Democracy Ratings
| Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 5 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Partly Free |
|---|---|---|
| EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 1.98 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 157 |
| Polity IV 2016 |
Score: 6 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Democracy |
Political System
| System of Government | Semi-Presidential |
|---|---|
| Presidential Electoral System | Two-round system |
| Last Presidential Election | 2014 |
| Next Presidential Election | 2018 |
| Presidential Term Limits | None |
| System of appointment to legislature |
Proportional closed list used in 27 multi-member constituencies |
| Last Legislative Election |
2014 |
| Next Legislative Election |
2018 |
| Number of Seats in Legislature | 102 |
| Female quota, representation in lower house | No |
Results
| Last presidential election (2014) | ||
| Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
| 1st round | 2nd round | |
| José Mário Vaz | 40.89 | 61.92 |
| uno Gomes Nabiam | 24.79 | 38.08 |
| Paulo Gomes | 10.40 | |
| Abel Incanda | 6.97 | |
| Mamadú Iaia Djaló | 4.53 | |
| Ibraima Sory Djaló | 3.10 | |
| Antonio Afonso Té | 2.99 | |
| Helder Vaz Lopes | 1.41 | |
| Domingos Quadé | 1.37 | |
| Aregado Mantenque Té | 1.15 | |
| Luis Nancassa | 1.11 | |
| Jorge Malú | 0.97 | |
| Cirilo Rodrigues de Oliveira | 0.33 | |
| Last legislative election (2017) | ||
| Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
| PAIGC | 47.98 | 57 |
| Party for Social Renewal | 30.76 | 41 |
| New Democracy Party | 4.87 | 1 |
| Democratic Convergence Party | 3.37 | 2 |
| Republican Party for Independence and Development | 3.06 | 0 |
| Union for Change | 1.84 | 1 |
| Guinean Patriotic Union | 1.86 | 0 |
| Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement | 1.62 | 0 |
| National Reconciliation Party | 1.35 | 0 |
| Manifest Party of the People | 0.7 | 0 |
| United Social Democratic Party | 0.69 | 0 |
| Workers’ Party | 0.62 | 0 |
| Socialist Party | 0.59 | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 0.39 | 0 |
| Democratic Social Front | 0.29 | 0 |
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