General elections were held in

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on 13 April 2014, with a second round for the presidential elections held on 18 May since no candidate received a majority in the first round. Several logistic problems and delays caused the elections to be repeatedly postponed, having initially been scheduled for 24 November 2013 and then 16 March 2014. In the second round,

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of the

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was declared the president-elect with 62% of the vote.

Background

The elections were the result of a

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in 2012 cancelling the elections that year. On 26 February 2014, the

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urged Guinea-Bissau's transitional government to abide by announced election plans, warning of sanctions against those opposing a return to constitutional order. Former President

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died a few weeks before the elections.

Electoral system

The President were elected using the

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, whilst the 102 members of the National People's Assembly were elected using

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from 27 multi-member constituencies. Article 33 of Guinea-Bissau's Electoral Law prohibits the publishing of any opinion polls.

Candidates and parties

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A Nação, 16 March 2014 The Court approved fifteen parties to contest the National People's Assembly election, but rejected applications from seven other parties; the National African Congress, the Guinean Civic Forum-Social Democracy, the Democratic Party for Development, the Guinean Democratic Movement, the Patriotic Movement, the Guinean League for Ecological Protection and the Party for Democracy, Development and Citizenship.

Results

President

National People's Assembly

References

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