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Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 22 March 2020 alongside a constitutional referendum, [1] [2] [3] after being postponed four times from the original date of January 2019. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
The 114 members of the National Assembly are elected by a mixed member system; 38 are elected from single-member constituencies based on the 33 prefectures and five communes of Conakry by first-past-the-post voting, whilst the other 76 are elected from a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation. [10]
The elections were boycotted by the main opposition parties. As a result, President Condé's party won a supermajority of seats.
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| Party | Proportional | Constituency | Total seats | +/– | |||||
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Rally of the Guinean People–Rainbow | 1,591,650 | 55.27 | 42 | 2,417,836 | 89.05 | 37 | 79 | +26 | |
| Guinean Democratic Union | 151,576 | 5.26 | 4 | 56,085 | 2.07 | 0 | 4 | New | |
| Guinean Popular Democratic Movement | 113,702 | 3.95 | 3 | 74,343 | 2.74 | 0 | 3 | New | |
| New Democratic Forces | 76,612 | 2.66 | 2 | 4,711 | 0.17 | 1 | 3 | New | |
| Union for Progress and Renewal | 76,512 | 2.66 | 2 | 14,597 | 0.54 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Rally for the Integrated Development of Guinea | 76,412 | 2.65 | 2 | 23,901 | 0.88 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Union of the Forces of Change | 76,208 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | New | ||||
| Democratic Alternation for Reform–Constructive Opposition Bloc | 76,188 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | New | ||||
| Guinea for Democracy and Balance | 76,012 | 2.64 | 2 | 31,671 | 1.17 | 0 | 2 | New | |
| Guinean Party for Renaissance and Progress | 39,706 | 1.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Afia Party | 39,126 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||
| Civic Generation | 39,106 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||
| Forces of Integrity for Development | 39,106 | 1.36 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||
| Guinean Party for Progress and Development | 38,430 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||
| Rally for Renaissance and Development | 38,310 | 1.33 | 1 | 10,608 | 0.39 | 0 | 1 | New | |
| Party for Peace and Development | 38,176 | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||
| Alliance for National Renewal | 37,906 | 1.32 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||
| Union of Democratic Forces | 37,900 | 1.32 | 1 | 13,923 | 0.51 | 0 | 1 | +1 | |
| Movement of Patriots for Development | 29,996 | 1.04 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||
| Alliance for National Renewal | 29,800 | 1.03 | 1 | 1 | New | ||||
| New Generation for the Republic | 29,800 | 1.03 | 1 | 12,917 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Guinea United for Development | 29,140 | 1.01 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| PDG–RDA | 27,640 | 0.96 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||
| Rally for a Prosperous Guinea | 27,400 | 0.95 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||||
| Democratic Party of Conservatives | 12,324 | 0.43 | 0 | 16,441 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Guinean Party of the Renaissance | 10,204 | 0.35 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Union for the Defence of Republican Interests | 7,536 | 0.26 | 0 | 24,046 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | New | |
| Guinean Rally for Unity and Development | 5,494 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rally for the Republic | 5,422 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Pan-African Party of Guinea | 2,550 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
| Party New Vision | 8,038 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| Alliance of Forces for Change | 4,698 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| Party of the National Defense for Development | 1,333 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | – | ||||
| Total | 2,879,944 | 100.00 | 76 | 2,715,148 | 100.00 | 38 | 114 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 2,879,944 | 95.80 | 2,715,148 | 91.48 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 126,111 | 4.20 | 252,939 | 8.52 | |||||
| Total votes | 3,006,055 | 100.00 | 2,968,087 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,179,600 | 58.04 | 5,179,600 | 57.30 | |||||
| Source: CENI, CC | |||||||||
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