Guinea-Bissau general election, 1994

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General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 3 July 1994, with a second round for the presidential election on 7 August. They were the first multi-party elections since independence, and also the first time the president had been directly elected, as previously the post had been elected by the National People's Assembly. In the presidential election, the result was a victory for incumbent João Bernardo Vieira of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), who defeated Kumba Ialá of Social Renewal Party in the second round. In the Assembly election, 1,136 candidates ran for the 100 seats, of which the PAIGC won 62.[1]

Voter turnout in the presidential election was 89.3% on 3 July and 81.6% on 7 August.[2] In the parliamentary election it was 88.9%.[3]

Results

Presidential election

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
João Bernardo Vieira African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde 142,577 46.20 161,083 52.02
Kumba Ialá Party for Social Renewal 67,518 21.88 148,664 47.98
Domingos Fernandes Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement 53,825 17.44
Carlos Gomes Independent* 15,645 5.07
François Mendy Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea 8,655 2.80
Bubacar Rachid Djaló Union for Change 8,506 2.76
Victor Saúde Maria United Social Democratic Party 6,388 2.07
Antonieta Rosa Gomes Guinean Civic Forum-Social Democracy 5,509 1.79
Invalid/blank votes 49,059 – 16,868 –
Total 357,682 100 326,615 100
Registered voters/turnout 400,417 89.33 400,417 81.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

* Gomes was supported by the Democratic Convergence Party, as its leader Victor Mandinga was not eligible to run for president, as he failed to meet the qualification that both parents be Guineans born in the country.

National People's Assembly

Party Votes % Seats
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde 134,982 46.4 62
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement 57,566 19.8 19
Union for Change 36,797 12.6 6
Party for Social Renewal 29,957 10.3 12
Democratic Convergence Party 15,411 5.3 0
United Social Democratic Party 8,286 2.8 0
Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea 7,475 2.6 1
Guinean Civic Forum 494 0.2 0
Invalid/blank votes 65,024 – –
Total 355,992 100 100
Registered voters/turnout 400,417 88.91 –
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Guinea-Bissau: Parliamentary Chamber: Assembleia nacional popular: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ↑ Elections in Guinea-Bissau African Elections Database
  3. ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p467 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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