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2020 Guinean presidential election
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Registered
| 5,367,198
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Turnout
| 79.51%
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Presidential elections were held in
Guinea
on 18 October 2020. Incumbent president
Alpha Conde
was running for a third term.
[1]
[2]
He was challenged by former prime minister
Cellou Dalein Diallo
,
[3]
as well as several other candidates.
Background
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The Guinean constitution limits a president to two terms. However, changes in the new constitution passed in the controversial
constitutional referendum
earlier in the year included resetting the presidential terms allowing incumbent president Alpha Conde to run for a third term.
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Both the referendum and the
legislative election
being run alongside it was boycotted by most of the opposition, and was marred by protests.
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Former prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo who ran against Conde and placed second in the previous two presidential elections ran again after first considering boycotting the vote, and was seen as the main challenger. Protests against the incumbent president have continued throughout the year. The protests have been harshly repressed by security forces claiming a number of civilian lives.
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Electoral system
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The elections were held using the
two-round system
, with a second round taking place between the top two finishers on 24 November 2020 if no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
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Results
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Preliminary estimates were reported to indicate that Diallo was in the lead.
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On 19 October, Diallo declared himself the winner of the election despite the official results not being known yet, based on polling information gathered by his party. The incumbent president condemned this declaration as "irresponsible and dangerous." The electoral commission expected the official results to be released by the end of the week.
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With 96.14% of the results counted, the Independent National Electoral Commission declared incumbent president Alpha Conde the winner in the first round with 59.49% of the vote on 24 October.
Candidate
| Party
| Votes
| %
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| Alpha Conde
| Rally of the Guinean People
| 2,438,815
| 59.50
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| Cellou Dalein Diallo
| Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea
| 1,372,920
| 33.49
|
| Ibrahima Abe Sylla
| New Generation for the Republic
| 63,676
| 1.55
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| Ousmane Kaba
[
fr
]
| Party of Democrats for Hope
[
fr
]
| 48,623
| 1.19
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| Ousmane Dore
[
fr
]
| National Movement for Development
| 46,235
| 1.13
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| Makale Camara
| Front for National Alliance
| 29,958
| 0.73
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| Makale Traore
[
fr
]
| Party of Civic Action for Work
| 29,589
| 0.72
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| Abdoul Kabele Camara
| Guinean Rally for Development
[
fr
]
| 22,507
| 0.55
|
| Abdoulaye Kourouma
| Rally for Renaissance and Development
| 19,073
| 0.47
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| Moro Mandjouf Sidibe
[
fr
]
| Alliance for the Forces of Change
| 10,362
| 0.25
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| Laye Souleymane Diallo
[
fr
]
| Party of Freedom and Progress
| 9,619
| 0.23
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| Bouya Konate
[
fr
]
| Union for the Defence of Republican Interests
| 7,544
| 0.18
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Total
| 4,098,921
| 100.00
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Valid votes
| 4,098,921
| 96.05
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Invalid/blank votes
| 168,653
| 3.95
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Total votes
| 4,267,574
| 100.00
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Registered voters/turnout
| 5,367,198
| 79.51
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Source:
CENI Guinea
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Aftermath
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Diallo called for mass demonstrations after Conde's victory was certified by the election commission. The post-election period saw national protests in which at least 12 people were killed by security forces, including two children in
Conakry
.
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Monitors from the
African Union
and
ECOWAS
said the election took place transparently and was conducted properly.
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In September 2021, the military overthrew Conde in a
coup d'etat
and detained him.
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See also
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References
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