Around 6.7 million Guineans Vote On Sunday -

Around 6-7 Million people voted in the Guinea’s Presidential election held on Sunday. Around 6.7 million,

Ahead of the election thousands of Guineans marched near the Palace of the People in Conakry to show support for transitional leader Mamady Doumbouya, who took power in 2021 after a military coup.

Official results are expected after 48 hours – on Tuesday 30th of December.

Doumbouya’s supporters said “There won’t even be a competition; everyone knows it. We are waiting for election day. It will be an overwhelming victory,It is a president who is there for us, who works for the people, he does everything we want. A president who acts like this – we can only love him,”.

The mobilisation, under the banner of the Generation for Modernity and Development (GMD) movement, garnered attention from supporters across different communities.

“The majority of Guineans like not only the head of state but also the actions he has taken since he took office, the work he has done, the activities the population will vote for him 100 per cent. And of course, he will be elected head of state, democratically elected,” remarked Saa Samoura, National Coordinator of Committees supporting Doumbouya.

Opposition Boycott

Nine Presidential candidates are registered to participate in the election.

However, opposition leaders have reportedly accused his transitional government of political repression and called for a boycott of the upcoming vote.

Profiles of Presidential Candidates

Abdoulaye Yéro Baldé

A Columbia MBA and former World Bank economist, he resigned as higher-education minister in 2020 rather than endorse Alpha Condé’s third-term bid. His Frondeg platform sells fiscal prudence, university modernization and the promise of principled dissent nationwide.

Hadja Makalé Camara

The ex-foreign minister, who once steered agriculture portfolios under Lansana Conté, campaigns under the FAN banner on gender equity and health rights. She reminds crowds that she negotiated debt relief while confronting female genital mutilation at home.

Ibrahima Abé Sylla

An electronics engineer who coded switchboards at Bell Labs before founding AIS Engineering, touts a power-sector blueprint rooted in off-grid renewables. Having briefly served as energy minister, he tells union halls, “We wired America; we can light Guinea,” echoing his diaspora credentials.

Abdoulaye Kourouma

Brands himself the generational jump-start. The Nzérékoré-born economist turned logistics baron argues that Guinea needs “startup speed” in customs clearance and mineral exports.

Critics recall his stint in the short-lived 2020 parliament; he counters with freight-hub jobs he claims to have created.

Mohamed Nabé

He slips easily between boardrooms and village meetings. Having studied from Suffolk University to the Sorbonne, he speaks of diversifying revenue beyond bauxite. Journalists remember him steering the Youth Insertion Fund; today he promises venture-capital instruments so “a street vendor can pitch like a banker.”

Elhadj Bouna Keïta

He is no stranger to campaign trails; he first sought the presidency in 1993. From diamond pits in Kérouané to his Batax Bouna International offices, he argues that artisanal miners deserve equity stakes. He retains grassroots networks forged during Alpha Condé alliances.

Mohamed Chérif Tounkara

He likes to recount his journey from Freetown taxi driver to Gemology Chamber deputy. His speeches, often delivered in Pular and Krio, stress regional trade corridors over ideology.

Rivals whisper about opaque deals; supporters see a negotiator who knows borderland realities first-hand.

Faya Lansana Millimono

Millimono is scholarly beard and professor’s cadence intact, delivers some of the most blistering podium lines. Founder of the Bloc Libéral, he brandishes his Montreal doctorate to critique “vertical decision-making.” The junta once detained him briefly, a credential he now frames as proof of perseverance.

General Mamadi Doumbouya

The former French legionnaire who toppled Alpha Condé now campaigns as an independent under the slogan “Build Together.” He cites new highways and anti-corruption courts as transition achievements, while human-rights groups press him on alleged forced disappearances.

Asked whether his presence skews the contest, Doumbouya told state radio that “power belongs to the ballot, not the barracks.”

Foreign Election Monitors

Observers from ECOWAS and the African Union are slated to monitor logistics, hoping the vote can avoid the violence that scarred the 2020 legislative elections.

According to the Guinea new constitution approved at a referendum, the new president is expected to spend 7 years.

41-year-old Doumbouya seized power after a coup in 2021 that overthrew former President Alpha Conde.

Despite Guinea’s significant mineral resources, over half of its people suffer from food insecurity in 2025, according to the World Food Programme.

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