At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Guinea

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Sekouba KONATE *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Jean-Marie DORE
• Assembly: Guinea has a unicameral People's National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale Populaire) with 114 seats.

* KONATE is the interim leader. He replaced Moussa Dadis CAMARA following the attempted assassination of CAMARA on 3 December 2009.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
• In the People's National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale Populaire), 38 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms and 76 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.***

*** In the proportional tier, there is one nationwide district.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

• Alpha CONDE
  • Party: Rally of the Guinean People / Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen (RPG)
• Cellou Dalein DIALLO
  • Party: Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea / Union des forces democratiques de Guinee (UFDG)

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

• Alpha CONDE
  • Party: Rally of the Guinean People / Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen (RPG)
• Cellou Dalein DIALLO
  • Party: Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea / Union des forces democratiques de Guinee (UFDG)
• Sidya TOURE
  • Party: Union of Republican Forces / Union des forces republicaines (UFR)
• François Lonseny FALL
  • Party: United Front for Democracy and Change / Front Uni pour la démocratie et le changemen (FUDEC)
• Lansana KOUYATE
  • Party: Party of Hope for National Development / Parti de l’Espoir pour le Développement National (PEDN)

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 11,012,406 (2010)
• Registered Voters: 4,270,531 (2010)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 5,499,881 (2010)

·         Is Guinea a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Guinea ratified CEDAW: Yes (9 August 1982)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 22 (following the 2002 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 182 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: High (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Guinea a signatory to CRPD: Yes (16 May 2007)

·         Has Guinea ratified CRPD: Yes (8 February 2008)

·         Population with a disability: 1,651,860 (est.)