| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Assemblée nationale / National Assembly |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
30 June 2002 |
| Purpose of elections |
Elections were held for all seats in the People's National Assembly. Initially scheduled for April 2000
they were subsequently postponed to November of 2000. The opposition parties requested another postponement
which put the election back to 27 December 2001. Due to attacks on the Liberian border
the elections were postponed yet again and were put off a fourth and last time owing to logistical difficulties. They were finally held on 30 June 2002. |
The legislative elections of 30 June 2002 were the first such elections since the ones held on 11 June 1995
which led to the formation of the first multi-party Assembly for Guinea since independence. The renewal of the Assembly was initially scheduled for 2000 after the normal five-year legislative term but was postponed several times.
During the electoral campaign
which got underway on 8 June 2002
4
769 candidates from 12 political parties vied for the 114 seats in the National Assembly
with an electorate estimated at some 4.5 million citizens.
The so-called "radical" opposition parties
namely the Guinean People's Rally (RPG) of Professor Alpha Condé
the Union of Republic Forces (UFR) of former minister Sidya Touré and the Dyamaa of Mr. Mansour Kaba
members of an alliance called FRAD spearheaded by such eminent figures as El-hadj Biro Diallo
former President of the National Assembly
and Mr. Bâ Mamadou
refused to take part in which they viewed as an "electoral farce".
On the whole
the campaign took place in a climate of calm throughout the country and was marked by widespread indifference
perhaps due to the fact that the month of June is the most important crop-growing season in the countryside. It is also the period of school and university exams in urban centres. Finally
the campaign coincided with the final phase of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan
which raised such tremendous interest that riots broke out twice in some neighbourhoods of the capital
Conakry
owing to power cuts.
Official sources estimate turnout at 72.47% of the 4
458
871 registered voters
with the following breakdown of votes: 61.57% for the Unity and Progress Party (PUP) and 26.63 % for the Union for Progress and Renewal (UPR) (party created by the merging of UNR and PRP)
with the other parties accounting for the remainder.
The Unity and Progress Party (PUP)
which has come out in favour of President Conté
obtained an absolute majority of seats in the National Assembly by sweeping all 38 seats filled through a single-member system and 47 seats filled via proportional voting. The Union for Progress and Renewal (UPR)
one of the two opposition parties which decided to take part in the voting
obtained 20 seats
as compared with three seats for the other such opposition party
the Union for Progress in Guinea (UPG). Two parties of the "presidential movement"
the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) and the National Alliance for Progress (ANP)
took three seats and one seat
respectively.
The results were contested by some opposition parties
inter alia the Guinean People's Union (UPG).
The new National Assembly was installed on 23 September 2002. Mr. Aboubacar Somparé
Secretary General of the PUP
was elected President of the Assembly. The new Assembly began its work without the UPG
which decided not to occupy the seats it had won
thereby continuing to contest the election results.
|
| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 | 30 June 2002 |
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes |
4'458'831
3'192'870 (71.61%)
30'015
3'162'855 |
|
Notes
|
|
| Distribution of votes |
|
Round no 1
|
| Political Group |
Candidates |
Votes |
|
|
% |
|
|
| Party for Unity and Progress(PUP) |
|
|
|
1'976'109 |
|
|
|
| Union for Progress and Renewal (UPR) |
|
|
|
854'679 |
|
|
|
| Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG) |
|
|
|
131'980 |
|
|
|
| Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) |
|
|
|
109'170 |
|
|
|
| National Alliance for Progress (ANP) |
|
|
|
63'702 |
|
|
|
| Others |
|
|
|
22'125 |
|
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats |
|
Round no 1
|
| Political Group |
Total
|
Majority |
Proportional |
|
|
| Party for Unity and Progress(PUP) |
85
|
38 |
47 |
|
|
| Union for Progress and Renewal (UPR) |
20
|
|
20 |
|
|
| Union for the Progress of Guinea (UPG) |
3
|
|
3 |
|
|
| Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) |
3
|
|
3 |
|
|
| National Alliance for Progress (ANP) |
2
|
|
2 |
|
|
| Others |
1
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
92
22
19.30%
|
| Distribution of seats according to age |
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats according to profession |
|
|
| Comments |
| Source : Guinéenews |
Compare data for parliamentary chambers in the Last elections module
