1995 Guinean legislative election
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 Party of Unity and Progress, which won 71 of the 114 seats. Voter turnout was 61.9%.[2][3]
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Results
Party | Proportional | Constituency | Total seats | ||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
Party of Unity and Progress | 990,184 | 53.5 | 41 | 30 | 71 | ||
Rally of the Guinean People | 354,927 | 19.2 | 15 | 4 | 19 | ||
Union for the New Republic | 178,692 | 9.6 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
Renewal and Progress Party | 170,806 | 9.2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
Union for the Progress of Guinea | 44,441 | 2.4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally | 36,709 | 1.9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
National Union for the Prosperity of Guinea | 31,295 | 1.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Democratic Party of Guinea | 21,233 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Dyama Party | 20,696 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 39,330 | - | - | 45,824 | - | - | - |
Total | 1,887,902 | 76 | 1,886,403 | 38 | 114 | ||
Source: Nohlen at al, IPU |
References
- Guinea: Elections in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Elections in Guinea African Elections Database
- Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p455 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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