At stake in this election:

• 100 seats in the National People’s Assembly of Guinea-Bissau.

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President José Mário VAZ
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Aristedes GOMEZ
• Assembly: Guinea-Bissau has a unicameral People's National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) with 102 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• In the People's National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Popular) 102 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Parties in the electoral race:*

• Party: African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde / Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde (PAIGC) **
  • Leader: Domingos Simões PEREIRA
  • Seats won in last election: 55
• Party: Social Renewal Party / Partido para a Renovação Social (PRS)
  • Leader: Vacant
  • Seats won in last election: 41
• Party: Party for Democratic Convergence / Partido da Convergencia Democratica (PCD)
  • Leader: Vicente FERNANDES
  • Seats won in last election: 2
• Party: New Democracy Party / Partido da Nova Democracia (PND)
  • Leader: Iaia DJALÓ
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Union for Change / União para a Mudança (UM)
  • Leader: Agnelo REGALA
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Madem-G15
  • Leader: Bramia CAMARÁ
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

* There are 21 parties in this election.

** The PAIGC, PCD, PND, UM, and two other parties (the Social Democratic Party and the Patriotic Movement) have formed a coalition for these elections.

Population and Voter Registration:

• Population: 1,953,723 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters: 775,508 (2014)

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 991,623 (2019 est.)
• 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: Yes
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 14 (following the 2014 elections)
• Human Development Index Position: 177 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A (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: 258,926 (est.)