The Socialist Party of Guinea-Bissau (, PSGB) is a
political party
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in
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...
.
History
The party was established in 1994 following the
general elections
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that year, but did not contest any elections until a decade later.
[Peter Karibe Mendy (2013) ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau'', Scarecrow Press, p325] It joined the
Electoral Union in 2002,
[Mendy, p398] In the
2004 parliamentary elections it received just 0.3% of the vote, failing to win a seat in the
National People's Assembly. The
2008 parliamentary elections saw it receive only 639 votes (0.14%) as it again failed to win a seat.
In the
2014 general elections, the party nominated a presidential candidate for the first time. Cirilo Rodrigues de Oliveira received just 0.3% of the vote in the presidential elections, finishing last in a field of 13 candidates, whilst the party received 0.6% of the vote in the parliamentary elections, remaining seatless.
References
Political parties in Guinea-Bissau
Socialist parties in Africa
Political parties established in 1994
1994 establishments in Guinea-Bissau
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