1998 Guinean presidential election

1998 Guinean presidential election

14 December 1998

Presidential elections were held in Guinea on 14 December 1998. The result was a victory for incumbent President Lansana Conté of the Unity and Progress Party, who received 56.1% of the vote. Voter turnout was 71.4%.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lansana Conté	Unity and Progress Party	1,455,007	56.11
	Mamadou Boye Bah	Union for Progress and Renewal	638,563	24.63
	Alpha Condé	Rally of the Guinean People	429,934	16.58
	Jean Marie Doré	Union for the Progress of Guinea	44,746	1.73
	Charles Pascal Tolno	Guinean Peoples' Party	24,771	0.96
Total			2,593,021	100.00
Valid votes			2,593,021	97.62
Invalid/blank votes			63,092	2.38
Total votes			2,656,113	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			3,719,197	71.42
Source: African Elections Database