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2014 Guinea-Bissau general election
Presidential election
Second round results by region Legislative election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency.
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
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)
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