General Information
At Stake in this Election:
- The office of President of Guinea
Government Structure:
- Chief of State: President Alpha CONDE (since December 2010)
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory FOFANA (since 21 May 2018)
- Assembly: Guinea has a unicameral National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) with 114 seats.
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 National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale), 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. The National Assembly (Assemblée Nationale) was dissolved in December 2008 following a military coup. Since February 2010, the role of the legislature has been filled by the appointed 155-member National Transition Council.
Main Candidates in this Election:
- Candidate: Alpha CONDÉ
- Party: Rally of the Guinean People (RPG)
- Candidate: Cellou DALEIN DIALLO
- Party: Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG)
*There are a total of 12 candidates in this election.
Population and Registered Voters:
Gender Data:
- Female Population: 1,459,274 (June 2020 est.)[3]
- Is Guinea a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)
- Has Guinea ratified CEDAW: Yes (9 August 1982)
- Gender Quota: No
- Female Candidates in this election: N/A
- Number of Female Legislators: 19 (as of 2020)[4]
- Human Development Index (HDI) Position: 174[5]
- Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very High[6]
Disability Data:
- Is Guinea a signatory to CRPD: Yes (16 May 2007)[7]
- Has Guinea ratified CRPD: Yes (8 February 2008)[8]
- Population with a disability: 665,759[9]
[1] https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gv.html
[2] https://www.idea.int/data-tools/country-view/115/40
[3] Ibid.
[4] https://data.ipu.org/women-ranking?month=6&year=2020
[5] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/GIN
[6] https://www.genderindex.org/wp-content/uploads/files/datasheets/2019/GN.pdf
[8] Ibid.
[9] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/NZ/all/