Guinea-Bissau legislative election, 2004

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Legislative elections were held in Guinea-Bissau, in west Africa, on March 28, 2004. The elections had been repeatedly postponed due to political and financial chaos in the country, and due to the coup d'etat which overthrew President Kumba Yala in September 2003.

The former ruling party, the African Party of Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), won the largest number of seats (45) but did not win a majority. Former President Yala's party, the Party for Social Renovation (PRS), came second with 35 seats. The PAIGC reached an agreement with the PRS for its legislative support (a previous attempt at reaching a deal with the United Social Democratic Party, which won 17 seats, failed), and in May the new parliament was sworn in, with PAIGC leader Carlos Gomes Júnior becoming prime minister.^[1]^[2]

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Summary of the 28 March 2004 National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau **election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
African Independence Party of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência de Guiné e Cabo Verde)	145,316	33.88	45
Party for Social Renewal (Partido para a Renovaçao Social)	113,656	26.50	35
United Social Democratic Party (Partido Unido Social Democrático)	75,485	17.60	17
United Platform (Plataforma Unida)	20,700	4.83	-
Electoral Union (União Eleitoral)	18,354	4.28	2
Democratic Socialist Party (Partido Democrático Socialista)	8,789	2.05	-
Union for Change (União para a Mudança)	8,621	2.01	-
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (Resistência da Guiné-Bissau-Movimento Bafatá)	7,918	1.85	-
National Unity Party (Partido da Unidade Nacional)	6,260	1.46	-
United People's Alliance (Aliança Popular Unida)	5,817	1.36	1
National Union for Democracy and Progress (União Nacional para a Democracia e o Progresso)	5,042	1.18	-
Guinean Civic Forum-Social Democracy (Fórum Cívico Guineense-Social Democracia)	4,209	0.98	-
Guinean Democratic Movement (Movimento Democrático Guineense)	4,202	0.98	-
Manifest Party of the People (Partido do Manifesto do Povo)	3,402	0.79	-
Socialist Party of Guinea-Bissau (Partido Socialista da Guiné-Bissau)	1,167	0.27	-
Total (turnout 76.2%)	428,937	100.00	100
Registered voters	603,639
Total votes cast	460,254
Invalid votes	31,317
Source: African Elections Database