2010 Guinean presidential election

none Guinea presidential 2003 Guinean presidential election 2003 2015 Guinean presidential election 2015 27 June 2010 (first round)7 November 2010 (second round) 51.60% (first round)67.87% (second round) Alpha Conde - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg Alpha Condé Rally of the Guinean People 1,474,973 52.52% Cellou Dalein Diallo 2011.jpg Cellou Dalein Diallo Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea 1,333,666 47.48% 300px Results by region 300px Results by prefecture 1 Condé: #FFF75E 50-60% #FFE94E 60-70% #FFDA3D 70-80% #FDC43F 80-90% #FDB833 >90%Diallo: #B69121 50-60% #A47E1B 60-70% #926C15 70-80% #805B10 80-90% #76520E >90% President Sékouba Konaté (acting) Independent Alpha Condé Rally of the Guinean People Presidential elections were held in Guinea in 2010. They were held under the two-round system, with the first round taking place on 27 June 2010 and the second round on 7 November,http://www.afrol.com/articles/35415 Election date for Guinea proposed afrol 22 February 2010http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12820272.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100124140242/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12820272.htm dead January 24, 2010 Guinea to hold presidential elections in six months Xinhua News Agency 16 January 2010http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/7084398.html Guinea may hold presidential runoff in mid-August People's Daily Online 28 July 2010https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10920366 Guinea sets date for presidential run-off vote BBC News Online 9 August 2010 after an initial date of 18 July and several other postponements. Alpha Condé was declared the winner, with 52.52% of the votes in the second round. Guinée : Condé déclaré vainqueur de l'élection présidentielle http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2010/11/15/guinee-alpha-conde-revendique-sa-victoire_1440105_3212.html Le Monde 15 November 2010 Alpha Conde declared winner in Guinea president polls https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11762142 BBC News 15 November 2010http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20101116-conde-declared-winner-second-round-run Conde declared winner in second round run-off | RFI 2009-07-06 2010-11-16 He assumed office on 21 December 2010. The elections came after a coup in 2008 and the attempted assassination of the junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara in December 2009. There were months of tension and unrest during the electoral process, in which the two main candidates represented the two largest ethnic groups in Guinea: the Fula (fr Peul;In reporting on the elections, some major English language press organizations like The New York Times and BBC have tended to use the French word "Peul" for this ethnic group rather than the English "Fula" or "Fulani." ff Fulɓe) and the Maninka (Malinke). The elections were also the first free national election held in Guinea since it gained independence in 1958. Background The election was originally scheduled to be held on 13 December 2009 (with a second round, if necessary, held on 27 December 2009) following the 2008 Guinean coup d'état.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7811152.stm Guinea junta pledges 2009 polls BBC News Online 5 January 2009 Civilian and political groups proposed to hold them in December after legislative elections in October 2009.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7941394.stm Guinean election dates proposed BBC News Online 13 March 2009 The government agreed in late March 2009 to set the election date for 13 and 27 December,http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=971273 Guinea 2009 election agreed The Times 31 March 2009 October 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes but it was then again delayed until 31 January 2010.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g27TfQPgCJ0mwmL6fhVwdvmqiRFg https://web.archive.org/web/20110222103338/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g27TfQPgCJ0mwmL6fhVwdvmqiRFg dead February 22, 2011 Guinea party backs junta leader for president Agence France-Presse 19 September 2009 While junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara had initially stated he would not run in the election, he declared on 16 April 2009 that he, like every citizen, had the right to stand in the election.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8001659.stm Guinea coup head could fight poll BBC News Online 16 April 2009 On 10 May 2009, however, he stated again that neither he nor any of the other officers involved would stand in the election.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8043096.stm Guinea coup leader will not stand BBC News Online 10 May 2009 Despite this vow, supporters of Camara held a rally in August 2009 to call for him to take off his uniform and run in the elections. The United States felt that he had to abstain from running to ensure a free and fair election.https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-08-24-voa7-68820777/413469.html https://archive.today/20130205171137/http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/a-13-2009-08-24-voa7-68820777.html live 5 February 2013 Guinea's Junta Leaders React to Pressure Not to Stand in Next Year's Elections Voice of America 24 August 2009 After Camara was shot in early December 2009 and Konaté took over as the country's leader, an agreement was reached on 16 January 2010 which stipulated that Camara would remain out of the country (where he had been treated for his gunshot wounds), that a transitional government would be formed and that presidential elections would be held within six months. The election was seen as a chance to change decades of authoritarian rule following independence, as well as to bring stability and foreign investment."Guinea: Election raises hope for change", IRIN. Retrieved on 2010-11-08. This was also the first democratic election since independence in 1958.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11696566 BBC News Can Guineans grab hold of democracy? 4 November 2010 Candidates Twenty-four candidates were approved to run in the election,http://www.afrik.com/article19847.html Présidentielle en Guinée : 24 candidats pour un fauteuil Afrik 26 May 2010 frhttp://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/guinea:-24-candidates-validated-for-guinea%2527s-presidential-election-2010052649886.html Guinea: 24 candidates validated for Guinea's presidential election Afrique en ligne 26 May 2010 April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.france24.com/en/20100624-main-candidates-guineas-presidential-election-fall-conde-diallo-toure-kouyate Two dozen candidates – and no soldiers – in Guinea's presidential poll France 24 26 May 2010 among them four former prime ministers (Cellou Dalein Diallo, François Lonseny Fall, Lansana Kouyaté and Sidya Touré). Alpha Condé (RPG) Sidya Touré (UFR) Cellou Dalein Diallo (UFDG) Jean Marc Telliano (RDIG) François Lounceny Fall (FUDEC) Elhadj Mamadou Sylla (UDG) Mamadou Diawara (PTS) Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (GPT) Bouna Keita (RGP) Ibrahima Abe Sylla (NGR) Boubacar Barry (PNR) M'bemba Traoré (PDU) Ousmane Kaba (PLUS) Abraham Bouré (RGUD) Ousmane Bah (UPR) Saran Daraba Kaba (CDP) Fodé Mohamed Soumah (GECI) Boubacar Bah (ADPG) Lansana Kouyaté (PEDN) Mamadou Baadiko Bah (UFD) Aboubacar Somparé (PUP) Papa Koly Kouroumah (RDR) Alpha Ibrahima Keïra (PR) Joseph Bangoura (UDIG) Campaign For the run-off, at least twelve minor candidates (Francois Louceny Fall, Ousmane Kaba, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, Jean Marc Teliano, El Hadj Bouna Keita, Mamadou Diawara, Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, El Hadj Mamadou Sylla, Alpha Ibrahima Keira, M'Bemba Traore, Joseph Bangoura and Abraham Boure) voiced their support for Condé over the frontrunner.http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/7069803.html Alpha Conde gets support in Guinea's presidential run-off People's Daily Online 16 July 2010 However, Diallo gained the support of Touré, who came third.https://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Diallo-Forms-Alliance-for-Guinea-Presidential-Run-Off-99547134.html Diallo Forms Alliance for Guinea Presidential Run-Off Voice of America 29 July 2010 29 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100808135503/http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Diallo-Forms-Alliance-for-Guinea-Presidential-Run-Off-99547134.html 8 August 2010 live Condé then also gained the support of fourth-placed Lansana Kouyaté.http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90855/7091375.html Guinea ex-PM throws behind Conde in presidential run-off People's Daily Online 3 August 2010 Conduct As had been expected by observers, the run-off was delayed from 18 July to a later date.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10577834 Guinea's presidential run-off delayed over fraud claims BBC News Online 9 July 2010 The second round was then set for 14 August 2010. On 9 August, less than a week before the runoff was to take place, the vote was delayed again, to 19 September. On 10 September, the president of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), Ben Sekou Sylla, and another official were convicted of vote-tampering during the first round of voting. The two were sentenced to "one year in prison and a fine of two million Guinea francs [$350] each for electoral fraud.""Guinea poll chief guilty of fraud", Al Jazeera English (2010-09-10). Retrieved on 2010-11-08. Sylla died in a Paris hospital on 14 September following a long illness, and the odds of holding the election on time were very low as tensions rose in the country. Boubacar Diallo, the commission's director of planning, said "It is highly improbable that the election will be held this Sunday. It is a purely technical problem."Doubts cloud Guinea runoff election - Africa. Al Jazeera English (2010-09-14). Retrieved on 2010-11-08. The Independent National Electoral Commission said a decision to postpone the election between Jean-Marie Dore, the interim prime minister, and the two candidates, Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Condé, was made because they needed "two weeks to prepare well." They blamed a lack of necessary voting equipment, saying it could take up to two weeks for arrangements to be in place, and that a new date was yet to be decided."Guinea presidential polls postponed". Al Jazeera English (2010-09-16). Retrieved on 2010-11-08. The dates of 10 October, and then 24 October, were proposed for the second round,Guinea election body proposes October 10 run-off | World | Reuters. Af.reuters.com (2010-09-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-08. but on 22 October the vote was put off indefinitely.Guinea run-off election date set - Africa. Al Jazeera English (2010-10-05). Retrieved on 2010-11-08. Siaka Sangare, the new head of the election commission, set 7 November as the new date for the second round of the election "after wide consultation with the different parties in the transition. It is a date that has been agreed upon, cannot be changed, and, dare I say it, I think will be the last one set for this election that the Guinean people are waiting for so much." He added that the election had previously been postponed so as to allow political parties to call for calm following violence.Guinea run-off election date set - Africa. Al Jazeera English (2010-10-28). Retrieved on 2010-11-08. Violence In the week before the second round of voting, at least 24 people were injured in clashes when supporters of Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Condé threw rocks at each other after a campaign rally. The incident occurred in several parts of Conakry, marking a sign of escalating tension ahead of the vote. Brawls were also reported near Conde's home, as well as near his Rally of the Guinean People party headquarters in Hamdallaye. The following day rioting continued killing at least one person and injuring 50."Guinea halts poll rally amid chaos". Al Jazeera English (2010-09-12). Retrieved on 2010-11-08. Corruption Vincent Bolloré, a French billionaire close to then-French president Nicolas Sarkozy, allegedly gave financial support to presidential candidate Alpha Condé in the election. He is suspected of having offered Condé discount on advertisements from his ad agency, which he did not equally offer to his opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo. Condé went on to become Guinean president and gave Bolloré's company port concessions. Bolloré formally denies any wrongdoing.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/24/french-tycoon-accused-bribery-interfering-african-elections/ French tycoon accused of bribery and interfering in African elections Chazan David 2018-04-24 The Telegraph 2018-05-22 en-GB 0307-1235 Results The final results of the first round were announced on 20 July 2010 after confirmation by the Supreme Court, which annulled about one-third of the votes originally cast. Les deux candidats revendiquent leur victoire à la présidentielle guinéenne http://www.liberation.fr/monde/01012302352-incidents-a-conakry-entre-les-partisans-d-un-candidat-a-la-presidentielle-et-la-police Libération 15 November 2010 While differing significantly from the earlier provisional results, they confirmed a runoff between Cellou Dalein Diallo and Alpha Condé, with Diallo winning 43.69% against Condé's 18.25% and Sidya Touré's 13.02%.http://www.ceniguinee.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233:res&catid=52:autres-actualites-de-la-ceni&Itemid=1 Résultats définitifs du 1er tour de l'élection présidentielle du 27 juin 2010 Guinean National Independent Electoral Commission 20 July 2010 fr A big turnout was reported for the second round.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11705147 Guinea sees big turnout in presidential run-off poll BBC 2010-11-07 2010-11-16 Early results (from counting in the districts) for the second round indicated a close race,https://www.voanews.com/a/election-observers-call-on-guinea-presidential-candidates-to-accept-results-106971653/156792.html Early Returns Show Close Race in Guinea Presidential Election VOA News 2010-11-09 2010-11-16 with final results due when all ballots were brought to Conakry for counting.https://archive.today/20130125003956/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ilhjJeaI61k-pW0uqCv9hUqS1_Wg?docId=CNG.95235e4012f771d1c25e68aa7eb984cd.01 Guinea delays election results CENI announced the preliminary results on the evening of 15 November, with Condé the winner with 52.52% of the vote on a 67.87% turnout. Earlier in the day, both candidates claimed victory, with Diallo saying that he would not accept the CENI's provisional results until his complaints of election irregularities had been investigated. Voting along ethnic lines had been expected to hurt Diallo. Cellou Dalein Diallo Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea 772496 1333666 Alpha Condé Rally of the Guinean People 323406 1474973 Sidya Touré Union of Republican Forces 230867 Lansana Kouyaté Party of Hope for National Development fr Parti de l'espoir pour le développement national 124902 Papa Koly Kourouma fr Rally for the Defense of the Republic fr Rassemblement pour la défense de la République 101827 Ibrahima Abé Sylla New Generation for the Republic 57394 Jean Marc Telliano fr Rally for the Integrated Development of Guinea fr Rassemblement pour le développement intégré de la Guinée 41332 Aboubacar Somparé Unity and Progress Party 16947 Boubacar Barry National Renewal Party (Guinea) fr Parti national pour le renouveau National Renewal Party 14200 Ousmane Bah fr Union for Progress and Renewal 12140 Ibrahima Kassory Fofana Guinea for All fr Guinée pour tous 11778 Ousmane Kaba fr Liberal Party for Unity and Solidarity 9613 François Lonseny Fall United Front for Democracy and Change fr Front uni pour la démocratie et le changement 8207 Mamadou Sylla Democratic Union of Guinea fr Union démocratique de Guinée 8016 Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba Pan-African Democratic Convention fr Convention démocratique panafricaine 6815 Mamadou Diawara (politician) fr Mamadou Diawara (homme politique) Mamadou Diawara Workers and Solidarity Party fr Parti du travail et de la solidarité 5641 Boubacar Bah fr Democratic Prosperous Future for Guinea fr Avenir démocratique prospérité de Guinée 5354 Alpha Ibrahima Keira fr Republican Party (Guinea) fr Parti républicain (Guinée) Republican Party 4600 M'Bemba Traoré fr Democracy and Unity Party fr Parti de la démocratie et de l'unité 4292 Mamadou Baadiko Bah fr Union of Democratic Forces (Guinea) fr Union des forces démocratiques (Guinée) Union of Democratic Forces 3409 Joseph Bangoura fr Union for the Integrated Development of Guinea fr Parti de l’union pour le développement intégré de la Guinée 3247 Abraham Bouré fr Guinean Rally for Unity and Development fr Rassemblement guinéen pour l'unité et le développement 2179 Fodé Mohamed Soumah fr Generation of Citizens fr Génération citoyenne 1984 Bouna Keita fr Rally for a Prosperous Guinea fr Rassemblement pour une Guinée prospère 1334 177416 89594 3778177 4270531 ACE Project, African Elections Database Aftermath After Condé was preliminarily declared the winner some members of the Fula ethnic group (which largely backed Diallo) rioted, barricading roads and destroyed homes and businesses of some Malinkes (who tended to back Conde). On 18 November the military declared a state of emergency. Nouhou Thiam, the armed forces chief, read the decree on state television which prohibited civilians from congregating in the streets, while only the military and security personnel would have unrestricted movement. He said the decree would be enforced until the Supreme Court declared certified final results, which was to occur before 24 November.Guinean military declares emergency Al Jazeera, 17 November 2010 References Guinea Presidential election Category:Presidential elections in Guinea Guinea Guinea Category:June 2010 elections Category:November 2010 elections