National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau
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The unicameral National People's Assembly of Guinea-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:
Fourteen women occupy seats in the National People's Assembly.
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo is the interim president of the National People's Assembly.
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
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
. 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:
Fourteen women occupy seats in the National People's Assembly.
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo is the interim president of the National People's Assembly.
Previous National People's Assembly election results
| Political Party Political party A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions... |
Election Election An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the... Year |
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| 1994 | 1999 | |||||||
| African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde or PAIGC is a political party that governed Guinea-Bissau from the independence of the then Portuguese Guinea in 1974, until the late 1990s, and from 2004 to 2005. Currently it is the party with the largest number of seats in the... (PAIGC) |
62 | 24 | ||||||
| Party for Social Renewal Party for Social Renewal The Party for Social Renewal is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. It is one of the country's leading parties and is currently the main opposition party.... (PRS) |
12 | 38 | ||||||
| Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement The Resistance of Guinea-Bissau-Bafatá Movement is a political party in Guinea-Bissau. It was founded in 1986 as the Bafatá Movement after the execution of 6 public figures, amongst them Coronel Paulo Correia and Dr... (RGB-MB) |
19 | 29 | ||||||
| Union for Change Union for Change The Union for Change is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.At the last legislative elections, 28 and 30 March 2004, the party won 1.9 % of the popular vote and no seats.... (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 National Union for Democracy and Progress (Guinea-Bissau) The National Union for Democracy and Progress is a political party in Guinea-Bissau.In the last legislative election held on 28 March 2004, the UNDP won 1.18% of the popular vote but failed to gain representation in the National People's Assembly.... (UNDP) |
- | 01 | ||||||
| Total | 100 | 102 | ||||||
See also
- History of Guinea-BissauHistory of Guinea-BissauThe history of Guinea-Bissau was dominated by Portugal from the 1450s to the 1970s; since independence, the country has been primarily controlled by a single-party system.-Portuguese rule:...
- Legislative branch
- List of national legislatures
- List of Presidents of the National People's Assembly of Guinea-Bissau