2014 Guinea-Bissau general election

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%

First round results by region Second round results by region

Legislative election

13 April 2014

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PAIGC Malam Bacai Sanhá 47.98 57 −10 PRS Abel Incanda 30.76 41 +13 PND Mamadú Iaia Djaló 4.87 1 New PCD Victor Mandinga 3.37 2 +1 UM Bubacar Rachid Djaló 1.84 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Rui Duarte de Barros Independent (acting) Domingos Simões Pereira PAIGC

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

Main article: 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'etat

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

President

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	José Mário Vaz	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	257,572	40.89	364,394	61.92
	Nuno Gomes Nabiam	Independent	156,163	24.79	224,089	38.08
	Paulo Gomes	Independent	65,490	10.40
	Abel Incanda	Party for Social Renewal	43,890	6.97
	Mamadú Iaia Djaló	New Democracy Party	28,535	4.53
	Ibraima Sory Djaló	National Reconciliation Party	19,497	3.10
	Antonio Afonso Té	Republican Party for Independence and Development	18,808	2.99
	Helder Vaz Lopes	Independent	8,888	1.41
	Domingos Quadé	Independent	8,607	1.37
	Aregado Mantenque Té	Workers' Party	7,269	1.15
	Luis Nancassa	Independent	7,012	1.11
	Jorge Malú	Independent	6,125	0.97
	Cirilo Rodrigues de Oliveira	Socialist Party	2,070	0.33
Total			629,926	100.00	588,483	100.00
Valid votes			629,926	90.97	588,483	97.02
Invalid/blank votes			62,514	9.03	18,053	2.98
Total votes			692,440	100.00	606,536	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			775,508	89.29	775,508	78.21
Source: CNE, CNE

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)

References

1. Guinea-Bissau postpones post-coup election until March Archived 2020-11-03 at the Wayback Machine Reuters, 15 November 2013
2. "Vaz elected President of Guinea-Bissau". Voice Of America. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
3. "Electoral Calendar - international elections world elections". Retrieved 2011-05-12.
4. Ex-president of Guinea-Bissau dies Archived 2014-04-05 at the Wayback Machine SBS, 4 April 2014
5. Electoral system Archived 2014-04-14 at the Wayback Machine IPU
6. "Holding of Elections Brings Guinea Bissau Closer to Constitutional Normalcy" (PDF). European Union Election Observation Mission. Hotel Azalai, Bissau. 14 April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
7. Look, Anne (26 March 2014). "Guinea Bissau: Tight Timeline As Nation Prepares April 13 Polls". allAfrica. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
8. GUINÉ-BISSAU: SUPREMO “CHUMBA” OITO CANDIDATURAS PRESIDENCIAIS E SETE PARTIDOS A Nação, 16 March 2014