2014 Guinea-Bissau General Election Sunday April 13,2014

Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls on Sunday aspril 13,2014 in search of a new president and parliament who can return stability to a country plagued by drugs and upended by a military coup two years ago.

13 politicians are in the running for the Presidential election while 15 parties are fielding candidates for parliament.

The frontrunner of 13 presidential candidates is Jose Mario Vaz, a former finance minister running for the dominant African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC)

The current National People's Assembly, formed following elections held on 28 March 2004, has a total of 102 seats. 100 members are elected through a system of party list proportional representation.
The remaining two seats are reserved for Guinea-Bissau citizens living overseas, but they were not filled in the most recent election. Members serve five-year terms.
Party Position
African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde -67 seats
Party for Social Renewal                                               -28 seats
Others                                                                          -5 seats


The election will be the first since Antonio Indjai, a former army chief of staff, agreed in May 2012 to hand power to a civilian transitional regime headed by President Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, who was tasked with holding elections within 12 months.

He postponed the vote indefinitely, arguing that polls within such a tight  timescale would be "technically impossible", but international pressure and the crippled economy finally forced the hand of the military and its political allies.

Guinea-Bissau has a history of coups and no elected leader has served a full term in office since the country gained independence from Portugal in 1974 after a war that lasted more than 10 years

High turnout was reported in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday April 13,2014 as the country held presidential and parliamentary elections

 

No major incidents were reported by the close of polls 

The poll was being supervised by 4,200 Bissau-Guinean and West African soldiers and more than 500 international observers will decide whether the vote has been free and credible.

The electoral commission said turnout had reached 60 % by 2:30pm GMT but did not provide further details 

No candidate has secured an outright victory in Sunday's presidential election in Guinea-Bissau, the electoral commission has said.

A run-off vote between the top two contenders will be held next month.
Jose Mario Vaz, an ex-finance minister from the main PAIGC party, will face Nuno Gomes Nabiam, a military-backed bureaucrat running as an independent.
 Jose Mario Vaz got 41% votes and Nuno Gomes Nabiam got 25% votes in the first round of election on sunday

The presidential election in Guinea-Bissau has been won by Jose Mario Vaz after votes were counted from May 18,2014 Sunday's Run-Off  

Jose MarioVaz, from the PAIGC party which led the country to independence, won 62% of the vote, against 38% for Nuno Gomes Nabiam.

Turnout was 78%, down from the 90% recorded in April's first round.