Rally of the Guinean People
Rally of the Guinean People Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen | |
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Leader | Alpha Condé (imprisoned)[1] |
Founded | 1960s (as a political organisation) April 1992 (as a political party) |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism |
Political position | Centre-left |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Socialist International |
National Assembly | 79 / 114 |
The Rally of the Guinean People (French: Rassemblement du Peuple Guinéen, sometimes translated as Guinean People's Assembly; RPG) is a social democratic political party in Guinea. The RPG was the ruling party in the country from 2010 to 2021 and was recently led by Alpha Condé. It is mainly based amongst the Mandinka population.
The party boycotted the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002.[2]
Following the dismissal of Lansana Kouyaté as Prime Minister and his replacement by Ahmed Tidiane Souaré on May 20, 2008, the RPG denounced Kouyaté's dismissal and, unlike other opposition parties, declined to attend a meeting with Souaré on May 28 to discuss the formation of a national unity government. According to the RPG, positive change would not come as long as President Lansana Conté remained in power, regardless of who was Prime Minister or who was included in the government, and the party said that it would not participate in the government.[3]
The party is affiliated to the Progressive Alliance[4] and Socialist International.[5]
Electoral history[]
Presidential elections[]
Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
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First round | Second round | |||||
1993 | Alpha Condé | 407,221 | 19.55% | - | - | Lost |
1998 | 429,934 | 16.58% | - | - | Lost | |
2003 | Boycotted | |||||
2010 | 323,406 | 18.26% | 1,474,973 | 52.52% | Elected | |
2015 | 2,285,827 | 57.85% | - | - | Elected | |
2020 | 2,438,815 | 59.49% | - | - | Elected |
National Assembly elections[]
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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Constituency | Proportional | ||||||||
1995 | Alpha Condé | 354,927 | 19.2% | 19 / 114
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19 | 2nd | Opposition | ||
2002 | Boycotted | 0 / 81
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19 | Extra-parliamentary | |||||
2013 | 1,405,585 | 47.58% | 1,468,119 | 46.26% | 53 / 114
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53 | 1st | Minority government | |
2020 | 2,417,836 | 89.05% | 1,591,650 | 55.27% | 79 / 114
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26 | 1st | Supermajority government |
References[]
- ^ Bah, Youssouf; Paquette, Danielle (5 September 2021). "Guinea's president is detained in apparent military takeover". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ^ "Guinean PM, politicians discuss formation of union govt"[permanent dead link], African Press Agency, May 29, 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2014-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2014-12-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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