2010 Guinean presidential election

2010 Guinean presidential election
← 2003 27 June 2010 (first round)
7 November 2010 (second round)		 2015 →
Turnout51.60% (first round)
67.87% (second round)
 
Nominee Alpha Condé Cellou Dalein Diallo
Party RPG UFDG
Popular vote 1,474,973 1,333,666
Percentage 52.52% 47.48%
Condé:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%
Diallo:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90%
President before election

Sékouba Konaté (acting)
Independent

Elected President

Alpha Condé
RPG

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Presidential elections were held in Guinea in 2010. They were held under the two-round system, with the first round taking place on 27 June 2010 and the second round on 7 November,[1][2][3][4] after an initial date of 18 July and several other postponements. Alpha Condé was declared the winner, with 52.52% of the votes in the second round.[5][6][7] He assumed office on 21 December 2010.

The elections came after a coup in 2008 and the attempted assassination of the junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara in December 2009. There were months of tension and unrest during the electoral process, in which the two main candidates represented the two largest ethnic groups in Guinea: the Fula (French: Peul;[8] Fula: Fulɓe) and the Maninka (Malinke).[6] The elections were also the first free national election held in Guinea since it gained independence in 1958.

  1. ^ "Election date for Guinea proposed". afrol. 22 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Guinea to hold presidential elections in six months". Xinhua News Agency. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "Guinea may hold presidential runoff in mid-August". People's Daily Online. 28 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Guinea sets date for presidential run-off vote". BBC News Online. 9 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Guinée : Condé déclaré vainqueur de l'élection présidentielle", Le Monde, 15 November 2010
  6. ^ a b Alpha Conde declared winner in Guinea president polls, BBC News, 15 November 2010
  7. ^ "Conde declared winner in second round run-off | RFI". 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  8. ^ In reporting on the elections, some major English language press organizations like The New York Times and BBC have tended to use the French word "Peul" for this ethnic group rather than the English "Fula" or "Fulani."