At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Guinea-Bissau

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Raimundo PEREIRA *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Adiato DIALLO Nandigna
• Assembly: Guinea-Bissau has a unicameral National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) with 102 seats.

* President Malam Bacai SANHA died on January 9. PEREIRA is Acting President

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
• The Prime Minister is appointed by the President.
• In the National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) 102 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** There are 27 multi-member districts. An election is valid only if more than 50 percent of eligible voters in a constituency turn out.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

• Carlos Domingos GOMES Júnior
  • Party: African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde / Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC)
• Kumba YALA
  • Party: Party for Social Renewal / Partido para a Renovação Social

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

• Carlos Domingos GOMES Júnior
  • Party: African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde / Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC)
• Henrique PERERIA Rosa
  • Independent(s): N/A
• Aregado MANTENQUE Té
  • Independent(s): N/A
• Braima DJALO
  • Party: African National Congress
• Kumba YALA
  • Party: Party for Social Renewal
• Manuel Serifo NHAMADJO
  • Party: N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 1,628,603 (July 2012 est.)
• Registered Voters: 593,765 (March 2012 )

 

At stake in this election:

• The office of Interim President of Guinea-Bissau

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Interim President Raimundo PEREIRA *
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Carlos GOMES Junior
• Assembly: Guinea-Bissau has a unicameral National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) with 102 seats.

* The electoral system is two-round.

Description of electoral system:

• The Interim President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the National People's Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) 102 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Closed lists. 27 multi-member districts. An election is valid only if more than 50 percent of eligible voters in a constituency turn out.

Main Candidates in the Second Round of the Presidential race:

• Koumba YALA
  • Alliance: Party for Social Renewal (PRS)
• Malam Bacai SANHA
  • Alliance: African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC)

Main Candidates in the First Round of the Presidential race:

• Malam Bacai SANHA
  • Alliance: PAIGC
• Henrique Pereira ROSA
  • Alliance: N/A
• Kumba YALA
  • Alliance: PRS

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 1,714,620 (2012)
• Registered Voters: 593,782 (June 2009 )

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 863,489 (2012)

·         Is Guinea-Bissau a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Guinea-Bissau ratified CEDAW: Yes (23 August 1985)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: No

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 10 (following the 2008 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 178 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Medium (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Guinea-Bissau a signatory to CRPD: Yes (24 September 2013)

·         Has Guinea-Bissau ratified CRPD: Yes (24 September 2014)

·         Population with a disability: 257,193 (est.)