IPU Logo    INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION
>>> VERSION FRANÇAISE  
   HOME -> PARLINE -> GUINEA (Assemblée nationale)
Print this pagePrint this page
PARLINE database new searchNew search
GUINEA
Assemblée nationale (National Assembly)
ELECTORAL SYSTEM

Compare data for parliamentary chambers in the Electoral system module

Parliament name (generic / translated) Assemblée nationale / National Assembly
Structure of parliament Unicameral
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
Electoral Law 23 December 1991
Mode of designation directly elected 114
Constituencies - 38 single-member, corresponding to the country's communes
- nation as whole for remaining 76 members
Voting system Mixed: Mixed system:
- 38 Deputies are elected by simple majority in single-member constituencies
- 76 Deputies are chosen by proportional representation and using a national electoral quotient (votes cast divided by 76) from a national list of candidates.
Seats left unfilled after this process are awarded to those having obtained the most votes.
Voter requirements - age: 18 years
- Guinean citizenship
- full possession of civil and political rights
CANDIDATES
Eligibility Qualified electors
- age: 18 years
- guinean citizenship (or 10 years after nationalization if residence in country since then)
- ineligibility: guardianship, insanity, conviction of crime or other offence
Incompatibilities - members of the armed forces
- judges
- certain local public officials
- membership of the Economic and Social Council
- all non-elective public functions
- executives of public or State-controlled (firms)
Candidacy requirements - by political parties

Copyright 1996-2013 Inter-Parliamentary Union