2014 Guinea-Bissau general election

none Guinea-Bissau yes Presidential election presidential 2012 Guinea-Bissau presidential election 2012 2019 Guinea-Bissau presidential election 2019 13 April 2014 (first round)18 May 2014 (second round) 775,508 89.29% (first round)78.21% (second round) José Mário Vaz 2014.jpg José Mário Vaz African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde 364,394 61.92% Nuno Gomes Nabiam.png Nuno Gomes Nabiam Independent politician 224,089 38.08% 300px First round results by region 300px Second round results by region 2 President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo (acting) Independent politician José Mário Vaz African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde Parliamentary election 2008 2019 yes 13 April 2014 All 102 seats in the National People's Assembly 52 88.57% ( 6.57pp) African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde Malam Bacai Sanhá 47.98 67 57 Party for Social Renewal Abel Incanda 30.76 28 41 PCD Victor Mandinga 3.37 1 2 UM Bubacar Rachid Djaló 1.84 0 1 PND Mamadú Iaia Djaló 4.87 1 1 2014 Guinea-Bissau legislative election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency. Prime Minister Rui Duarte de Barros Independent (acting) Domingos Simões Pereira African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau 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.Guinea-Bissau postpones post-coup election until March https://web.archive.org/web/20201103150921/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bissau-election-idUSBRE9AE0Q420131115 2020-11-03 Reuters, 15 November 2013 In the second round, José Mário Vaz of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde was declared the president-elect with 62% of the vote.Vaz elected President of Guinea-Bissau https://www.voanews.com/a/vaz-elected-president-of-guinea-bissau-/1918556.html Voice Of America 20 May 2014 20 May 2014 21 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031343/http://www.voanews.com/content/vaz-elected-president-of-guinea-bissau-/1918556.html live Background 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'etat The elections were the result of a military coup in 2012 cancelling the elections that year.http://www.mherrera.org/elections.htm Electoral Calendar - international elections world elections 2011-05-12 On 26 February 2014, the UN Security Council 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 Kumba Ialá died a few weeks before the elections.Ex-president of Guinea-Bissau dies https://web.archive.org/web/20140405171712/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/04/04/ex-president-guinea-bissau-dies 2014-04-05 SBS, 4 April 2014 Electoral system The President were elected using the two-round system, whilst the 102 members of the National People's Assembly were elected using proportional representation from 27 multi-member constituencies.Electoral system https://web.archive.org/web/20140414224310/http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2133_B.htm 2014-04-14 IPU Article 33 of Guinea-Bissau's Electoral Law prohibits the publishing of any opinion polls. http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/english/preliminarystatementgb14.04.2014enfinal.pdf Holding of Elections Brings Guinea Bissau Closer to Constitutional Normalcy 14 April 2014 Hotel Azalai, Bissau European Union Election Observation Mission 5 May 2014 5 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140505234652/http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/english/preliminarystatementgb14.04.2014enfinal.pdf live Candidates and parties Thirteen presidential candidates were confirmed by the High Court of Justice, http://allafrica.com/stories/201403270247.html? Guinea Bissau: Tight Timeline As Nation Prepares April 13 Polls 26 March 2014 Look Anne 14 April 2014 allAfrica 15 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140415040337/http://allafrica.com/stories/201403270247.html live whilst eight candidates were rejected.GUINÉ-BISSAU: SUPREMO “CHUMBA” OITO CANDIDATURAS PRESIDENCIAIS E SETE PARTIDOS 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 José Mário Vaz African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde 257572 364394 Nuno Gomes Nabiam Independent 156163 224089 Paulo Gomes Independent 65490 Abel Incanda Party for Social Renewal 43890 Mamadú Iaia Djaló New Democracy Party 28535 Ibraima Sory Djaló National Reconciliation Party 19497 Antonio Afonso Té Republican Party for Independence and Development 18808 Helder Vaz Lopes Independent 8888 Domingos Quadé Independent 8607 Aregado Mantenque Té Workers' Party 7269 Luis Nancassa Independent 7012 Jorge Malú Independent 6125 Cirilo Rodrigues de Oliveira Socialist Party 2070 62514 18053 775508 775508 CNE, CNE National People's Assembly File:Assemblee guinee bissau 2014.svg African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde 281408 57 –10 Party for Social Renewal 180432 41 +13 New Democracy Party 28581 1 0 Democratic Convergence Party 19757 2 +1 Republican Party for Independence and Development 17919 0 –3 Union for Change 10803 1 +1 Guinean Patriotic Union 10919 0 0 Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement 9502 0 New National Reconciliation Party 7903 0 0 Manifest Party of the People 4101 0 New United Social Democratic Party 4048 0 0 Workers' Party 3659 0 0 Socialist Part 3480 0 0 Social Democratic Party 2302 0 0 Democratic Social Front 1710 0 0 100352 +2 775508 CNE (seats), CNE (votes) References Guinea-Bissau General Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Category:Parliamentary elections in Guinea-Bissau Category:Presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau