2014 Guinea-Bissau general election

Presidential election

13 April 2014 (first round) 18 May 2014 (second round)

Nominee José Mário Vaz Nuno Gomes Nabiam Party PAIGC Independent Popular vote 364,394 224,089 Percentage 61.92% 38.08%

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General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 13 April 2014, with a second round for the presidential elections held on 18 May since no candidate received a majority in the first round. Several logistic problems and delays caused the elections to be repeatedly postponed, having initially been scheduled for 24 November 2013 and then 16 March 2014.^[1] In the second round, José Mário Vaz of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde was declared the president-elect with 62% of the vote.^[2]

Background

The elections were the result of a military coup in 2012 cancelling the elections that year.^[3] On 26 February 2014, the UN Security Council urged Guinea-Bissau's transitional government to abide by announced election plans, warning of sanctions against those opposing a return to constitutional order.

Former President Kumba Ialá died a few weeks before the elections.^[4]

Electoral system

The President were elected using the two-round system, whilst the 102 members of the National People's Assembly were elected using proportional representation from 27 multi-member constituencies.^[5] Article 33 of Guinea-Bissau's Electoral Law prohibits the publishing of any opinion polls.^[6]

Candidates and parties

Thirteen presidential candidates were confirmed by the High Court of Justice,^[7] whilst eight candidates were rejected.^[8]

The Court approved fifteen parties to contest the National People's Assembly election, but rejected applications from seven other parties; the National African Congress, the Guinean Civic Forum-Social Democracy, the Democratic Party for Development, the Guinean Democratic Movement, the Patriotic Movement, the Guinean League for Ecological Protection and the Party for Democracy, Development and Citizenship.^[8]

Results

National People's Assembly

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	281,408	47.98	57	–10
	Party for Social Renewal	180,432	30.76	41	+13
	New Democracy Party	28,581	4.87	1	0
	Democratic Convergence Party	19,757	3.37	2	+1
	Republican Party for Independence and Development	17,919	3.06	0	–3
	Union for Change	10,803	1.84	1	+1
	Guinean Patriotic Union	10,919	1.86	0	0
	Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement	9,502	1.62	0	New
	National Reconciliation Party	7,903	1.35	0	0
	Manifest Party of the People	4,101	0.70	0	New
	United Social Democratic Party	4,048	0.69	0	0
	Workers' Party	3,659	0.62	0	0
	Socialist Part	3,480	0.59	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	2,302	0.39	0	0
	Democratic Social Front	1,710	0.29	0	0
Total		586,524	100.00	102	+2
Valid votes		586,524	85.39
Invalid/blank votes		100,352	14.61
Total votes		686,876	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		775,508	88.57
Source: CNE (seats), CNE (votes)

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