At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Assembleia Nacional Popular: 102
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Description
of government structure:
- Guinea-Bissau has a unicameral
National People's Assembly or Assembleia Nacional
Popular
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is elected directly by
the people for a five-year term.
- All members of the Assembleia
Nacional Popular are elected by popular vote to serve a maximum term of four years.
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Results of the
electoral races:
- Party: Party for Social Renovation (PRS)
Leader: Kumba YALLA
Seats won in this election: 38
Seats won in last election: 12
- Party: Guinea-Bissau Resistance (RGB)
Leader: Domingo FERNANDES Gomes
Seats won in this election: 28
Seats won in last election: 19
- Party: African Party for the Independence of
Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC)
Leader: Francisco BENANTE
Seats won in this election: 24
Seats won in last election: 62
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When was the last election? Number
of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary
elections last held: July 3, 1994
- Seats decided in the last election:
100
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 1,234,555 (July, 1999
estimate)
- Number of registered voters: 499,152 (September, 1999)
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Of Interest:
- The overthrown
president Joao Nino VIEIRA is in exile in Portugal and is wanted by the government in
Guinea-Bissau for human rights violations and charges of corruption stemming from his
19-year rule.
- The leader of the military junta
indicated that the junta will not disband after the elections.
- Guinea-Bissau has a strained
relationship with its neighbors Guinea and Senegal. There have been problems along the borders of these countries
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
