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Elections in Guinea
 
Political Profile
Political System: Restricted Democratic Practice
President: Lansana Conté (PUP) [since 03 April 1984; seized power in 1984 military coup, elected 1993, re-elected 1998 and 2003] The President is elected by direct popular vote for a 7-year term. The President’s term was extended from five to seven years in a 2001 referendum. Electoral System: Two Round (Run-off).
Prime Minister: Lansana Kouyaté [since 01 March 2007] The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
National Assembly [unicameral] (114 Seats) Members are elected by direct popular vote through parallel systems - 38 in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post (simple majority) system and 76 in one national constituency using the party-list proportional representation system; members serve 5-year terms.
Political Situation since Independence
1958-1984 One Party State (PDG)
1984-1990 Military Regime
1990-1993 Multiparty Transition
1993-        Restricted Democratic Practice
2007 Freedom House Rating: Political Rights - 6, Civil Liberties - 5, Status: Not Free
Next Scheduled Presidential Election: 2010
Next Scheduled National Assembly Election: 2008
Political Parties: ANP - National Alliance for Progress, DYAMA - Dyama Party, PDG - Democratic Party of Guinea, PDG-RDA - Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally, PPG - Guinean People’s Party, PRP - Party of Renewal and Progress, PUD - Party of the Union for Development, PUP - Party of Unity and Progress (authoritarian), RPG - Rally of the Guinean People (centrist), UNPG - National Union for the Prosperity of Guinea, UNR - Union for the New Republic, UPG - Union for the Progress of Guinea, UPN - Union for National Progress, UPR - Union for Progress and Renewal.
 
Election Results
 
 
Presidential
--Single Party: 1961, 1968, 1974, 1982
--Multiparty: 1993, 1998, 2003
Legislative
--Single Party: 1968, 1974, 1980
--Multiparty: 1957, 1995, 2002
Referenda: 1958, 1990, 2001
 
 
1957 Territorial Assembly Election

Registered Voters

Not Available

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

Not Available (N/A)

Party

Number of Seats (60)

Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG)

56

Others

04

 
28 September 1958 Constitutional Referendum
Main Points: Approval of the constitution meant associated status within the "French Community", France would grant independence to any territory that rejected the constition

Registered Voters

 1,408,500

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,203,875 (85.5%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     10,570

Total Valid Votes

 1,193,305

Results

Number of Votes

% of Votes

"Yes" Votes

56,981

04.78%

"No" Votes

1,136,324

95.22%

 
Single Party Elections
Sole Legal Party: Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG)

15 January 1961 Presidential Election (Ahmed Sékou Touré re-elected unopposed)

01 January 1968 Presidential Election (Ahmed Sékou Touré re-elected unopposed with 99.7% of the vote)

01 January 1968 National Assembly Election (75 Seats)

27 December 1974 Presidential Election (Ahmed Sékou Touré re-elected unopposed with 99.8% of the vote)

27 December 1974 National Assembly Election (150 Seats)

27 January 1980 National Assembly Election (210 Seats)

09 May 1982 Presidential Election (Ahmed Sékou Touré re-elected unopposed)

Note: Ahmed Sékou Touré, as the leader of the dominant party [Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG)], automatically became president with the establishment of the Republic on 02 December 1958.
 
23 December 1990 Constitutional Referendum
Main Points: Not Available

Registered Voters

 3,004,961

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,926,968 (97.4%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

       5,234

Total Valid Votes

 2,921,734

Results

Number of Votes

% of Votes

"Yes" Votes

2,883,156

98.7%

"No" Votes

38,578

01.3%

 
19 December 1993 Presidential Election

Registered Voters

2,850,403

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,236,406 (78.5%)

Candidate (Party)

% of Votes

Lansana Conté (PUP)

51.70%

Alpha Condé (RPG)

19.55%

Mamadou Ba (UNR)

13.37%

Siradiou Diallo (PRP)

11.86%

Ismail Ghussein (PDG-RDA)

 

3.52%

Jean Marie Doré (UPG)

Mansour Kaba (DYAMA)

Facinet Touré (UNPG)

 
11 June 1995 National Assembly Election

Registered Voters

3,049,262

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

1,886,403 (61.9%)

Party

Number of Seats (114)

Party of Unity and Progress (PUP)

71

Rally of the Guinean People (RPG)

19

Union for the New Republic (UNR)

09

Party of Renewal and Progress (PRP)

09

Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG)

02

Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG)

01

Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally (PDG-RDA)

01

Dyama Party (DYAMA)

01

National Union for the Prosperity of Guinea (UNPG)

01

 
14 December 1998 Presidential Election

Registered Voters

 3,719,197

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

2,656,113 (71.4%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     63,092

Total Valid Votes

 2,593,021

Candidate (Party)

Number of Votes

% of Votes

Lansana Conté (PUP)

1,455,007

56.1%

Mamadou Ba (UPR)

638,563

24.6%

Alpha Condé (RPG)

429,934

16.6%

Jean-Marie Doré (UPG)

44,476

1.7%

Charles Pascal Tolno (PPG)

24,771

1.0%

 
11 November 2001 Referendum
Main Points: Removal of Presidential term limits, Increasing the President's mandate from five to seven year terms

Registered Voters

 4,310,081

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

3,758,390 (87.2%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     52,968

Total Valid Votes

 3,705,422

Results

Number of Votes

% of Votes

"Yes" Votes

3,644,653

98.36%

"No" Votes

60,769

01.64%
 
30 June 2002 National Assembly Election*

Registered Voters

 4,458,831

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

3,192,870 (71.6%)

Invalid/Blank Votes

     30,015

Total Valid Votes

 3,162,855

Party

Number of Votes**

% of Votes**

Number of Seats (114)

Party of Unity and Progress (PUP)

1,947,318

61.57%

47 (85)

Union for Progress and Renewal (UPR)

842,270

26.63%

20

Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG)

130,065

4.11%

03

Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG)

107,666

3.40%

03

National Alliance for Progress (ANP)

62,780

1.98%

02

Party of the Union for Development (PUD)

20,823

0.66%

01

Guinean People’s Party (PPG)

19,297

0.61%

-

Union for Democracy and Solidarity (UDS)

16,342

0.52%

-

Ecologists' Party of Guinea (PEG)

16,294

0.52%

-

*The main opposition Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) boycotted the election.
**Results based on the 76 seats filled through proportional representation. The remaining 38 seats (all won by the PUP for an overall total of 85 seats) are filled by members elected from single-member constituencies.
 
21 December 2003 Presidential Election*

Registered Voters

5,009,780

Total Votes (Voter Turnout)

Not Available (approx. 85%)

Candidate (Party)

% of Votes

Lansana Conté (PUP)

95.25%

Mamadou Bhoye Barry (UPN)

4.75%

*Most opposition parties boycotted the election.