Parliamentary elections were held in
Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
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 's
Unity and Progress Party
The Unity and Progress Party (, PUP, founded in 1992) is a political party in Guinea. It functioned as the ruling party during much of the long rule (1984-2008) of President Lansana Conté. In terms of ideology, the PUP advocates the unity of Gu ...
, 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
Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...
seats.[ In addition to the 85 seats won by the PUP, the 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
The Union for the Progress of Guinea () is an opposition political party in Guinea. In the parliamentary election
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct f ...
(UPG) disputed the results and refused to take up the three seats that it won.[
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References
Parliamentary elections in Guinea
Guinea
Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...
Parliamentary
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results
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