Parliamentary elections were held in
Guinea
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on 30 June 2002 after several postponements, over two years after it was originally scheduled to be held.
The result was a victory for President
's
Unity and Progress Party
The Unity and Progress Party (french: Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès, PUP) is a political party in Guinea. It was the ruling party during the long rule of President Lansana Conté. In terms of ideology, the PUP advocates the unity of Guineans a ...
, which won 85 of the 114 seats.
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Radical opposition parties, including the ]Guinean People's Rally
The Rally of the Guinean People (french: Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen, sometimes translated as ''Guinean People's Assembly''; RPG) is a political party in Guinea. The RPG was the ruling party in the country from 2010 to 2021 and was recently ...
(RPG) and the Union of Forces for the Republic
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, chose to boycott the elections, believing that they would be a farce.[
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Results
The PUP won all 38 single-member constituency seats and 47 proportional representation
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seats.[ In addition to the 85 seats won by the PUP, the ]Democratic Party of Guinea
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(PDG) and the National Alliance for Progress
The National Alliance for Progress (french: Alliance Nationale pour le Progrès, ANP) is a political party in Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of ...
(ANP), which also supported President Conté, won a few seats (three for the PDG, one for the ANP). The opposition Union for the Progress of Guinea
The Union for the Progress of Guinea (french: Union pour le Progrès de la Guinée, UPG) is an opposition political party in Guinea. In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 4.1% of the popular vote and 3 out of 114 seats. ...
(UPG) disputed the results and refused to take up the three seats that it won.[
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References
Elections in Guinea
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
2002 in Guinea
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