National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau

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The unicameral National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese:Assembleia Nacional Popular da Guiné-Bissau) is the country's legislative body.

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.

Political party distribution in the current National People's Assembly is as follows:

ed 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

Fourteen women occupy seats in the National People's Assembly.

Francisco Benante is the current president of the National People's Assembly.

[edit] Previous National People's Assembly election results

The National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau.
The National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau.
Political Party Election Year
1994 1999
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) 62 24
Party for Social Renewal (PRS) 12 38
Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement (RGB-MB) 19 29
Union for Change (UM) 06 03
Front for the Liberation and Independence of Guinea (FLING) 01 -
Democratic Alliance (AD) - 03
Social Democratic Party (PSD) - 03
Democratic Social Front (FDS) - 01
National Union for Democracy and Progress (UNDP) - 01
Total 100 102

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