1994 Guinea-Bissau general election

General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 3 July 1994, with a second round for the presidential election on 7 August. They were the first multi-party elections since independence, and also the first time the president had been directly elected, as previously the post had been elected by the National People's Assembly. In the presidential election, the result was a victory for incumbent João Bernardo Vieira of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), who defeated Kumba Ialá of Social Renewal Party in the second round. In the Assembly election, 1,136 candidates ran for the 100 seats, of which the PAIGC won 62.

1994 Guinea-Bissau general election

Presidential election

3 July 1994 (first round) 7 August 1994 (second round)

Nominee João Bernardo Vieira Kumba Ialá Party PAIGC PRS Popular vote 161,083 148,664 Percentage 52.02% 47.98%

President before election João Bernardo Vieira PAIGC Elected President João Bernardo Vieira PAIGC

Legislative election

3 July 1994

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– PAIGC Malam Bacai Sanhá 46.39 62 −88 RGB-BM Domingos Fernandes 19.78 19 New UM Bubacar Rachid Djaló 12.65 6 New PRS Kumba Ialá 10.30 12 New FLING François Mendy 2.57 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by constituency. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Carlos Correia PAIGC Manuel Saturnino da Costa PAIGC

Voter turnout in the presidential election was 89.3% on 3 July and 81.6% on 7 August. In the parliamentary election it was 88.9%.

Results

President

Independent candidate Carlos Gomes was supported by the Democratic Convergence Party, as its leader Victor Mandinga was not eligible to run for president, as he failed to meet the qualification that both parents be Guineans born in the country.

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	João Bernardo Vieira	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	142,577	46.20	161,083	52.00
	Kumba Ialá	Party for Social Renewal	67,518	21.88	148,664	48.00
	Domingos Fernandes	Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement	53,825	17.44
	Carlos Gomes	Independent	15,645	5.07
	François Mendy	Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea	8,655	2.80
	Bubacar Rachid Djaló	Union for Change	8,506	2.76
	Victor Saúde Maria	United Social Democratic Party	6,388	2.07
	Antonieta Rosa Gomes	Guinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy	5,509	1.79
Total			308,623	100.00	309,747	100.00
Valid votes			308,623	86.28	309,747	94.84
Invalid/blank votes			49,059	13.72	16,868	5.16
Total votes			357,682	100.00	326,615	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			400,417	89.33	400,417	81.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

National People's Assembly

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	134,982	46.39	62
	Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement	57,566	19.78	19
	Union for Change	36,797	12.65	6
	Party for Social Renewal	29,957	10.30	12
	Democratic Convergence Party	15,411	5.30	0
	United Social Democratic Party	8,286	2.85	0
	Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea	7,475	2.57	1
	Guinean Civic Forum	494	0.17	0
Total		290,968	100.00	100
Valid votes		290,968	81.73
Invalid/blank votes		65,024	18.27
Total votes		355,992	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		400,417	88.91
Source: Nohlen et al.