Parliamentary elections were held in
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 ...
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 (RPG) and the Union of Forces for the Republic, 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 seats.[ In addition to the 85 seats won by the PUP, the Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally, Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG) and the National Alliance for Progress (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 (UPG) disputed the results and refused to take up the three seats that it won.][
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References
Elections in Guinea
2002 elections in Africa, Guinea
2002 in Guinea
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
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