Democracy in Guinea-Bissau

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

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:

^{(from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic)}

Category:

Democracy

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

Last presidential election (2014)
Candidate (Party)	Votes (%)
	1^st round	2^nd 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