1995 Guinean parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 11 June 1995. The first multi-party elections for the National Assembly since independence, they saw 21 parties field 846 candidates for the 114 seats, divided between 38 single-member constituencies and 76 based on proportional representation, although they were boycotted by the Union of Democratic Forces. [1] The result was a victory for the Unity and Progress Party, which won 71 of the 114 seats. Voter turnout was 62%. [2] [3]

Results

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PartyProportionalConstituencyTotal
seats
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Unity and Progress Party 990,18453.55413071
Rally of the Guinean People 354,92719.2015419
Union for the New Republic 178,6929.66729
Union for Progress and Renewal 170,8069.24729
Union for the Progress of Guinea 44,4412.40202
Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally 36,7091.99101
National Union for the Prosperity of Guinea 31,2951.69101
Democratic Party of Guinea 21,2331.15101
Dyama Party 20,6961.12101
Total1,848,983100.007638114
Valid votes1,848,98397.921,840,57997.57
Invalid/blank votes39,3302.0845,8242.43
Total votes1,888,313100.001,886,403100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,049,26261.933,049,26261.86
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

References

  1. Guinea: Elections in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Elections in Guinea African Elections Database
  3. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p455 ISBN   0-19-829645-2