Guinea’s President Mamady Doumbouya tightened his hold on power Friday after parties backing him won a clear majority in legislative elections, electoral officials said.
The pro-Doumbouya Generation for Modernity and Development coalition, GMD, led the vote count for Guinea’s 147-seat parliament. Provisional results showed GMD and allies taking at least 100 seats. The final seat breakdown is still pending as election authorities work through disputes.
Turnout hit 52.87% for parliament and 58.51% for local council votes held Sunday. Election chief Aminata Toure said parties have eight days to challenge results before final numbers are certified.
The vote strengthens Doumbouya, the former special forces commander who took power in a 2021 coup and won a seven-year presidential term last December. His opponents contested that win.
No major opposition parties ran this time. The parties of ex-President Alpha Condé and opposition figures Cellou Dalein Diallo and Sidya Touré were dissolved earlier this year for missing legal requirements like financial filings. Diallo, now in exile, called for “direct resistance” in March after the crackdown.
Guinea is West Africa’s top bauxite producer, and the new parliament gives Doumbouya wider control over legislation as he shapes the country’s political future.
