2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election

Snap legislative elections are scheduled to be held in Guinea-Bissau on 4 June 2023.[1] Incumbent president Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the parliament on 16 May 2022, accusing deputies of corruption and "unresolvable" differences between the National People's Assembly and other government branches.[2]

2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election
Guinea-Bissau
4 June 2023
PartyLeader Current seats
PAIGC Domingos Simões Pereira 47
Madem G15 Braima Camará 27
PRS Florentino Mendes Pereira 21
APU–PDGB Nuno Gomes Nabiam 5
PND Mamadú Iaia Djaló 1
UM Agnelo Augusto Regalla 1
Incumbent Prime Minister
Nuno Gomes Nabiam
APU

Electoral system

The 102 members of the National People's Assembly are elected by two methods; 100 by closed list proportional representation from 27 multi-member constituencies and two from single-member constituencies representing expatriate citizens in Africa and Europe.[3]

Results

Party
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde
Party for Social Renewal
Madem G15
Assembly of the People United
Patriotic Front of National Salvation
Democratic Convergence Party
New Democracy Party
Union for Change
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement
African National Congress
Patriotic Movement
Movement for Development
Guinean Patriotic Union
Social Democratic Party
Party of Justice, Reconciliation and Labor–Platform of Democratic Forces
Guinean Democratic Movement
Republican Party for Independence and Development
Democratic Centre
National Unity Party
Democratic Party for Development
Manifest Party of the People
Total

References

  1. ApaNews (2022-12-17). "Guinea-Bissau postpones legislative elections". Apanews. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  2. AfricaNews (2022-05-16). "Guinea-Bissau President dissolves parliament, calls for early elections". Africanews. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
  3. Electoral system IPU
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