COUNTRY	Republic of Guinea-Bissau
ELECTION TYPE	Parliamentary
DATE	March 28, 2004

• 100 seats in the National People’s Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular)

• Chief of State: President Henrique ROSA*
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Artur SANHA*
• Assembly: Guinea-Bissau has a unicameral parliament called the National People’s Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) with 100 seats.

*Note: President ROSA was named interim president after elected President Kumba YALA was removed from office in a bloodless coup on September 2003. President ROSA will hold the office of the presidency and SANHA will act as the interim prime minister until parliamentary elections are held.

• The president is elected by popular vote to serve a five-year term.
• Members of the National People’s Assembly are elected by popular vote for a four-year term. **

**Note: The National People's Assembly was dissolved by former president Kumba YALA in November 2002.

• Party: African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC)
  Leader: Carlos Domingos GOMES
  Seats won in this election: 45
  Seats won in last election: 24
  
  
• Party: Social Renovation Party (PRS)
  Leader: Artur SANHA
  Seats won in this election:35
  Seats won in last election: 38
  
  
• Party: United Social Democratic Party (PUSD)
  Leader: Francisco FADUL
  Seats won in this election: 17
  Seats won in last election: NA

• Parliamentary elections were last held on November 28,1999.

• Population: 1,360,827 (July 2003 estimate)
• Number of registered voters: 605,018

• The election was originally scheduled for February 2003 but was postponed repeatedly.
• On December 5, the National Transitional Council – which consisted of members of Guinea Bissau’s political parties and the military – decided that March 28, 2004 would be the date of parliamentary elections that would bring the state back to constitutional rule after the September 2003 coup.

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