2023 Guinea-Bissau parliamentary election

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]

2023 Guinea-Bissau parliamentary election

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All 102 seats in the National People's Assembly 52 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	79.57% ( 5.12 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PAI–Terra Ranka Domingos Simões Pereira 39.42 54 +6 Madem G15 Braima Camará [pt] 24.39 29 +2 PRS Florentino Mendes Pereira 14.98 12 −9 PTG Botche Candé 8.17 6 New APU Nuno Gomes Nabiam 4.44 1 −4 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Nuno Gomes Nabiam APU Geraldo Martins PAIGC

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]

Electoral system

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]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	PAI – Terra Ranka (PAIGC–UM–PCD–PSD–MDG)	264,240	39.42	54	+6
	Madem G15	163,509	24.39	29	+2
	Party for Social Renewal	100,429	14.98	12	–9
	Guinean Workers' Party	54,784	8.17	6	New
	Assembly of the People United	29,787	4.44	1	–4
	Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement	10,989	1.64	0	0
	New Democracy Party	7,111	1.06	0	–1
	Patriotic Front of National Salvation [pt]	6,379	0.95	0	0
	National Convergence for Freedom and Development	5,200	0.78	0	New
	African National Congress	4,526	0.68	0	0
	African Party for Peace and Social Stability	4,272	0.64	0	New
	Light Party	3,021	0.45	0	New
	Social Democratic Movement	3,020	0.45	0	New
	Guiné NOBU	2,600	0.39	0	New
	National Unity Party	2,368	0.35	0	0
	Republican Party for Independence and Development	2,363	0.35	0	0
	African Party for Freedom and Development	1,657	0.25	0	New
	Our Homeland Party	1,155	0.17	0	New
	United Social Democratic Party	1,070	0.16	0	New
	Alliance for the Republic	757	0.11	0	New
	Manifest Party of the People	717	0.11	0	0
	Democratic Centre	303	0.05	0	0
Total		670,257	100.00	102	0
Valid votes		670,257	94.26
Invalid/blank votes		40,801	5.74
Total votes		711,058	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		893,618	79.57
Source: CNE, O Democrata, CNE

Aftermath

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]