Parliamentary elections were held in

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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

Lansana Conté Lansana Conté (30 November 1934 – 22 December 2008

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, which won 85 of the 114 seats. Radical opposition parties, including the

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(RPG) and the

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, chose to boycott the elections, believing that they would be a farce.

Results

The PUP won all 38 single-member constituency seats and 47

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seats. In addition to the 85 seats won by the PUP, the

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(PDG) and the

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(ANP), which also supported President Conté, won a few seats (three for the PDG, one for the ANP). The opposition

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(UPG) disputed the results and refused to take up the three seats that it won.

References

Elections in Guinea

2002 in Guinea Election and referendum articles with incomplete results {{Africa-election-stub