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Guinea-Bissau returned to constitutional order in 2014 with the election of Vaz as president. Vaz won the 2014 presidential election as the PAIGC’s candidate but fell out with the party after he dismissed his Prime
Minister Domingos Simões Pereira, leader of the PAIGC, in August 2015. During his
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Guinea-Bissau's
Cipriano Cassamá quits amid 'death threats'
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The elections were contested by 12 candidates, including:
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Pereira, 54% to 46%.
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607:United Social Democratic Party
176:Second round results by region
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876:Democratic Convergence Party
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1383:BBC News, 2 March 2020
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954:Gabriel Fernando Indi
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920:National Unity Party
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90:Nominee
1532:1976–77
1082:761,676
1076:761,676
1065:553,521
1059:566,473
1031:547,827
1025:555,348
1010:547,827
1004:555,348
762:293,359
756:153,530
736:254,468
730:222,870
666:Results
657:of the
631:of the
605:of the
435:Sectors
430:Regions
145:46.45%
128:293,359
71:
1219:Accord
1122:Bissau
1068:100.00
1062:100.00
1042:11,125
1013:100.00
1007:100.00
822:14,766
802:68,933
782:73,063
165:region
141:53.55%
109:Party
1126:PAIGC
1085:72.67
1079:74.37
1048:5,694
1034:98.97
1028:98.04
1001:Total
991:1,061
982:]
962:1,982
942:2,385
924:2,569
902:2,813
880:4,250
871:]
851:7,126
847:]
805:12.41
785:13.16
765:53.55
759:27.65
739:46.45
733:40.13
710:Votes
704:Votes
693:Party
640:]
561:PAIGC
199:PAIGC
118:PAIGC
1583:2024
1577:2023
1572:2019
1567:2014
1562:2008
1557:2004
1552:1999
1547:1994
1542:1989
1537:1984
1527:1973
1522:1972
1517:1969
1498:2024
1492:2019
1487:2014
1482:2012
1477:2009
1472:2005
1462:1994
1365:2021
1051:1.03
1045:1.96
994:0.19
965:0.36
945:0.43
927:0.46
905:0.51
883:0.77
854:1.28
825:2.66
593:2014
399:2024
393:2023
380:2024
374:2019
56:2024
42:2014
1096:CNE
1092:CNE
615:of
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