Guinea’s Electoral Authority Proclaims Mamady Doumbouya Winner of Presidential Election

Guinea’s electoral authority late Tuesday provisionally declared incumbent Mamady Doumbouya the winner of the Dec. 28 presidential election, crediting him with 86.72% of valid votes in the first round. The announcement was made by Djenabou Toure, head of the General Directorate of Elections (DGE), 48 hours after polls closed, marking the formal end of the country’s military transition following Doumbouya’s 2021 coup against former president Alpha Conde.

According to official figures, voting took place across the entire national territory and overseas constituencies, with 16,730 voting centers and 23,673 polling stations deployed. Of these, 23,398 stations were processed, representing a coverage rate of 98.84%. Out of 6,768,458 registered voters, 5,608,520 participated, resulting in a turnout of 80.95%. Authorities recorded 310,589 null ballots, while valid votes totaled 5,297,931, or 94.46% of expressed votes.

Doumbouya, running under the Generation pour la Modernité et le Développement (GMD) banner, secured 4,594,262 votes, far ahead of his closest rival Abdoulaye Yero Balde, who received 6.59%. The remaining seven candidates each garnered less than 3% of the vote. The DGE stated that the results were proclaimed in accordance with the law and remain subject to validation by the Supreme Court, which has eight days to rule on any challenges. The election concludes Guinea’s post-coup transition, though it took place in a context where several major opposition figures were absent and some groups had called for a boycott.