1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election

1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election

Presidential election

28 November 1999 (first round) 16 January 2000 (second round)

Nominee Kumba Ialá Malam Bacai Sanhá Party PRS PAIGC Popular vote 251,193 97,670 Percentage 72.00% 28.00%

President before election Malam Bacai Sanhá PAIGC Elected President Kumba Ialá PRS

General elections were held in Guinea-Bissau on 28 November 1999, with a second round for the presidential election on 16 January 2000. The presidential election resulted in a victory for opposition leader Kumba Ialá of the Party for Social Renewal (PRS), who defeated Malam Bacai Sanhá of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde. The PRS were also victorious in the National People's Assembly election, winning 38 of the 102 seats. This was the first time an opposition party won an election since the country's independence in the 1970s.

Voter turnout was 72% for the second round of the presidential election.

Results

President

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Kumba Ialá	Party for Social Renewal	143,996	38.81	251,193	72.00
	Malam Bacai Sanhá	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde	86,724	23.37	97,670	28.00
	Faustino Imbali	Independent	30,484	8.22
	Fernando Gomes	Independent	26,049	7.02
	João Tátis Sá	Independent	24,117	6.50
	Abubacar Baldé	National Union for Democracy and Progress	20,192	5.44
	Bubacar Rachid Djaló	Union for Change	12,026	3.24
	Joaquim Baldé	Social Democratic Party	8,623	2.32
	Salvador Tchongó	Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement	6,937	1.87
	José Catengul Mendes	Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea	5,311	1.43
	Mamadú Uri Baldé	Progress and Renewal Party	3,580	0.96
	Antonieta Rosa Gomes	Guinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy	2,986	0.80
Total			371,025	100.00	348,863	100.00
Valid votes			371,025	88.46	348,863	96.48
Invalid/blank votes			48,387	11.54	12,746	3.52
Total votes			419,412	100.00	361,609	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			503,007	83.38	503,007	71.89
Source: African Elections Database, Rudebeck

National People's Assembly

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Party for Social Renewal			38	+26
	Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement			29	+9
	African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde			24	–38
	Union for Change			3	–3
	Social Democratic Party			3	New
	Democratic Alliance			3	New
	National Union for Democracy and Progress			1	New
	Guinean League for Ecological Protection			0	–
	Democratic Social Front			1	New
	Struggle Front for the National Independence of Guinea			0	–1
	United Social Democratic Party			0	0
	Guinean Civic Forum–Social Democracy			0	New
	Party for Renewal and Progress			0	New
Total				102	+2
Total votes		432,604	–
Registered voters/turnout		525,329	82.35
Source: Rudebeck, IFES