Parliamentary elections were held in Guinea on 22 March 2020 alongside a constitutional referendum, after being postponed four times from the original date of January 2019.

Electoral system

The 114 members of the

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are elected by a mixed member system; 38 are elected from single-member constituencies based on the 33

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and five communes of Conakry by

first-past-the-post voting In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

, whilst the other 76 are elected from a single nationwide constituency by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

.Electoral system
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Results

The elections were boycotted by the main opposition parties. As a result, President Condé's party won a supermajority of seats.

References

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