyatéNational Party for Hope and Development45,9621.16Ghandi Faraguet TounkaraGuinean Union for Democracy and Development19,8400.50Marie Madeilein DioubatéGuinea Ecologists Party13,2140.33Invalid/blank votes179,804–Total4,131,026100Registered voters/turnout6,042,63468.36Source: CENI (98.2% of polling stations reporting)

2020 legislative election

The elections were boycotted by the main opposition parties. As a result, President Condé's party won a supermajority of seats.

PartyConstituencyProportionalTotalseats+/–Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsRally of the Guinean People–Rainbow2,417,476 88.94 371,591,65055.274279+26Guinean Democratic Union56,085 2.06 0151,5765.2644NewGuinean Popular Democratic Movement74,343 2.730113,7023.9533NewNew Democratic Forces4,711 0.17 176,6122.6623NewUnion for Progress and Renewal14,597 0.54076,5122.6622+1Rally for the Integrated Development of Guinea23,901 0.88 076,4122.6522+1Union of the Forces of Change–––76,2082.6522NewDemocratic Alternation for Reform–Constructive Opposition Bloc–––76,1882.6522NewGuinea for Democracy and Balance 31,6711.16 076,0122.6422NewGuinean Party for Renaissance and Progress–––39,7061.38110Afia Party–––39,1261.3611+1Civic Generation–––39,1061.3611+1Forces of Integrity for Development–––39,1061.3611NewGuinean Party for Progress and Development–––38,4301.3311+1Rally for Renaissance and Development10,608 0.39 038,3101.3311NewParty for Peace and Development–––38,1761.3311NewAlliance for National Renewal–––37,9061.3211NewUnion of Democratic Forces 13,9230.51 037,9001.3211+1Movement of Patriots for Development–––29,9961.0411NewAlliance for National Renewal–––29,8001.0311NewNew Generation for the Republic12,917 0.47029,8001.03110Guinea United for Development–––29,1401.01110PDG–RDA–––27,6400.9611+1Rally for a Prosperous Guinea–––27,4000.9511+1Democratic Party of Conservatives16,441 0.60 012,3240.4300NewGuinean Party of the Renaissance–––10,2040.3500NewUnion for the Defence of Republican Interests 24,046 0.8807,5360.2600NewGuinean Rally for Unity and Development–––5,4940.19000Rally for the Republic–––5,4220.1900NewPan-African Party of Guinea–––2,5500.0900NewAlliance of Forces for Change4,698 0.17 0–––0–Party of the National Defense for Development1,333 0.05 0–––0–Party New Vision8,038 0.300–––0–Invalid/blank votes252,940 ––126,111––––Total2,968,087 100383,006,055100761140Registered voters/turnout5,179,60057.30 – 5,179,60058.04 Source: CENI , CC

Election commission The Independent National Electoral Commission (, CENI) is the election commission in Guinea. The body was established in November 2007.

See also List of political parties in Guinea

References

External links Adam Carr's Election Archive African Elections Database