Country: | Guinea-Bissau |
Previous Election: | 2019 |
Election Date: | 4 June 2023 |
Leader1: | Domingos Simões Pereira |
Percentage1: | 39.42 |
Last Election1: | 48 |
Seats1: | 54 |
Party2: | Madem G15 |
Percentage2: | 24.39 |
Last Election2: | 27 |
Seats2: | 29 |
Party3: | Party for Social Renewal |
Percentage3: | 14.98 |
Last Election3: | 21 |
Seats3: | 12 |
Party4: | PTG |
Color4: |
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Leader4: | Botche Candé |
Percentage4: | 8.17 |
Last Election4: | new |
Seats4: | 6 |
Party5: | APU–PDGB |
Leader5: | Nuno Gomes Nabiam |
Percentage5: | 4.44 |
Last Election5: | 5 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Map: | 2023 Guinea-Bissau legislative election - Results by constituency.svg |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Nuno Gomes Nabiam |
Before Party: | APU |
After Election: | Geraldo Martins |
After Party: | PAIGC |
Next Election: | 2024 |
Snap parliamentary elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 4 June 2023.[1] Incumbent president Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the parliament on 16 May 2022, accusing deputies of corruption and "unresolvable" differences between the National People's Assembly and other government branches.[2]
The result was a victory for the opposition coalition Inclusive Alliance Platform – Terra Ranka led by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, which won 54 of the 102 seats.[3]
The 102 members of the National People's Assembly are elected by two methods; 100 by closed list proportional representation from 27 multi-member constituencies and two from single-member constituencies representing expatriate citizens in Africa and Europe.[4]
President Embalo dissolved the opposition-controlled parliament on 4 December 2023, saying an "attempted coup" had prevented him from returning home from COP28 climate conference.[5] In response to the dissolution, parliamentary speaker Domingos Simões Pereira accused the president of carrying out a "constitutional coup d'etat."[6] Incumbent president Embalo would go on to fire the prime minister Geraldo Martins, who was appointed by the PAIGC-led National Assembly and instead appoint Rui Duarte de Barros by presidential decree.[7]