Editing Elections in Guinea (section)

==History==
When Guinea gained its independence from France in 1958, [[Ahmed Sékou Touré]] became its first president, as his [[Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally|''Parti démocratique de Guinée'']] (DPG, Democratic Party of Guinea) had won 56 of 60 seats in the [[1957 Guinean Territorial Assembly election|1957 Territorial Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/gn.html |title=Elections in Guinea: 31 March 1957 Territorial Assembly Election |publisher=African Elections Database |website=africanelections.tripod.com}}</ref> By 1960, he had declared the DPG the only legal party, so, for the next 24 years, all the voters could do was elect the DPG candidates to the National Assembly, while Touré ran unopposed for the presidency three more times.<ref name=WP>{{cite news |title=5 things you should know about Guinea’s (peaceful!) election |author=Tyson Roberts |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=20 October 2015 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/10/20/5-things-you-should-know-about-guineas-peaceful-election/}}</ref>

After Touré's death in 1984, Colonels [[Lansana Conté]] and [[Diarra Traoré]] seized power in a bloodless [[coup d'état]], with Conté assuming the presidency.<ref name=WP/> In December 1990, a new constitution created a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] Parliament.<ref name=IPU1995>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2131_95.htm |title=Guinea Parliamentary Chamber: Assemblée nationale: Elections Held in 1995 |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union}}</ref> In April 1992, legislation was passed making Guinea a [[multi-party state]].<ref name=IPU1995/> The following year, Conté announced a return to civilian rule, with Guinea's [[1993 Guinean presidential election|first multi-party presidential election]] taking place in 1993,<ref>{{cite news |title=Lansana Conté |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=30 December 2008 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4031475/Lansana-Cont.html}}</ref> followed by a [[1995 Guinean legislative election|legislative election in 1995]].<ref name=IPU1995/> Conté remained president, with 51.7% of the vote, while his [[Party of Unity and Progress]] (PUP, ''Parti de l'Unité et du Progrès'') won 71 of the 114 seats in the Assembly.<ref name=IPU1995/><ref name=BBC>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13443183 |title=Guinea profile - Timeline |date=1 September 2016 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> He was re-elected president in [[1998 Guinean presidential election|1998]], with 56.1% of the vote, and [[2003 Guinean presidential election|2003]], with 95.6% of the vote after all the major opposition leaders boycotted the election.<ref name=WP/><ref name=BBC/> His party also won 85 seats in the Assembly in [[2002 Guinean legislative election|2002]], with some opposition parties choosing to boycott.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2131_02.htm |title=Guinea Assemblée nationale (National Assembly): Elections in 2002 |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union}}</ref>

Shortly after Conté's death in December 2008, [[Moussa Dadis Camara]] seized power.<ref name=WP/><ref name=BBC/> In December 2009, Camara was shot in the head in an assassination attempt and left the country to obtain medical care.<ref name=WP/><ref name=BBC/> The following month, Camara agreed to a return to civilian rule.

No candidate won a majority of the votes in the first round of the [[2010 Guinean presidential election|2010 presidential election]], so [[Cellou Dalein Diallo]] and [[Alpha Condé]], the top vote-getters (with 43.69% and 18.25%, respectively), contested a second round, which was delayed several times.<ref name=BBC/> Condé finally emerged victorious,<ref name=BBC/> with 52.54% of the ballots. His [[Guinean People's Assembly]] party (RPG, ''Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen'') took 53 of the 114 Assembly seats in the repeatedly delayed [[2013 Guinean legislative election|2013 election]], and seven seats won by allies gave the RPG a majority.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2131_E.htm |title=Guinea Assemblée nationale (National Assembly): Last Elections |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndi.org/guinea |title=Guinea: Strengthening Guinea’s Democratic Institutions |publisher=[[National Democratic Institute]]}}</ref> He himself was re-elected in [[2015 Guinean presidential election|2015]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Guinea President’s Re-election Confirmed Despite Fraud Complaints |author=Dionne Searcey |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=1 November 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/world/africa/guinea-president-alpha-conde-re-election-confirmed.html?_r=0}}</ref>