2019 Guinea-Bissau presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 24 November 2019. As no candidate received a majority of the vote, a second round was held on 29 December.[1] Incumbent president José Mário Vaz finished fourth in the first round of voting, failing to progress to the runoff. Umaro Sissoco Embaló won the second round with 54% of the vote.

2019 Guinea-Bissau general election

24 November 2019 (first round)
29 December 2019 (second round)
 
Nominee Umaro Sissoco Embaló Domingos Simões Pereira
Party Madem G15 PAIGC
Popular vote 293,359 254,468
Percentage 53.55% 46.45%

President before election

José Mário Vaz
Independent

Elected President

Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Madem G15

Candidates

The elections were contested by 12 candidates, including:[2]

Results

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Domingos Simões PereiraPAIGC222,87040.13254,46846.45
Umaro Sissoco EmbalóMadem G15153,53027.65293,35953.55
Nuno Gomes NabiamAssembly of the People United73,06313.16
José Mário VazIndependent68,93312.41
Carlos Gomes JúniorIndependent14,7662.66
Baciro DjáPatriotic Front of National Salvation7,1261.28
Vicente FernandesDemocratic Convergence Party4,2500.76
Mamadú Iaia DjalóNew Democracy Party2,8130.51
Idrissa DjalóNational Unity Party2,5690.46
Mutaro Intai DjabiIndependent2,3850.43
Gabriel Fernando IndiUnited Social Democratic Party1,9820.36
António Afonso TéRepublican Party for Independence and Development1,0610.19
Invalid/blank votes11,1255,694
Total566,473100553,521100
Registered voters/turnout761,67674.37761,67672.67
Source: CNE, CNE

Aftermath

Embaló was inaugurated as president in a ceremony in Bissau on 27 February 2020. However, the PAIGC rejected the results, claiming there had been electoral fraud, and submitted a petition to the Supreme Court. Holding a majority in National People's Assembly, the party swore in Speaker Cipriano Cassamá as a rival president. Cassamá resigned after a day, saying he had received death threats.[3]

Embaló appointed Nuno Gomes Nabiam as Prime Minister. However, former Prime Minister Aristides Gomes refused to resign.[3]

References

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