Guinea-Bissau general election, 1999–2000

General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 November 1999, with a second round for the presidential election on 16 January 2000. The presidential election resulted in a victory for opposition leader Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), who defeated Malam Bacai Sanhá of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. The PRS were also victorious in the National People's Assembly election, winning 38 of the 102 seats.^[1]

Voter turnout was 71.9% for the second round of the presidential election.^[2]

Results

Presidential election

Candidate	Party	First round		Second round
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Kumba Ialá	Party for Social Renewal	143,996	38.81	251,193	72.0
Malam Bacai Sanhá	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	86,724	23.37	97,670	28.0
Faustino Imbali	Independent	30,484	8.22
Fernando Gomes	Independent	26,049	7.02
João Tátis Sá	Independent	24,117	6.50
Abubacar Baldé	National Union for Democracy and Progress	20,192	5.44
Bubacar Rachid Djaló	Union for Change	12,026	3.24
Joaquim Baldé	Social Democratic Party	8,623	2.32
Salvador Tchongó	Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement	6,937	1.87
José Catengul Mendes	Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea	5,311	1.43
Mamadú Uri Baldé	Progress and Renewal Party	3,580	0.96
Antonieta Rosa Gomes	Guinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy	2,986	0.80
Invalid/blank votes		48,387	–	12,746	–
Total		419,412	100	361,609	100
Registered voters/turnout		503,007	83.1	503,007	71.9
Source: African Elections Database, Rudebeck

National People's Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Party for Social Renewal			38	+26
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement			29	+9
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde			24	–38
Union for Change			3	–3
Social Democratic Party			3	New
Democratic Alliance			3	New
National Union for Democracy and Progress			1	New
Guinean League for Ecological Protection			0	–
Democratic Social Front			1	New
Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea			0	–1
United Social Democratic Party			0	0
Guinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy			0	New
Party for Renewal and Progress			0	New
Total	432,604	100	102	+2
Source: Rudebeck

References

1. Guinea-Bissau: Parliamentary Chamber: Assembleia nacional popular: Elections held in 1999 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Elections in Guinea-Bissau African Elections Database