Guinean legislative election, 1995

Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 11 June 1995. The first multi-party elections for the National Assembly since independence, they saw 21 parties field 846 candidates for the 114 seats, divided between 38 single-member constituencies and 76 based on proportional representation, although they were boycotted by the Union of Democratic Forces.^[1] The result was a victory for the Party of Unity and Progress, which won 71 of the 114 seats. Voter turnout was 61.9%.^[2][3]

Results

Party	PR seats			Constituency seats			Total seats
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Party of Unity and Progress	990,184	53.5	41			30	71
Rally of the Guinean People	354,927	19.2	15			4	19
Union for the New Republic	178,692	9.6	7			2	9
Party of Renewal and Progress	170,806	9.2	7			2	9
Union for the Progress of Guinea	44,441	2.4	2			0	2
Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally	36,709	1.9	1			0	1
National Union for the Prosperity of Guinea	31,295	1.6	1			0	1
Democratic Party of Guinea	21,233	1.1	1			0	1
Dyama Party	20,696	1.1	1			0	1
Invalid/blank votes	39,330	-	-	45,824	-	-	-
Total	1,887,902		76	1,886,403		38	114
Source: Nohlen at al, IPU

References

1. Guinea: Elections in 1995 Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Elections in Guinea African Elections Database
3. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p455 ISBN 0-19-829645-2