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2023 Guinea-Bissau Legislative Election
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 4 June 2023. Incumbent president Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the parliament on 16 May 2022, accusing deputies of corruption and "unresolvable" differences between the National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau), National People's Assembly and other government branches. The result was a victory for the opposition coalition Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka led by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, which won 54 of the 102 seats. Electoral system The 102 members of the National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau), National People's Assembly are elected by two methods; 100 by closed list proportional representation from 27 multi-member constituencies and two from single-member constituencies representing expatriate citizens in Africa and Europe. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Guinea-Bissau Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 10 March 2019. They were originally scheduled for 18 November 2018 following an ECOWAS brokered agreement between President José Mário Vaz and the opposition in April 2018, but the electoral census was not completed until 20 November, and Prime Minister Aristides Gomes subsequently proposed 16 December, 30 December, or 27 January 2019 as possible alternative dates. The election date was settled following a presidential decree issued in December 2018. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) won 47 of the 102 seats and remained the largest party. Although its loss of ten seats resulted in a hung parliament, pre-election agreements with the Assembly of the People United (five seats), the New Democracy Party (Guinea-Bissau), New Democracy Party (one seat) and the Union for Change (one seat) gave the PAIGC-led coalition a six-seat majority in the National People's Assembly (Guinea-Bissau), National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union For Change
The Union for Change ( pt, União para a Mudança, UM) is a political alliance in Guinea-Bissau. History The UM was established in 1994 as an alliance of six parties; the Democratic Front (FD), the Democratic Party of Progress (PDP), the Democratic Social Front (FDS), the Guinean League for Ecological Protection (LIPE), the Party for Renewal and Development (PRD) and the Unity Movement for Democracy (MUD).Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p402 It was headed by Amin Michel Saad, the leader of the PDP. In the 1994 general elections the party put forward LIPE's Bubacar Rachid Djaló as its presidential candidate. Djaló finished sixth with 3% of the vote, but in the parliamentary elections the alliance received 13% of the vote and won six seats in the National People's Assembly. Following the civil war in 1998 and 1999, the FD left the Union to join the Democratic Alliance. The FDS also left the Union to c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manifest Party Of The People
The Manifest Party of the People (, PMP) was a political party in Guinea-Bissau. History The PMP was established in 2003 by Faustino Imbali.Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p229 The party received 0.8% of the vote in the 2004 parliamentary elections, failing to win a seat in the National People's Assembly. Imbali was the party's candidate for the 2005 presidential elections, but received just 0.52% of the vote, finishing tenth in a field of 13 candidates. The party did not contest elections in 2008, 2009 or 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ..., but returned to active politics when it ran in the 2014 parliamentary elections. It received 0.7% of the vote and failed to win a seat. The party d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Social Democratic Party
The United Social Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Unido Social Democrático, PUSD) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Guinea-Bissau. History The party was established on 30 May 1991 and legalised on 6 June 1992.Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p328 Victor Saúde Maria was its initial leader. In the 1994 general elections Saúde Maria finished seventh in the presidential elections with 2% of the vote, and the party failed to win a seat in the National People's Assembly. Saúde Maria died on 25 October 1999, and a subsequent leadership crisis prevented it from contesting the 1999 general elections. Former Prime Minister Francisco Fadul was elected as the President of the PUSD on 18 December 2002 at a party convention in Bissau.''Political Parties of the World'' (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 272. In the 2004 parliamentary elections the party received 17.6% of the vote and wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party For Independence And Development
The Republican Party for Independence and Development ( pt, Partido Republicano para a Independência e Desenvolvimento, PRID) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau led by António Afonso Té. History The party was established in March 2008 as a breakaway from the PAIGC who supported President João Bernardo Vieira.Last elections IPU Led by , it finished third in the popular vote in the 2008 parliamentary elections, winning three seats in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Unity Party (Guinea-Bissau)
The National Unity Party ( pt, Partido da Unidade Nacional, PUN) was a political party in Guinea-Bissau. History The party was established by Idrissa Djaló on 26 July 2001.Bogdan Szajkowski (2005) ''Political Parties of the World'', p273 In the 2004 parliamentary elections the party received 1.46% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In the 2005 presidential election Djaló finished eighth with 0.8% of the vote. The party boycotted the 2008 parliamentary elections, with Djaló claiming that "the ballot will not resolve any of the persistent great problems in the country".Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p328 It did not contest presidential elections in 2009 or 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Movement (Guinea-Bissau)
The Social Democratic Movement ( es, Movimiento Demócrata Social; MDS), often shortened to just the Democrats ( es, Demócratas), is a far-right political party in Bolivia founded in 2013 for the movement for greater autonomy for the eastern departments of the ''Media Luna''. History Ruben Costas, governor of Santa Cruz department, announced the party's formation in March 2013. Twenty leaders gathered to launch the party in April 2013, including Costas, Beni governor Carmelo Lens and his predecessor Ernesto Suarez, Senator Bernard Gutierrez ( PPB-Cochabamba), and Cochabamba council member Ninoska Lazarte. The launch was hosted by Savina Cuéllar, the former prefect of Chuquisaca Department, who as of April 2013, was under house arrest facing charges for the 24 May 2008, violence in Sucre. After a failed petition to legally merge the registration of Costas' Truth and Social Democracy (VERDES) party, Renewing Freedom and Democracy (Libertad y Democracia Renovadora; Líder), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African National Congress (Guinea-Bissau)
The African National Congress (ANC) is a social-democratic political party in South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when the first post-apartheid election resulted in Nelson Mandela being elected as President of South Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa, the incumbent national President, has served as President of the ANC since 18 December 2017. Founded on 8 January 1912 in Bloemfontein as the South African Native National Congress, the organisation was formed to agitate for the rights of black South Africans. When the National Party government came to power in 1948, the ANC's central purpose became to oppose the new government's policy of institutionalised apartheid. To this end, its methods and means of organisation shifted; its adoption of the techniques of mass politics, and the swelling of its membership, culminated in the Defiance Campaign of civil disobedience in 1952–53. The ANC was banned by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democracy Party (Guinea-Bissau)
The New Democracy Party ( pt, Partido da Nova Democracia, PND) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. History The party was established by Mamadú Iaia Djaló in 2007. It won a single seat in the National People's Assembly in the 2008 elections. In the 2009 presidential elections it nominated Djaló as its candidate. He finished fourth with 3% of the vote. In the 2014 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2014. * 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014 Africa * 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014 * 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014 * 2014 Comorian presi ... the party won a single seat in the National People's Assembly, whilst Djaló finished fifth in the presidential election with 5% of the vote. CNE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resistance Of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement
The Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (, RGB-MB) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. Once the main opposition organisation in the country, it is today a minor party without parliamentary representation. History The party was established as the Bafatá Movement in Portugal on 27 July 1986 by Domingos Fernandes Gomes after his childhood friend Viriato Rodrigues Pa was executed along with five others accused of attempting to overthrow the regime of João Bernardo Vieira.Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p359 With the organisation gaining support from the large population of expatriate Guineans in Portugal, the PAIGC government started attempts to assassinate the RGB leadership. In 1991 it adopted its current name. When multi-party politics was introduced in the early 1990s, the 1994 general elections saw the RGB become the largest opposition party to the PAIGC in the National People's Assembly, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party For Social Renewal
The Party for Social Renewal ( pt, Partido da Renovação Social, PRS) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the country's leading parties and is currently the main opposition party. History 1990s Multi-party democracy was introduced to Guinea-Bissau by the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in May 1991, and the PRS was established on 14 January 1992 by Kumba Ialá, a former PAIGC member. Ialá was the party's presidential candidate in the 1994 general elections. He received 22% of the vote in the first round on 3 July,Elections in Guinea-Bissau African Elections Database progressing to the run-off. Although the other opposition parties united behind him he lost to incumbent President |
Madem G15
Madem-G15, (officially the Movement for Democratic Alternation, Group of 15; pt, Movimento para Alternância Democrática, Grupo dos 15) is a political party in Guinea-Bissau founded by former members of PAIGC in 2018, named for the 15 members who left the PAIGC. Notably, it won 27, the second most seats, of 102 seats in the 2019 legislative election of Guinea-Bissau in its first election showing. On 28 February 2020, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, a member of Madem-G15, took office as President of Guinea-Bissau in a contested election. The party supports former President José Mário Vaz in his dispute with reformist Domingos Simões Pereira Domingos Simões Pereira (born 20 October 1963) is a Bissau-Guinean politician who was Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau from 2014 to August 2015. He previously served as Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, also k .... References 2018 establishments in Africa Democratic socialist parties in Africa Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
