Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally
Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain | |
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| Abbreviation | PDG-RDA |
| Leader | Ismael Gushein |
| Co-founder | Ahmed Sékou Touré |
| Founded | June 1947 |
| Headquarters | Conakry, Guinea |
| Newspaper | Horoya |
| Ideology | African nationalism African socialism Pan-Africanism[citation needed] |
| International affiliation | African Democratic Rally |
The Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally (French: Parti Démocratique de Guinée-Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Guinea that dominated Guinean politics under a one-party state system.[1] The party was founded as a branch of the African Democratic Rally (RDA) in June 1947.[2] On 19 October 1958, the party severed its links with the RDA, other members of which supported a closer union with France.[3] The party's leader, Ahmed Sékou Touré, became the country's first president. Two years later, he declared the PDG to be the sole legal party in the country. As president of the PDG, Touré was the only candidate for president of the republic, and as such was elected unopposed to four seven-year terms. Every five years, a single list of PDG candidates was returned to the National Assembly. After the death of Touré and a coup staged by Lansana Conté in 1984, the PDG was dissolved.
In 1992, PDG-RDA was revived under the leadership of Ismael Gushein. In the parliamentary election held on 30 June 2002, the party won 3.4% of the popular vote and 3 out of 114 seats.[4]
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Ahmed Sékou Touré | 1,576,580 | 100% | Elected 
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| 1968 | 1,990,726 | 100% | Elected
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| 1974 | 2,432,129 | 100% | Elected
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| 1982 | 3,063,692 | 100% | Elected
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| 1993 | Ismael Gushein | 11,696 | 0.6% | Lost 
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National Assembly elections
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ahmed Sékou Touré | 584,438 | 77.4% | 56 / 60 |
 56
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1st
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Supermajority government | |
| 1963 | 100% | 75 / 75 |
19
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 1st
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Sole legal party | |||
| 1968 | 1,990,726 | 100% | 75 / 75 |
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1st
|
Sole legal party | ||
| 1974 | 2,432,129 | 100% | 150 / 150 |
75
|
1st
|
Sole legal party | ||
| 1980 | 2,393,600 | 100% | 210 / 210 |
60
|
1st
|
Sole legal party | ||
| 1995 | Ismael Gushein | Proportional | 57,942 | 3% | 2 / 114 |
 208
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6th
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Opposition |
| Constituency | ||||||||
| 2002 | Proportional | 107,666 | 3.4% | 3 / 114 |
1
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4th
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Opposition | |
| Constituency | ||||||||
| 2013 | Constituency | 19,603 | 0.66% | 0 / 114 |
3
|
20rd
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Extra-parliamentary | |
| Proportional | 10,539 | 0.33% | ||||||
| 2020 | Constituency | 1 / 114 |
1
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23rd
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Opposition | |||
| Proportional | 27,640 | 0.96% | ||||||
See also
References
- ^ Kilson, Martin L. (1963). "Authoritarian and Single-Party Tendencies in African Politics". World Politics. 15 (2): 262–294. doi:10.2307/2009376. ISSN 1086-3338. JSTOR 2009376. S2CID 154624186.
- ^ Thomas O'Toole, Historical Dictionary of Guinea, 1978, p. 55
- ^ O'Toole, p. 60
- ^ "Elections in Guinea". Retrieved 2007-02-24.
