Guineans head to the polls next Sunday to elect their president from among nine candidates, including the transitional leader General Mamadi Doumbouya (41), who has led the country since the September 2021 coup.
The 6.8 million voters will choose their candidate following an electoral campaign that began on November 28 without major incident, according to media reports. According to the same sources, the primary issue of the election will be the participation rate in this vote, organized for the first time since 2006 by the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization. The nine candidates running for the supreme magistracy are: General Mamadi Doumbouya (41); Faya Millimono (63), head of the Liberal Bloc (BL); Bouna Keïta (65), candidate for the Rally for a Prosperous Guinea (RGP); Makalé Camara (69), of the Front for National Alliance (FAN); Ibrahima Abé Sylla (74), of the New Generation for the Republic (NGR); Abdoulaye Kourouma (42), of the Rally for Renaissance and Development (RRD); Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé (60), of the Democratic Front of Guinea (FRONDEG); Mohamed Nabé, of the Alliance for Renewal and Progress (ARP); and Mohamed Cherif Tounkara, who was elected as a deputy in 2020.
The presidential election comes three months after the promulgation of a new constitution that allowed General Mamadi Doumbouya to run as an independent candidate. Ten thousand local observers have been accredited to monitor voting operations on election day.
However, the country’s main political figures are not participating in the ballot.The three parties, namely the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea (UFDG) of former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, the Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) of former President Alpha Condé, and the Union of Republican Forces (UFR) of Sidya Touré did not file any candidates.
None of these national figures are eligible to run, in accordance with the new Constitution, due to the age limit of 80 years or their residence abroad. The 2025 constitution was adopted by constitutional referendum on September 21, 2025. The new fundamental law received favorable votes from 89.38% of voters, with a turnout of 86.42%.
