1994 Guinea-Bissau general election
Presidential election
3 July 1994 (first round)
7 August 1994 (second round)
 
Nominee João Bernardo Vieira Kumba Ialá
Party PAIGC PRS
Popular vote 161,083 148,664
Percentage 52.02% 47.98%
President before election

João Bernardo Vieira
PAIGC

 Elected President

João Bernardo Vieira
PAIGC

General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 3 July 1994, with a second round for the presidential election on 7 August. They were the first multi-party elections since independence, and also the first time the president had been directly elected, as previously the post had been elected by the National People's Assembly. In the presidential election, the result was a victory for incumbent João Bernardo Vieira of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), who defeated Kumba Ialá of Social Renewal Party in the second round. In the Assembly election, 1,136 candidates ran for the 100 seats, of which the PAIGC won 62.[1]

Voter turnout in the presidential election was 89.3% on 3 July and 81.6% on 7 August.[2] In the parliamentary election it was 88.9%.[3]

Results

President

Independent candidate Carlos Gomes was supported by the Democratic Convergence Party, as its leader Victor Mandinga was not eligible to run for president, as he failed to meet the qualification that both parents be Guineans born in the country.

CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
João Bernardo VieiraAfrican Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde142,57746.20161,08352.00
Kumba IaláParty for Social Renewal67,51821.88148,66448.00
Domingos FernandesResistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement53,82517.44
Carlos GomesIndependent15,6455.07
François MendyStruggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea8,6552.80
Bubacar Rachid DjalóUnion for Change8,5062.76
Victor Saúde MariaUnited Social Democratic Party6,3882.07
Antonieta Rosa GomesGuinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy5,5091.79
Total308,623100.00309,747100.00
Valid votes308,62386.28309,74794.84
Invalid/blank votes49,05913.7216,8685.16
Total votes357,682100.00326,615100.00
Registered voters/turnout400,41789.33400,41781.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

National People's Assembly

PartyVotes%Seats
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde134,98246.3962
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement57,56619.7819
Union for Change36,79712.656
Party for Social Renewal29,95710.3012
Democratic Convergence Party15,4115.300
United Social Democratic Party8,2862.850
Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea7,4752.571
Guinean Civic Forum4940.170
Total290,968100.00100
Valid votes290,96881.73
Invalid/blank votes65,02418.27
Total votes355,992100.00
Registered voters/turnout400,41788.91
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Guinea-Bissau: Parliamentary Chamber: Assembleia nacional popular: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ↑ Elections in Guinea-Bissau African Elections Database
  3. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p467 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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