Parliamentary election and constitutional referendum in Guinea 2020

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The parliamentary elections in Guinea 2020 took place on March 22, 2020. Previously, the election was postponed four times; originally a date was planned for 2018. The 114 members of the National Assembly in Guinea were elected . At the same time, a referendum was held on a constitutional amendment , which was successful. This removes the ten-year limitation on the ten-year term of office of Alpha Condé and enables two further re-elections; in addition, the president will be elected for six instead of five years. The Commission électorale nationale independante (CENI) is responsible for carrying out the election .

The election and referendum were held despite the COVID-19 pandemic that also hit Guinea. By the day before the election, two people in Guinea had tested positive.

Starting position

The last parliamentary election took place on September 28, 2013. The subsequent election due in 2018 has been postponed several times, most recently from March 1, 2020 to March 22 - this date then had to be confirmed by the Constitutional Court.

In 2013, President Condé's party, Rassemblement du peuple de Guinée (PRG), won the most seats with 46.3% and 53 out of 114 seats. The party of Cellou Dalein Diallo , Union of Democratic Forces de Guinée (UFDG) reached 30.5% and 37 seats, the Union des forces républicaines (UFR) 7.0% and ten seats. 14 seats went to smaller parties.

Around 7.7 million Guineans were registered for the 2020 election. An external review of the electoral register in 2015 found 2.49 million “problematic” entries, including from minors and the deceased. These should be removed from the directory at the beginning of March 2020.

Shortly before Christmas 2019, Condé, born in 1938, announced that the election would be combined with a referendum on a possible extension of his term in office. The UFDG and the UFR therefore boycotted the election.

In protests, particularly against the referendum, 31 demonstrators and one police officer have been killed since October 2019.

29 parties put up candidates.

Electoral process

38 of the 114 members of the National Assembly are elected individually in constituencies by majority vote. The constituencies correspond to the 33 prefectures and the five voting districts of the capital Conakry . The remaining parliamentarians are determined according to proportional representation .

The vote

Voting took place in 19,000 polling stations. According to the opposition, at least ten people died in further clashes on election day.

Result and further events

CENI announced on March 28th that the referendum had been passed with 91.6% approval. The turnout was 61%.

Kondé's RPG party won 79 of the 114 seats. The Union démocratique de Guinée received four mandates, three each of the Mouvement populaire démocratique de Guinée and the Nouvelles forces démocratiques . 25 seats went to smaller parties.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b kle / sosa: Despite the Corona crisis, Guinea elects a new parliament. dw.com on March 22, 2020, accessed on March 22, 2020
  3. ↑ Guinea: election body sets tentative date for poll. ewn.co.za on March 13, 2020, accessed on March 15, 2020
  4. ↑ a b All you need to know about Guinea's contested polls. aljazeera.com of February 27, 2020 (English), accessed on February 29, 2020
  5. ^ Francophone countries question credibility of Guinea's electoral register. africanews.com, February 25, 2020, accessed March 1, 2020
  6. ^ Clashes in Guinea ahead of constitutional referendum. africanews.com of March 22, 2020, accessed March 22, 2020
  7. ↑ At least 10 dead during Guinea referendum. africanews.com, March 23, 2020, accessed March 23, 2020
  8. ↑ Guinea: Clear majority in favor of changing the constitution. deutschlandfunk.de from March 28, 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020
  9. ^ Guinean President Conde's party rightfully won violent March elections: electoral commission. france24.com of April 2, 2020 (English), accessed on April 22, 2020