Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally

The Democratic Party of Guinea-African Democratic Rally (Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Guinea. The party was founded as a branch of the African Democratic Rally (RDA) in June 1947.[1] On 19 October 1958 the party severed its links with the RDA, other members of which supported a closer union with France.[2] The party's leader, Ahmed Sékou Touré, became the country's first president. Two years later, he declared the PDG to be the sole legal party in the country. As president of the PDG, Touré was the only candidate for president of the republic, and as such was elected unopposed to four seven-year terms. Every five years, a single list of PDG candidates was returned to the National Assembly. After the death of Touré and a coup staged by Lansana Conté in 1984, the PDG was dissolved.

Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally

Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
AbbreviationPDG-RDA
LeaderIsmael Gushein
Co-founderAhmed Sékou Touré
FoundedJune 1947
HeadquartersConakry, Guinea
NewspaperHoroya
IdeologyAfrican nationalism
African socialism
Pan-Africanism
International affiliationAfrican Democratic Rally

In 1992 PDG-RDA was revived under the leadership of Ismael Gushein. In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 3.4% of the popular vote and 3 out of 114 seats.[3]

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1961 Ahmed Sékou Touré 1,576,580 100% Elected Y
1968 1,990,726 100% Elected Y
1974 2,432,129 100% Elected Y
1982 3,063,692 100% Elected Y
1993 Ismael Gushein 11,696 0.6% Lost N

National Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1957 Ahmed Sékou Touré 584,438 77.4%
56 / 60
 56 1st Supermajority government
1963 100%
75 / 75
 19 1st Sole legal party
1968 1,990,726 100%
75 / 75
 1st Sole legal party
1974 2,432,129 100%
150 / 150
 75 1st Sole legal party
1980 2,393,600 100%
210 / 210
 60 1st Sole legal party
1995 Ismael Gushein Proportional 57,942 3%
2 / 114
 208 6th Opposition
Constituency
2002 Proportional 107,666 3.4%
3 / 114
 1 4th Opposition
Constituency
2013 Constituency 19,603 0.66%
0 / 114
 3 20rd Extra-parliamentary
Proportional 10,539 0.33%
2020 Constituency
1 / 114
 1 23rd Opposition
Proportional 27,640 0.96%

See also

References
  1. Thomas O'Toole, Historical Dictionary of Guinea, 1978, p. 55
  2. O'Toole, p. 60
  3. "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 2007-02-24.
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